I notice that after installing dump1090-mutability I issue the command to stop rbfeeder. Do I have to stop FR24 as well?
No, you dont have to stop fr24feed.
The rbfeeder was using the Dongle, and dump1090-mutability after installation has failed as it did not find any free Dongle. The rbfeeder was stopped manually to free the Dongle, and after that the dump1090-mutability was restarted. Now there was a free Dongle available, and dump1090-mutability grabbed it and started working normally.
In the next step, rbfeeder's
network_mode was changed from
false to
true, and after that rbfeeder was restarted. With changed setting, the rbfeeder wont look for Dongle (which is no more available, as it is being used by dump1090-mutability). It would connect to port 30005 to grab data from dump1090-mutability, and start working flawlessly.
After configuring dump1090 and altering the configs for both rbfeeder and fr24feed will everything start up automatically after a reboot as it does at the moment?
YES, sure.Does dump1090 add itself to the repository source list so the usual sudo apt update / sudo apt full-upgrade will look in the correct place for future updates much like rbfeeder and fr24feed does?
YES, sure. In fact the debian.org/raspberrypi.org have added the dump1090-mutability to Debian/Raspbian repository list when they released Debian/Raspbian Buster.
Does this install any of the maps etc. that I see referred to? I don’t particularly want any bloatware etc. installed but curious whether anything else gets installed this way?
The dump1090-mutability package comes with integral map, and the map is served by web server lighttpd. The lighttpd is installed automatically when dump1090-mutability is installed.
And finally will I still be able to feed the RadarBox Legacy program from port 32088?
YES, sure..