Manual Install of dump1090-fa and Piaware on Raspbian x86
Write the .iso image to the USB Pen-drive using Etcher or Win32DiskImager or command dd (mac/linux), just like one writes Piaware or Raspbian image to a microSD Card. Then boot the PC with the USB Pen-drive, select âRun with Persistanceâ and it automatically opens prompts to set language, keyboard, country and City. This step is total 15 to 20 minutes job.
The next step is installation of dump1090-fa and Piaware. This step takes another 15 to 20 minutes. Hence the total time is 20 + 20 = 40 minutes. Following few simple commands are required for second step:
(A) Update
sudo apt update
(B) Build and Install dump1090-fa
B-1. Clone Source code,
sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/flightaware/dump1090.git
B-2. Enter Cloned directory âdump1090â, and edit 2 files as shown in B-2.1 & B-2.2.
B-2.1. Edit file debian/control and remove bladeRF
cd dump1090
sudo nano debian/control
#Scroll down till you find the first lines below.
#Scroll down further to find second line.
#Delete libbladerf in both lines as shown in red below.
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B-2.2. Edit file debian/rules and change BLADERF=yes to BLADERF=no
sudo nano debian/rules
#Scroll down till you find the line shown below.
#Change BLADERF=yes to BLADERF=no as shown in red.
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B-3. Install build tools and dependencies.
sudo apt install debhelper dh-systemd librtlsdr-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev
sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libncurses5-dev lighttpd
B-4. Build the dump1090-fa package
sudo dpkg-buildpackage -b
#After package building is completed, go out of dump1090 directory,
#and check if the package exists:
cd ../
ls
dump1090 dump1090-fa_3.6.3_amd64.buildinfo dump1090-fa_3.6.3_amd64.deb
dump1090_3.6.3_all.deb dump1090-fa_3.6.3_amd64.changes dump1090-fa-dbgsym_3.6.3_amd64.deb
B-5 Install dump1090-fa
sudo dpkg -i dump1090-fa_3.6.3_*.deb
sudo reboot
B-6. Add Receiver marker and Range Rings
Open file for editing:
sudo nano /etc/default/dump1090-fa
In the line:
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--device-index 0 --gain -10 --ppm 0 --net-bo-port 30005"
add:
--lat xx.xxxx --lon yy.yyyy
The line will become:
RECEIVER_OPTIONS="--device-index 0 --gain -10 --lat xx.xxxx --lon yy.yyyy --ppm 0 --net-bo-port 30005"
(used actual latitude and longitude in place of xx.xxx and yy.yyyy )
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( C ) Build & Install Piaware
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C-1. Install Build Tools and Dependencies
sudo apt install devscripts build-essential debhelper
sudo apt install tcl8.6-dev autoconf python3-dev
sudo apt install python3-venv virtualenv dh-systemd
sudo apt install zlib1g-dev tclx8.4 tcllib
sudo apt install tcl-tls itcl3 net-tools
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C-2. Build and Install Piaware
git clone https://github.com/flightaware/piaware_builder.git
cd piaware_builder
CODENAME=(`lsb_release -sc`)
echo ${CODENAME}
./sensible-build.sh ${CODENAME}
cd package-${CODENAME}
dpkg-buildpackage -b
cd ../
sudo dpkg -i piaware_*.deb
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C3. CONFIGURE PIAWARE
sudo piaware-config feeder-id xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
sudo piaware-config allow-auto-updates yes
sudo piaware-config allow-manual-updates yes
sudo systemctl restart piaware
sudo systemctl status piaware
. The only alternative left is to install Debian on USB Flash, a very time consuming and buggy option.
