Hi,

Maybe you know that recently Raspberry Pi OS got a next stable upgrade, which is based on Debian 11 (codename Bullseye). That is nice, because a lot of new stuff is packaged in the distro and bugs are fixed. Our hamradio use of Raspberry Pi computer relied on some really nice programs and Build-a-Pie script to install them. Alas the new version of the Raspberry Pi OS makes things a little bit difficult for a while. For example we can't install recent version of wsjtx on Bullseye, because the binary package from the author is compiled for older Raspberry Pi OS version and the libraries needed for running wsjtx are old and not available in Bullseye.
But there is some good news - we can install both js8call and wsjtx from source. The build process is similar for both of them and we need about 45-60 minutes for the task. Most of the time is spent on actual compiling and we doesn't have to stay in front of the computer.

So let's begin

JS8CALL

First we need to allow installing source packages in Raspberry Pi OS

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Look for these lines:

# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

Remove the #? sign in front of deb-src so the line becomes like this:

deb-src bullseye main contrib non-free rpi

Save and exit.


Next we need to make sure the system is up to date:

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade -y


Let's install the needed libraries for js8call building:

sudo apt-get build-dep js8call -y

Last command installs everything including hamlib. If we are happy with older version of hamlib, provided by Raspberry Pi OS we doesn't need to remove it. But if we use hamlib via BAP we need to remove hamlib:

OPTIONAL STEP, see above

sudo apt remove libhamlib4 libhamlib-dev


Next steps are well documented in js8call source code:

mkdir ~/hamlib-prefix

cd ~/hamlib-prefix

git clone src


### Get the JS8Call Source

mkdir ~/js8call-prefix

cd ~/js8call-prefix

git clone src


Compile hamlib:

cd ~/hamlib-prefix/src

./bootstrap

mkdir ../build

cd ../build

../src/configure --prefix=$HOME/hamlib-prefix \

??? --disable-shared --enable-static \

??? --without-cxx-binding --disable-winradio \

??? CFLAGS="-g -O2 -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections" \

??? LDFLAGS="-Wl,--gc-sections"

make

make install-strip


I prefer to run make command with -j 4 option to utilize all 4 cores of the RPi 4

if you like execute

make -j 4

instead of

make


### Compile JS8Call


cd ~/js8call-prefix/src

mkdir ../build

cd ../build

cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=~/hamlib-prefix -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/usr/local ../src

make

make package


again if we need speed execute make -j 4 instead of make

Upon finishing there is a message like this:

CPack: - package: /home/pi/js8call-prefix/build/js8call_2.2.1-devel_armhf.deb generated.

The package is ready for install via apt command:

cd ~/js8call-prefix/build/

sudo apt install -y ./js8call_2.2.1-devel_armhf.deb


Congratulations we have built and installed JS8Call. We can save the .deb package for later use in Bullseyeor to share it with a friend.


###WSJTX


The process is similar. Most of the tasks are done in js8call steps.

Install the needed libraries:

sudo apt install qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libboost-all-dev libfftw3-dev libreadline-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libudev-dev portaudio19-dev


Then we prepare a directory for compiling, download the source and unzip it and start the compiling. At the end we have a .deb package again, ready for install:


mkdir ~/wsjtx-build

cd ~/wsjtx-build

wget

tar xzf wsjtx-2.5.2.tgz

mkdir build

cd build

cmake -DWSJT_SKIP_MANPAGES=ON -DWSJT_GENERATE_DOCS=OFF ../wsjtx-2.5.2

cmake --build .

cmake --build . --target package


The last command produces our .deb file and shows it's location in the terminal window:

CPack: - package: /home/pi/wsjtx-build/build/wsjtx-prefix/src/wsjtx-build/wsjtx_2.5.2_armhf.deb generated.

It can be installed by apt command:
sudo apt install /home/pi/wsjtx-build/build/wsjtx-prefix/src/wsjtx-build/wsjtx_2.5.2_armhf.deb

We could also save the .deb file for future use.


OK that's was all, I hope you can get js8call and wsjtx running on your Raspberry Pi computers powered by Bullseye.

If you have questions please don't hesitate to ask me.

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73 Daff, LZ1DAF

Hi there Dafcho,
Thank you for this post. Very clear to follow the steps.
I have problems with js8call and my FT-817. Think that the errors most probably have to do with hamlib, they could maybe be fixed with a newer hamlib version?
I am not very experienced with stuff like this and so I easily get stuck pretty easily, sorry.

I could follow your list and everything goes nicely until the install package is almost ready:

CPack Error: Error while execution CPackDeb.cmake
CPack Error: Problem compressing the directory
CPack Error: Error when generating package: js8call
make: *** [Makefile:114: package] Error 1

Could you help with a hint about what to do?
Thank you in advance
With best regards
73 OH1BKY de Patrik

Hello Patrik,

Can you type the exact commands when you try to build js8call? Did you compile hamlib from source or rely on Bullseye's package?

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73 Daff, LZ1DAF

Hi Daff,
Thanks.
I followed your description 1:1. Removed Raspberrys hamlib and compiled hamlib from source. Wanted to have the most fresh version of hamlib.

73 Patrik

Thanks for this post, updated to Bullseye today( probably should have waited.
BAP got JS8call just fine but used you instructions to get wsjtx on board. got a :(Package 'libhamlib4' is not installed, so not removed) message with the BAP attempt.

On Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 02:47 PM, n8mac wrote:

Thanks for this post, updated to Bullseye today( probably should have waited.
BAP got JS8call just fine but used you instructions to get wsjtx on board. got a :(Package 'libhamlib4' is not installed, so not removed) message with the BAP attempt.

You can use BAP to install WSJTX.
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Yep, but I got that libhamlib4 error every time I tried with BAP (fresh bullseye build) for some reason YMMV?

Daf, this was a great help.? Wasn't installing js8call, only WSJTX at this point but had previous problems on Buster.? Did a fresh flash of 32 bit Bullseye 11.2 from the RP site and built that first on a 3B+......used the full version.? Then followed your instructions exactly.? The only problem I encountered was a missing CMAKE so installed that and everything went smoothly.? WSJTX 2.5.2.?
Using a 705 with the FT8 preset .... tried manually setting the USB com on the 705 first but what worked in the end is the FT8 preset ... not sure what the difference is.
73 and thanks again for the great help.
Now to try to get PAT and ardop working with the 705.
K2KGJ-Jules

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Hi Jules,

I'm glad that you've found the instructions useful! I haven't got a 705 (yet) so maybe someone else could give you an advice. Pat and ardop should be easy tasks if you utilize flrig for CAT control. Just make sure to select the right alsa device for ardop.

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73 Daff, LZ1DAF

Awesome instructions! Im brand new to the pi, so im basically copy and pasting here.

Now, Im getting an error while installing js8 this way and i was hoping you could help. Ill attach a picture with this response.

Thank you for any help!

And for reference, im using a 3B+