Cannot configure airband receiver on Rpi 5

[len2307]

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]

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



[abcd567]

I have today build rtl-airband-rb.deb arm64 package for RPi running Bookworm using source code at https://github.com/szpajder/RTLSDR-Airband. Tested it on my RPi 4 running Bookworm, and it works perfectly well. Please see attached screenshot.

I have uploaded this .deb package to my github repository. Anyone can download and install it by following method:

STEP 1 of 2: Download and Install

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wget https://github.com/abcd567a/temp/releases/download/pythhon3.12/rtl-airband-rb_10.0.0_bookworm_arm64.deb

sudo dpkg -i rtl-airband-rb_10.0.0_bookworm_arm64.deb


The second command above will halt midway and give notice of missing dependencies. Do not worry. When this happens, issue following command, which will install missing dependencies and complete the installation.

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sudo apt --fix-broken install




STEP 2 of 2: CONFIGURE
Open config file for editing

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sudo nano /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf


(2.1) It is a long file. Scroll down and add your particulars in these two lines:

         mountpoint = "EXTVHFXXXXXX"; 
        username = "<RadarBox Login E-mail>";
          password = "<radarBox Password>";
 
(2.2) You will also be required to set frequencies of your local airport in following line

      freqs = ( 118000000, 119550000, 126000000 );
      labels = ( "Tower", "Ground", "Approach" );



CONTENTS OF CONFIG FILE /etc/rtl-airband-rb.conf

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# This is a minimalistic configuration file for rtl-airband
# Please change frequencies that you will use and other settings.
#
# Note: this configuration will use your second dongle attached
# to you raspberry, not the first one!
#
# index = 0     => First dongle
# index = 1     => Second dongle


devices:
({
  type = "rtlsdr";
  index = 1;
  gain = 28;
  correction = 0;
  mode = "scan";
  channels:
  (
    {
          #squelch = 35;  # Uncomment to set squelch manually
      freqs = ( 118000000, 119550000, 126000000 );
      labels = ( "Tower", "Ground", "Approach" );
      outputs: (
        {
          type = "icecast";
          server = "audio.rb24.com";
          port = 8000;
          mountpoint = "EXTVHFXXXXXX";
          name = "My Transmitter";
          genre = "ATC";
          username = "<RadarBox Login E-mail>";
          password = "<radarBox Password>";
          send_scan_freq_tags = true;
        }
                # If you need more outputs, put here

      );
    }
  );
 }
);