After I accidentally read in the QRP-Labs forum that Hans Summers uses the PI400, and I was looking for a small inexpensive computer anyway, I also bought a Raspberry PI400. Especially as Hans also wrote that WSJT-X runs on the PI400.
Small and fine, good for all everyday computing tasks.
I had my first 386 back in 1993 in the DOS days, but I can neither program nor do I know how to use the command line.
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How do you install WSJT-X on the Raspberry PI400?
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I found detailed instructions here:
https://www.fs-pcba.com/de/
Despite several attempts, I couldn't get it to work. :(
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Then I remembered that Hans had written: "It was only a few clicks to install WSJT-X"
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So I kept looking.
Here I was on the right track:
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Linux:
Version 2.6.1
Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye, ARMv6, ... : wsjtx_2.6.1_armhf.deb
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At first I thought the 64 bit version would be the right one, but no, although my PI400
was advertised as 64 bit, it is probably only a 32 bit.
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I created a directory "build" in the file manager.
I copied the above-mentioned version 2.6.1 into it with the mouse
Then I went to this help page:
https://wsjt.sourceforge.io/
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and followed the instructions.
In the LX terminal of the Raspberry PI400, enter the command: CD build
to get to the fer directory where version 2.6.1 is located.
Then enter the install command:
sudo dpkg -i wsjtx_2.6.1_armhf.deb
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Below you will find some commands for downloading the required files:
sudo apt install libgfortran5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5network5 \
? ? ?libqt5printsupport5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins libqt5serialport5 \
? ? ?libqt5sql5-sqlite libfftw3-single3 libgomp1 libboost-all-dev \
? ? ?libusb-1.0-0 libportaudio2
Copy and paste everything into the LX terminal.
After these were also installed, I restarted the PI400, and lo and behold, WSJT-X can be found in the sidebar under Entertainment Media.
