Install software on Raspberry PI4 for SparksSDR and Hermes

[Hank Wolfla]

Could someone give me guidance on how to install the necessary software on my Raspberry Pi to run SparkSDR with my Hermes Lite2.  I have very little knowledge of how to program a Pi.  Any help or direction to a link giving me clear instructions would be wonderful.  I been a ham for 63 years and still willing to learn.  THANK YOU!

Hank Wolfla K9LZJ & W9VW

hwo...@gmail.com

[Boudewijn (Bob) Tenty]

Hi Hank,

You will find deb packages for the 32 bit and 64 bit PI at https://www.sparksdr.com/downloads

Open a command shell at the PI and install with,  sudo dpkg -i package_ name

Example: sudo dpkg -i SparkSDR.2.0.992.linux-arm64.deb  for the 64 bit version of version 2.0.992.

73,

Boudewijn VE3TOK

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[Heath Petty]

You can go to the spark sdr website on the raspberry pi. When you download the file that Bob mentions above, it will end up in the /home/<user>/Downloads directory. When you open a terminal on the pi desktop, it will automatically be in your home dir. So, you just probably need to run: 

sudo dpkg -i Downloads/SparkSDR.2.0.992.linux-arm64.deb

If it asks for a password, its the same as your regular user login. 

Once that is done, you should see SparkSDR somewhere in the menus. I don't have my Pi handy at the moment, so I don't remember exactly where it gets put. Have a look around. 

-Heath 

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