This project creates a Debian package to install a compiled version of HamClock and enable launch on boot using systemd
Version 2.58 of HamClock has deprecated the use of /dev/fb0. It does still build and run.
This version of hamclock-systemd installs hamclock.png and hamclock.desktop in the
XDG standard
shared data directory under the program name which on Debian is /usr/local/share/hamclock/
though these are not of use unless you build the X-11 versions.
As of version 2.60 HamClock binaries that support the use of /dev/fb0 no longer build using the provided source distribuion. The last successfully built package with thes binaries (Version 2.59) will continue to be available but new versions will not.
As of version 2.63 HamClock binaries that support the use of /dev/fb0 are building again and the hamclock-systemd package is available in my repository.
Setting up a headless Raspberry Pi is not as straight forward as a regular set up. You may find the instructins and links in PiHeadlessSetup helpful.
The package includes a precompiled version of HamClock built for the Raspberry Pi frame buffer fb0 800x480 pixes which matches the Raspberry Pi 7 inch touch display. This is the version that is configured to start. The package (as of 2.57.2) includes all four versions of HamClock for the frame buffer:
hamclock-fb0-800x480hamclock-fb0-1600x960hamclock-fb0-2400x1440hamclock-fb0-3200x1920
To use a different display size edit /etc/systemd/system/hamclock.service
and change the line ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/hamclock-fb0-800x480 to
start the version that matches your system.
This change makes the package and the installed footprint a little bigger. Each version is about 4 MB, relative to even a smallish 8 GB SDCard that is not really significant.
You can download an APT package from the GitHub repository Releases to your Pi and install directly from the file:
wget https://github.com/pa28/hamclock-systemd/releases/download/v2.57.2.4/hamclock-systemd-2.57.2-4.armv7l.deb
sudo apt install -f ./hamclock-systemd-2.57.2-4.armv7l.deb
The package versioning is designed to follow HamClock versioning and
provide information on any changes or updates to the wrapping systemd
code. For example the package: hamclock-systemd-4.11.11.0 can be
understood as:
- Containing HamClock version 4.11
- systemd code version 11
- Build number 0
Some binary packages will be attached to this source repository, however a better way to get the most current version built would be to add my package repository to your system. I will try to keep the packages up to date, but won't necessarily add all new packages to this GitHub repository.
With the construction and maintenance of an Aptitude Package repository I decided to deprecate my repository at GemFury.
See the instructions here.
Then perform the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install hamclock-systemd
To start HamClock:
sudo systemctl start hamclock
To enable HamClock start on boot:
sudo systemctl enable hamclock
To stop HamClock if you want to do so:
sudo systemctl stop hamclock
To prevent HamClock from starting on boot:
sudo systemctl disable hamclock
To use this repository to build your own package follow these steps:
- Install prerequisites if not already installed:
sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install cmake make g++ libx11-dev
- Clone the repository to your local system (requires git)
sudo apt install git # if not already installed.
git clone https://github.com/pa28/hamclock-systemd.git
- Build the packages: A make package script now takes care of downloading the source code, updating the version number for CMake, building the eight version of the program and creating the debian packages.
./make_package
The make_package script will exit before attempting to upload the
generated packages to the repository. You can try to remove that but
you won't have the credentials to log into the server, and won't be
on an IP address that the firewall will allow in. If you do and you are
I guess that's on me.