Rick, this may have changed but my version of FLDIGI was very simple (1.37).
I downloaded it to my preferred download directory which is /home/hb/downloads/fldigi ... Then I double cliked it to bring up File Roller. Then I clicked extract, created a new directory /home/hb/ fldigi and extracted the single file to this directory. Then I double click on the program and it runs. This is as simple as it gets. Maybe version 2 is different? Howard K5HB From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 7:41:16 PM Subject: [digitalradio] Linux packages for Ubuntu I am trying (yet again) to use Linux in a practical manner. With my older computer the newest version of Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) has the correct drivers for my 22" Samsung Monitor. I have downloaded fldigi, geoid, fl_logbook, and flarq. I double click on the binary .tgz and it brings up File Roller (not exactly what the help says, but this is Linux and there are some gotchas and what some might call small errors, but frustrating when you trying to do it right). It is not as intuitive as Windows programs, but I am thinking I am doing the right thing and trying to extract the components. It seems to be happening and then I have a representation of the program as an icon and the properties of the icon says it is an executable program. In some cases there is yet another installation script but when I run that, nothing happens. None of the binaries will actually work.. Except on time I did get fldigi to come up on the screen, but after that ... nothing. So I have to be doing one or more things wrong. I have spent quite a few hours trying to figure this out, but no luck so far. Anyone have an idea what needs to be done in addition to what I am trying to do? I might mention that I was able to use Synaptic to retrieve the binaries for gMFSK and XLog and they both installed OK and it put the apps in a menu called "Other." Oddly, when I tried to do the same with the older version of fldigi, v. 1.33 (new is 2.04) it did not work either. 73, Rick, KV9U Paul L Schmidt, K9PS wrote: > Yes - fldigi doesn't (at least, not yet) support MT-63. I found > the ubuntu repository and the gmfsk package... although I'll have > to do some research to tell him how to get it installed. He's > a Linux very-newbie, and I'm a Linux old-timer but haven't used > ubuntu enough to know how to have it fetch the packages. I shouldn't > have any problems getting that figured out, though. I survived the > transition from SLS to Slackware's .tgz files to RedHat RPM's :) > > > Thanks for the info. > > 73, > > Paul / K9PS > <!-- #ygrp-mkp{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;font-family:Arial;margin:14px 0px;padding:0px 14px;} #ygrp-mkp hr{ border:1px solid #d8d8d8;} #ygrp-mkp #hd{ color:#628c2a;font-size:85%;font-weight:bold;line-height:122%;margin:10px 0px;} #ygrp-mkp #ads{ margin-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-mkp .ad{ padding:0 0;} #ygrp-mkp .ad a{ color:#0000ff;text-decoration:none;} --> <!-- #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc{ font-family:Arial;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc #hd{ margin:10px 0px;font-weight:bold;font-size:78%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc .ad{ margin-bottom:10px;padding:0 0;} --> <!-- #ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px;font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;} #ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;} #ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;} #ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;} #ygrp-text{ font-family:Georgia; } #ygrp-text p{ margin:0 0 1em 0;} #ygrp-tpmsgs{ font-family:Arial; clear:both;} #ygrp-vitnav{ padding-top:10px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;margin:0;} #ygrp-vitnav a{ padding:0 1px;} #ygrp-actbar{ clear:both;margin:25px 0;white-space:nowrap;color:#666;text-align:right;} #ygrp-actbar .left{ float:left;white-space:nowrap;} .bld{font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-grft{ font-family:Verdana;font-size:77%;padding:15px 0;} #ygrp-ft{ font-family:verdana;font-size:77%;border-top:1px solid #666; padding:5px 0; } #ygrp-mlmsg #logo{ padding-bottom:10px;} #ygrp-vital{ background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:2px 0 8px 8px;} #ygrp-vital #vithd{ font-size:77%;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold;color:#333;text-transform:uppercase;} #ygrp-vital ul{ padding:0;margin:2px 0;} #ygrp-vital ul li{ list-style-type:none;clear:both;border:1px solid #e0ecee; } #ygrp-vital ul li .ct{ font-weight:bold;color:#ff7900;float:right;width:2em;text-align:right;padding-right:.5em;} #ygrp-vital ul li .cat{ font-weight:bold;} #ygrp-vital a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-vital a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor #hd{ color:#999;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov{ padding:6px 13px;background-color:#e0ecee;margin-bottom:20px;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{ padding:0 0 0 8px;margin:0;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li{ list-style-type:square;padding:6px 0;font-size:77%;} #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{ text-decoration:none;font-size:130%;} #ygrp-sponsor #nc{ background-color:#eee;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0 8px;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad{ padding:8px 0;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{ font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;color:#628c2a;font-size:100%;line-height:122%;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a{ text-decoration:none;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{ text-decoration:underline;} #ygrp-sponsor .ad p{ margin:0;} o{font-size:0;} .MsoNormal{ margin:0 0 0 0;} #ygrp-text tt{ font-size:120%;} blockquote{margin:0 0 0 4px;} .replbq{margin:4;} -->
