Re: [wsjt-devel] Installing WSJT-X 2.2.0-rc1 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS doesn't work

[Bill S. <g4...@cl...>]

Hi David,

thanks for the dependent package name updates, and well done!

You need to install the runtime pulseaudio plugin for Qt:

sudo apt install libqt5multimedia5-plugins

to get pulse audio to hook up with WSJT-X, as noted here in the WSJT-X 
User Guide:

https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx-doc/wsjtx-main-2.2.0-rc1.html#INSTALL_LINUX

73
Bill
G4WJS.

On 12/05/2020 12:12, David Spoelstra wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> I figured out the few differences in the pre-install package names for 
> Ubuntu 20.04 if anyone is interested:
> svn -> subversion
> libusb-1.0.0-dev -> libusb-1.0-0-dev
> libqt5libserialport5-dev -> libqt5serialport5-dev
>
> So, these three lines should install all the pre-installs for Ubuntu 
> 20.04:
> sudo apt install build-essential gcc clang g++ gfortran cmake git 
> asciidoc texinfo subversion
> sudo apt install qtmultimedia5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools
> sudo apt install libfftw3-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libqt5serialport5-dev
>
> Then I just followed the instructions and everything built.
>
> On launch, the program starts but has three sound I/O errors:
> "An error opening the audio output device has occurred."
> "Requested output audio format is not supported on device."
> "Requested input audio format is not supported on device."
>
> After clicking "OK" the program looks fine like everything is fine. I 
> just figured that I needed to go into settings and configure the sound 
> I/O.
>
> The problem is that Soundcard Input: and Output: in Settings are blank 
> and have no drop down choices. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> -David, N9KT
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 8:17 PM Bill Somerville <g4...@cl... 
> <mailto:g4...@cl...>> wrote:
>
>     Hi David,
>
>     it's not very difficult, start with the self contained sources
>     tarball from the WSJT-X project web page, unpack it and read the
>     file INSTALL at the top level.
>
>     73
>     Bill
>     G4WJS.
>
>     On 12/05/2020 00:51, David Spoelstra wrote:
>>     Thanks Bill. I might take a crack at building it...
>>     -David, N9KT
>>
>>     On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:58 PM Bill Somerville
>>     <g4...@cl... <mailto:g4...@cl...>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi David,
>>
>>         as noted on the WSJT-X web page
>>         https://physics.princeton.edu/pulsar/K1JT/wsjtx.html and in
>>         the README info on the project SourceForge files area
>>         https://sourceforge.net/projects/wsjt/files/wsjtx-2.2.0-rc1/
>>         , the Debian style packages target Ubuntu 18.04. Although
>>         Ubuntu 20.04 is released there is no easy upgrade path for
>>         users until the 20.04.1 release in a couple of months, until
>>         then we will target the 18.04.x LTS release.
>>
>>         The Ubuntu package maintainers for WSJT-X will probably make
>>         packages available soon that are suitable for various
>>         versions. In the meantime you can build WSJT-X from sources.
>>
>>         73
>>         Bill
>>         G4WJS.
>>
>>         On 11/05/2020 19:21, David Spoelstra wrote:
>>>         As a follow-on, I did install "gfortran": sudo apt install
>>>         gfortran and got this:
>>>         Reading package lists... Done
>>>         Building dependency tree
>>>         Reading state information... Done
>>>         gfortran is already the newest version (4:9.3.0-1ubuntu2).
>>>         0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>>
>>>         However I still get the error: "Depends: libgfortran3 (>=
>>>         4.8.2) but it is not installable" when I try and install wsjt-x
>>>
>>>         Thanks!
>>>         -David, N9KT
>>>
>>>
>>>         On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 2:16 PM David Spoelstra
>>>         <da...@me... <mailto:da...@me...>>
>>>         wrote:
>>>
>>>             When I tried to install in the latest Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,
>>>             I got:
>>>             The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>>>              wsjtx : Depends: libgfortran3 (>= 4.8.2) but it is not
>>>             installable
>>>
>>>             When I try "sudo apt install libgfortran3" I get:
>>>             Reading package lists... Done
>>>             Building dependency tree
>>>             Reading state information... Done
>>>             E: Unable to locate package libgfortran3
>>>
>>>             I'm a little lost as to how to get libgfortran3.
>>>             Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>             Thanks!
>>>             -David, N9KT
>>>