Giuseppe M.R. Petricca kindly sent me today his feedbacks about installing Echoes on Raspbian9. The following text is the procedure he followed to successfully complete that task:
Install latest Raspbian version on the Raspberry Pi (I used a 3b+ since it has full wifi connectivity).
Download from: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
Mount with Balena Etcher or similar: https://www.balena.io/etcher/
Then, put into the same folder (/root is ok, or create one yourself) the necessary files (all here on github):
echoes_0.25-1_armhf.deb
libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb
Now turn on the Raspberry PI, and once the initial process has finished, update all the packages inside Raspbian:
Terminal -->
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Now navigate to the folder with the three files in, and execute them in this order:
1) libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
2) qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb
3) echoes_0.25-1_armhf.deb
Reboot the system and then launch Echoes from the 'Other' menú in the main one.
If Echoes does not start, then re-execute the first two files, but in reverse order, then reboot again an relaunch Echoes.
Goodnight
Giuseppe Bertani
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Hi Case,
I tried - like you did - to find that file online without success, but there is an alternative:
1)log in as "pi" user
2)download latest echoes and libqtcharts from Raspbian folder - you probably already did that.
3)sudo apt-get update
4)sudo apt-get upgrade
5)sudo apt-get librtlsdr
6)sudo apt-get qtcreator (this should automatically install all the qt5 stuff needed)
7)sudo dpkg -i libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
8)sudo dpkg -i echoes_0.26-1_armhf.deb
now, starting "echoes -v" something nice should appear on the screen, regardless if you have or not the dongle plugged in.
Let me know if this works for you, if ok, I will add this procedure in the README.
Cordially
Giuseppe
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Hello Giuseppe,
thx for your reply. I have the following files in a folder on the desktop
of mu rpi 3 B+ rev 1.3:
echoes_0.26.1_armhf.deb
libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
step 1 to 4 Ok.
but at step 5 i get a fault: E: Invalid operation librtlsdr
I tried also : sudo apt-get install librtlsdr
Fault: E: Unable to locate package librtlsdr
It looks like we are missing something in the command apt-get
I am not a programmer, so i hope you know a solution?
Hi Case,
I tried - like you did - to find that file online without success, but
there is an alternative:
1)log in as "pi" user
2)download latest echoes and libqtcharts from Raspbian folder - you
probably already did that.
3)sudo apt-get update
4)sudo apt-get upgrade
5)sudo apt-get librtlsdr
6)sudo apt-get qtcreator (this should automatically install all the qt5
stuff needed)
7)sudo dpkg -i libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
8)sudo dpkg -i echoes_0.26-1_armhf.deb
now, starting "echoes -v" something nice should appear on the screen,
regardless if you have or not the dongle plugged in.
Let me know if this works for you, if ok, I will add this procedure in the
README.
P.S. anyway, Giuseppe Petricca (Grazie Giuseppe! :) sent me a copy of qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb and I uploaded it in raspbian folder so you can get it from there and follow its procedure. Good Luck!
Giuseppe
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Hi Giuseppe,
thx, i have got it running. It was indeed the zerro that was missing, but
it looks like still some commands are missing. I have done it this way:
Downloaded the 2 files libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb and
echoes_0.26-1_armhf.deb
sudo apt-get updat
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install librtlsdr0
sudo apt-get install qt creator
cd to folder with the 2 downloaded files
sudo dpkg -i libqt5charts.............
sudo dpkg -i echoes.0.26-1.........
I had an error after the last command. Debian suggested to use the command
sudo apt --fix-broken install
after this; 'echoes' was running on the rpi3b+ with about 50% cpu. No
meteors seen so far. Where can i find a full manual?
P.S. anyway, Giuseppe Petricca (Grazie Giuseppe! :) sent me a copy of
qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb and I uploaded it in raspbian
folder so you can get it from there and follow its procedure. Good Luck!
Giuseppe
with no spaces between "qt" and "creator" - I have no idea otherwise about what you could have done.
For manual, look under /usr/share/echoes.
Thereare also some configuration files you can start with and then tune on your needs. They are related to GRAVES french radar.
cheers
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Giuseppe M.R. Petricca kindly sent me today his feedbacks about installing Echoes on Raspbian9. The following text is the procedure he followed to successfully complete that task:
Goodnight
Giuseppe Bertani
Hello, iam trying to install echoes on my rpi3b+. I can not find the qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb file. Where to find to download??
Is there a way to install echeos via apt-get?
Thanks and regards,
case.
Hi Case,
I tried - like you did - to find that file online without success, but there is an alternative:
1)log in as "pi" user
2)download latest echoes and libqtcharts from Raspbian folder - you probably already did that.
3)sudo apt-get update
4)sudo apt-get upgrade
5)sudo apt-get librtlsdr
6)sudo apt-get qtcreator (this should automatically install all the qt5 stuff needed)
7)sudo dpkg -i libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
8)sudo dpkg -i echoes_0.26-1_armhf.deb
now, starting "echoes -v" something nice should appear on the screen, regardless if you have or not the dongle plugged in.
Let me know if this works for you, if ok, I will add this procedure in the README.
Cordially
Giuseppe
Hello Giuseppe,
thx for your reply. I have the following files in a folder on the desktop
of mu rpi 3 B+ rev 1.3:
echoes_0.26.1_armhf.deb
libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb
step 1 to 4 Ok.
but at step 5 i get a fault: E: Invalid operation librtlsdr
I tried also : sudo apt-get install librtlsdr
Fault: E: Unable to locate package librtlsdr
It looks like we are missing something in the command apt-get
I am not a programmer, so i hope you know a solution?
Thanks in advance and regards,
Case
Op wo 11 sep. 2019 om 14:04 schreef gmbertani gmbertani@users.sourceforge.net:
Hi Case,
Try to search any package containing "rtlsdr" in its name wit the command:
apt-cache search rtlsdr
could be I missed a zero at the end of the package name
Cordially
Giuseppe
P.S. anyway, Giuseppe Petricca (Grazie Giuseppe! :) sent me a copy of qt-everywhere-opensource-rpi_5.9.4_armhf.deb and I uploaded it in raspbian folder so you can get it from there and follow its procedure. Good Luck!
Giuseppe
Hi Giuseppe,
thx, i have got it running. It was indeed the zerro that was missing, but
it looks like still some commands are missing. I have done it this way:
Downloaded the 2 files libqt5charts5_5.7.1-3_armhf.deb and
echoes_0.26-1_armhf.deb
sudo apt-get updat
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install librtlsdr0
sudo apt-get install qt creator
cd to folder with the 2 downloaded files
sudo dpkg -i libqt5charts.............
sudo dpkg -i echoes.0.26-1.........
after this; 'echoes' was running on the rpi3b+ with about 50% cpu. No
meteors seen so far. Where can i find a full manual?
Regards and succes,
Case.
Op vr 13 sep. 2019 om 12:29 schreef gmbertani gmbertani@users.sourceforge.net:
Hi Case,
i hope you meant
with no spaces between "qt" and "creator" - I have no idea otherwise about what you could have done.
For manual, look under /usr/share/echoes.
Thereare also some configuration files you can start with and then tune on your needs. They are related to GRAVES french radar.
cheers