Error when downloading to Ubuntu

Installation Help
1

Hi,

I tried downloading wfview to a laptop running Ubuntu but get an error message. Equipment and system details as follows:

Operating system - Ubuntu 20.04.6 LTS
Downloaded from wfview.org
Radio is Icom 7100
Connect using usb

The error code/url shown in terminal mode is:
HTTPS://termbin.com/elxk

The laptop (HP Pavilion) dual boots with Windows 7 and I have run wfview 1.64 successfully with that but, being Windows, takes forever to boot up. Other programs work fine in Linux.

Many thanks.

Please provide the following information with your question:

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  5. Did you check the FAQ and read the manual?
2

The version of Qt provided by Ubuntu 20.04 (v 5.12) is too old to support various features required by wfview. The minimum supported Qt version is 5.15.

As Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is now end of life, I would recommend upgrading!

Thanks

Phil

3

Thanks Phil,

I thought I had the latest version of Ubuntu as I thought I’d updated yesterday. I’ll have another go and let you know if I have any other issues.

Andy

| phil Phil Taylor M0VSE
3 June |

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The version of Qt provided by Ubuntu 20.04 (v 5.12) is too old to support various features required by wfview. The minimum supported Qt version is 5.15.

As Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is now end of life, I would recommend upgrading!

Thanks

Phil

4

The current LTS (Long Term Support) release is Ubuntu 24.04, codenamed “Noble Numbat”, released on April 25, 2024.

To upgrade Ubuntu releases, the command is:

sudo do-release-upgrade

You may need to upgrade in multiple stages, first to 22.04 then 24.04.

Phil

5

that’s totally the case, yes.

6

I did this from 18.04 recently and it actually worked fine except for one shared library with a broken symlink.

7

Thanks Phil,

Am currently upgrading to 22.04 so will go to 24.04 tomorrow if all goes well.

I really appreciate the help here, Linux is still a bit of a mystery but am learning slowly!

Andy

| phil Phil Taylor M0VSE
3 June |

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The current LTS (Long Term Support) release is Ubuntu 24.04, codenamed “Noble Numbat”, released on April 25, 2024.

To upgrade Ubuntu releases, the command is:

sudo do-release-upgrade

You may need to upgrade in multiple stages, first to 22.04 then 24.04.

Phil