[Elecraft] KX3 Utility Linux version

[James Austin]

Perhaps Elecraft could compile this app in both 32-bit and 64-bit flavors.

Dealing with this kind of Linux stuff is not something most people should
have to do.

Jim/KA2RVO

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 2:26 AM a45wg <ts2018 at sy-edm.com> wrote:

> KX3 Utils
>
> I am running a totally basic Ubuntu Environment (64 bit).
>
> I will get the KX3 Utils, extract and check the file type
>
>     mkdir /elecraft
>     chdir /elecraft
>     wget
> http://www.elecraft.com/software/KX3/KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz
>     tar -zxvf KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz
>     cd kx3util_1_16_6_25
>
> Now to see what this file is
>
>     file file kx3util
>
> I get the following output….
>
> kx3util: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
> dynamically linked, interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.0,
> stripped
>
> Ok  - it is a 32bit Image… So it will not run.
>
> Here’s how to fix it, by  adding the i386 Package ability, and then adding
> some needed libs
>
>     dpkg --add-architecture i386
>     apt-get update
>     apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>
> Now if I check the file kx3util I can see it has resolved the i386 links
> (because I added the the i386 libs)
>
> ldd kx3util
>         linux-gate.so.1 =>  (0xf77d0000)
>         libdl.so.2 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0xf77c4000)
>         libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0xf77a7000)
>         libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
> (0xf7630000)
>         libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xf75db000)
>         libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf75be000)
>         libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xf7407000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf77d1000)
>
> Hope that is a slightly clearer instruction.
>
> Should you want to automate this using Docker, this is the docker script
> for this.
>
>
> FROM ubuntu:16.04
> MAINTAINER a45wg at sy-edm.com
>
> #Purpose of this project is test KX3 util
> #by adding i386 lib references
> #It will pull the elecraft kx3 utility into /elecraft
> #
> #Suggested Build:
> #    docker -t test/kx3:1.0 dockerfile
> #
> #Suggested Run:
> #    docker run -it test/kx3:1.0
> run apt-get update && \
>     apt-get install wget -y
>
> run dpkg --add-architecture i386 && \
>     apt-get update && \
>     mkdir /elecraft && \
>     chdir /elecraft && \
>     wget
> http://www.elecraft.com/software/KX3/KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz && \
>     tar -zxvf KX3UtilityLINUX_1_16_6_25.tgz && \
>     apt-get install -y libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>         Tim, A45WG => DU3/M0FGC
>
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