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len2307

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Cannot configure airband receiver on Rpi 5
« on: March 17, 2026, 11:10:00 AM »
I am having trouble installing rtl-airband-rb software on my raspberry pi.

I have purchased the VHF flight stick receiver to use.

I have a Pi 5 running flight aware ADSB software with rb feeder installed for ADSB feed ID EXTRPI646082.

How can this be fixed?

This is the error I am getting. (images attached)

abcd567

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Re: Cannot configure airband receiver on Rpi 5
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2026, 03:20:42 PM »
It seems the package rtl-airband-rb is not available in RB24 repository for bookworm and bullseye. I could find it only in RB24 repository for buster, that also armhf architecture.

Anyhow I downloaded the rtl-airband-rb armhf package and installed it on my RPi 4 with Bookworm by following method. As I don't have airband dongle, I could not test if it is functioning OK.

Please also see screenshot attached below


STEP-1
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wget https://apt.rb24.com/pool/main/r/rtl-airband-rb/rtl-airband-rb_0.1.1-2020061700.1_armhf.deb 

sudo dpkg -i rtl-airband-rb_0.1.1-2020061700.1_armhf.deb 


The second command above will give following message, listing dependency packages required to be installed to complete the installation:
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of rtl-airband-rb:armhf:
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on libconfig++9v5 (>= 1.5-0.4~).
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on libmp3lame0 (>= 3.100).
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on librtlsdr0; however:
  Package librtlsdr0:armhf is not installed.
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on libshout3 (>= 2.2.2).
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on libstdc++6 (>= 5).
 rtl-airband-rb:armhf depends on libvorbisenc2 (>= 1.1.2).

dpkg: error processing package rtl-airband-rb:armhf (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:

Issue following command to install dependencies and complete installation
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sudo apt -y --fix-broken install



STEP-2:
After installation is completed, you can open configuration file by command below and make necessary settings:
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sudo nano /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf



After modifications, save the file and restart rtl-airband-rb
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sudo systemctl restartt rtl-airband-rb



« Last Edit: March 19, 2026, 10:17:40 PM by abcd567 »