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Echolink QTel Client Ubuntu 10.04 64-bit
Note: the following information is now quite dated. I do not use Echolink with any frequency – so I have not had any occasion to update this post. I am leaving this post up since it has become a somewhat popular landing point for information on installing Echolink.
Please see the comments – I moderate all comments but I attempt to post any comments that contain helpful information about the subject.
In particular many people need to install all the libraries, I may have already had them installed. Also, users now report audio issues that I did not experience.
Again, please see the comments and the additional information.
You may find this site helpful – but I have not personally verified the information and am since running a different version of the OS altogether.
http://kd8bxp.blogspot.com/2011/10/echolink-on-linux-ubuntu-1010-notes.html
Please see the comments for additional information.
Here is the original post:
I got my amateur radio license back last week after nearly 15 years since I let it lapse!
I wanted to try the Echolink ham radio application out, and I was able to install the Windows client at home on a Windows 7 64-bit box. My workstation at the office runs Ubuntu Linux, 64-bit and I had a little trouble getting a client to work. Installing under Wine did not work for me, the program just froze after connecting.
Fortunately, I was able to get the QTel client working on my 64-bit Ubuntu Linux desktop, using getlibs to install all the dependencies. I connected to a local repeater KC2CIG-R in Staten Island, NY and had my first Echolink (Internet VoIP to 440MHz repeater) QSO with Carl, WA2IAF.
Here is how I got the QTel Echolink client working on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 64-bit
- 1 – Download packages from http://www.chrisronk.net/ham/qtel-debian.tar.gz or http://lz5pn.homeip.net/lz5pn/echoli…-debian.tar.gz.
- 2 – Extract
- 3 – Install getlibs – (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=474790)
- 4 – Type: sudo dpkg -i –force-all qtel_0.11.0-2_i386.deb (or whatever the name of your qtel .deb file is – we won’t be using the other deb files you extracted)
- 5 – Type: getlibs /usr/bin/qtel
- 6 – Change the directory server option in QTel to one of the following:
nasouth.echolink.org
naeast.echolink.org
servers.echolink.org
backup.echolink.org - After this, the application should work on 64-bit Ubuntu or Debian with no issues. Getlibs is a very handy application for installing 32-bit apps on 64-bit.
hi om,
i tried to follow the instructions as written on ur site. i downloaded getlibs-all and installed the package. then i typed getlibs /usr/bin/qtel
in the terminal.
but nothing happened after that
the cursor just blinked
i could not figure out how to change the directory as written in your procedure.
please help me out.
regards
73s
om ashish
What version of Ubuntu are you using? Is it 64bit?
The directory option is changed in the gui after the app is running.
Hi Charles,
I used the packages from the IZ5PN website and followed your instructions exactly. On running getlibs it failed looking for the following deps;
No match for libecholib.so.0.13
No match for libasyncqt.so.0.16
No match for libasyncaudio.so.0.16
I went back and ran the following commands to install two of the other .deb files
sudo dpkg -i –force-all echolib_0.13.0-2_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i –force-all libasync_0.16.0-2_i386.deb
Rerunning getlibs produced no errors this time and I am now a happy Echolink user again
Thanks for the hints & 73,
Greg, G0DUB
Greg, I’ve got the same problem as you…
Solved following your directions…
Thanks Charles for the hints.
Best 73,
Marco, IZ4BRB
This package http://lz5pn.homeip.net/lz5pn/echolinux/qtel-debian.tar.gz was changed.
I add getlibs and write short howto using this information.
Many tks for this information.
73 de lz5pn.
Iz5pn shows in his qtel howto readme:
Install in this order:
1 getlibs-all.deb
2 echolib_0.13.0-2_i386.deb
3 libasync_0.16.0-2_i386.deb
4 libsigc++1.2-5_1.2.7-2_i386.deb
5 qtel_0.11.0-2_i386.deb
Here are his suggested install commands as I entered them
in my 10.04 64bit terminal window:
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo dpkg -i –force-all getlibs-all.deb
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo dpkg -i –force-all echolib_0.13.0-2_i386.deb
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo dpkg -i –force-all libasync_0.16.0-2_i386.deb
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo dpkg -i –force-all libsigc++1.2-5_1.2.7-2_i386.deb
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo dpkg -i –force-all qtel_0.11.0-2_i386.deb
lj@lian:~/qtel-debian$ sudo getlibs /usr/bin/qtel
(I answered Y to “install i386 packages)
Then in Applications -> Internet, I found QTel “The QT Echo Link Client”
Clicking QTel in Applications -> Internet started the qtel program running OK,
but didn’t have any transmit audio when I connected to the ECHOLINK conference test server. This is with Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS. The problem, I think, is that qtel by default tries to use /dev/dsp as the sound device.
In order to get transmit audio, I now start qtel with pdasp qtel as shown below:
lj@lian:~$ padsp qtel
In Qtel: Settings, the Sound Settings -> Audio device remains /dev/dsp
W0AY
Has anyone tried this on Ubuntu 11.10? Just loaded the new version yesterday and now I am ready to start loading some Ham software and I figured echolink would be a good place to start.
Thanks N0EB
At present I am putting hams on Linux OS ,I am seeking to migrate my guys away from windows and go Linux as its hold the key to amateur radio development.
I have just completed setting up 9z4frg George acer laptop 5315 with XUBUNTU 11.10 , I just download from the link above 1 – Download packages from http://www.chrisronk.net/ham/qtel-debian.tar.gz .
I download qtel-debian.tar.gz to my download folder ,open my download folder ,right click on the folder extract it in the same download folder , you will get qtel-debian,open the folder you see 4 files echolib,libasync,libsigct and qtel.
I double click on one at a time ,when you double click the file Ubuntu software center open up i then install the files one by one from Ubuntu software center .
After installation i go to the application menu click Internet i see QTEL open it up configure qtel figure then i was on echolink ,this is how i set up qtel .guy very impressive software simple and easy .
de Julien / 9z4fz
Thanks Julien. I haven’t tried the install on an newer versions. The issues I had previously were with the 64-bit OS and not 32-bit which had no issues.
Thanks,
CS
For those who might cut the text for the dpkg -i -force-all commands and get errors, see your OS man pages with: man dpkg.
In my own case, I needed the commands to read sudo dpkg -i –force-all for the commands to work.
73
dan
Hi all, I just sharing…I’m using Qtel on Ubuntu 11.10 32bits and Qtel client just work when open the program using the tip on start application:
$ padsp qtel
and all setting is how coming Default.