I have completed my look into the Compiling of WSPR on LInux. Tonight I decided to give a compile a run on 80m.
My search was for a Linux Release that would do all the Ham modes. I have that running but no with Fldigi for PSK31 etc. GMFSK has to fill that role. If you didn't get a range of modes all working on one Linux you face the situation where to change Mode you have to change Computer. Totally unsatisfactory.
I have Compiled WSPR on 12 Releases of the Linux Operating System. There are 5 common fail mechanisms across the range. 'Segmentation Fault' Error Message - 'Don't know how to Compile Fortran on this Platform' Error Message - 'Cant find Audio library file' Error Message - 'Compiles but does not work in various ways' You get no clues for these.
Finally there is the works fine in all aspects but is missing something or the labels and fonts are awry.
Below is an example in the final group. I spotted signals from the UK, Germany and Poland, my 100mW made it to the received stations excepting the Polish one, but then his Power was 20dB higher than mine.
Fortran problems stem from the original Windows Compile which did not Compile with the available Linux Compilers, only the old 95 version.
Audio Library problems are due to new Library versions being released and used on the newer Linux Releases and WSPR not being written to use them.
To sum up, its a mess and and getting worse. My first successful compile aka OH2GQC is no longer repeatable, maybe due to a revision in the source code. The Latest Ubuntu and other new releases fail, for me anyway.
