SVXLink : Install from source

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====== SVXLink : Install from source ======

===70cm Simplex Gateway MB7AZE===

SVXLink installed on Raspberry Pi - compiled from author's Git repository.

VOIP networking is achieved using the SVXReflector protocol connecting to a reflector
server run by Chris G4NAB. This connects SVXLink systems together and provides "Talkgroups"
in a similar manner to DMR. There is a web portal to observe the network in real time here:

[[http://svxportal-uk.ddns.net:81/index.php]]

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===== install a current version of SVXLink =====

==== Get current Git version ====

''git clone https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink.git''

==== Install Dependencies ====

A lot of dependencies are required, and not all of them are obvious from the INSTALL doc in 
the source, needing a few iterations of running ''cmake -DUSE_QT=no .. '' and then installing whatever 
package is highlighted as //missing//. This might need repeating several times to grab everything required, and to successfully complete the ''cmake'' phase.


Eventually everything is installed allowing the SVXlink package to be configured
and built. 

==== Configure ====

When configuring with ''cmake'' I used a command line switch '' -DUSE_QT=no'' to avoid QT dependencies and building QTel client :

<code bash>
cd svxlink/src
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DUSE_QT=no ..
make
sudo make install
ldconfig
</code>

=== Update to latest version from GIT ===

<code bash>
cd svxlink
git pull
cd src/build
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

</code>

===== Running Svlink =====

Start SVXLINK from script in home directory

''svx_ref.sh''

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash

CFG=/usr/local/etc/svxlink/svxlink.conf
LOG=/home/gm4slv/svxlink.log

sudo killall svxlink
sudo killall svxlink
sudo killall svxlink

sudo svxlink --daemon --logfile=$LOG --config=$CFG
exit 0
</code>


Probably need up to date sound files, with the additional items needed for reflector use:

[[https://github.com/sm0svx/svxlink-sounds-en_US-heather/releases]]


===== Configuration file =====

[[mb7azeconf|svxlink.conf]] 


===== Crontab =====

=== to start at reboot===

''@reboot sleep 30 && sudo -u gm4slv /home/gm4slv/svx_ref.sh >/dev/null 2>&1''

 //[[gm4slv@gm4slv.plus.com|John Pumford-Green]] Tue May  3 20:56:09 2022//#


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