Fldigi - Precompiled Binary
Hamlib required
You will need to have hamlib-1.2.6 installed on your system before
fldigi can be executed. Most current distributions either have a deb
or rpm distribution file for hamlib-1.2.6. If you must compile from
source you can find it at:
http://www.hamlib.org
Follow the instructions in the source code top directory to compile, link and install the library.
Installing fldigi
The static executables are tested on as many distributions as
possible to insure that they work "out-of-the-box", but there are
always a few Linux distributions that may have a missing link or
library. The precompiled binaries have been tested and work
correctly on all of the Debian and Ubuntu/Kubuntu distributions.
They have also been tested and confirmed to work on Suse 10.1,
and Mandriva 2007.
Download the tarball for the binary version and unpack to a
directory on your HD such as $HOME/bin or some other convenient directory of your choosing.
You can create a link to the fldigi executable on your desktop
using the fldigi.png icon located in the unpack directory. Creating a desktop link to an
application is different for each desktop manager, so please refer to
the documentation for your specific manager.
The first time that you execute fldigi either from the command line or
by clicking on the executable in a file manager or the desktop icon it
will create a new directory and file:
- $HOME/.fldigi
- $HOME/.fldigi/macros.mdf
You can edit the macros.mdf file to create custom macros that meet your
operating requirements, but it is easier to use the built-in macro
editor that fldigi provides.
See Transceiver Control for details on using rig control with fldigi.
You should read the instructions on Configuring Fldigi to set up the push-to-talk, sound card, and possibly hamlib or rigCAT i/o to your transceiver.