---
title: Install WaveLogGate on Arch Linux
summary: >
  There is an app for Linux, Windows and MacOS to connect your
  wavelog instance to your local computer.
date: 2024-08-18T16:08:33+0200
#lastmod:
categories:
  - amateur-radio
  - computerstuff
tags:
  - archlinux
  - wavelog
---

[Get](https://github.com/wavelog/WaveLogGate/releases/tag/v1.0.16) the `.deb` file.
Extract it with [debtap](https://github.com/helixarch/debtap).

```console
$ debtap wavelog-gate-by-dj7nt_1.0.16_amd64.deb
==> Extracting package data...
==> Fixing possible directories structure differencies...
==> Generating .PKGINFO file...

:: Enter Packager name (can be left blank):

:: Enter package license (can be left blank, you can enter multiple licenses comma separated):

*** Creation of .PKGINFO file in progress. It may take a few minutes, please wait...
grep: Warnung: überzähliges \ vor /
grep: Warnung: überzähliges \ vor /
grep: Warnung: überzähliges \ vor /
[ ... snipped (much more of these lines...) ]

Warning: These dependencies (depend =   fields) could not be translated into Arch Linux packages names:
kde-runtime, libatspi2.0-0
Warning: These optional dependencies (optdepend =   fields) could not be translated into Arch Linux packages names:
gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0, libasound2

==> Checking and generating .INSTALL file (if necessary)...

:: If you want to edit .PKGINFO and .INSTALL files (in this order), press (1) For vi (2) For nano (3) For default editor (4) For a custom editor or any other key to continue:
```

Hit <kbd>3</kbd> to edit the resulting files with the default editor and remove
the following dependencies:

```plain
gtk
kde-runtime
libatspi2.0-0
gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0
libasound2
discord
kde-cli-tools
gvfs
intel-oneapi-basekit
trash-cli
```

We could translate them into packages available for Archlinx, but I will just
remove them for now because I don't need any additional stuff (like discord,
<abbr title="What The Fuck">WTF</abbr>?!#$!) (You can try and remove even more
dependencies; if it fails, leave them in next time...)

I also edit the package name:

```plain
pkgname = wavelog-gate
```

All hail to the author of the program, but I really do not need
any callsign in an applications name.

Save the file and skip the second file that pops up after closing the
first one.

The creation of the package continues:

```console
==> Generating .MTREE file...

==> Creating final package...
==> Package successfully created!
==> Removing leftover files...
```

Install the final arch package

```console
$ paru -U wavelog-gate-1.0.16-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
Pakete werden geladen …
Warnung: wavelog-gate-1.0.16-1 ist aktuell -- Reinstalliere
Abhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst …
Nach in Konflikt stehenden Paketen wird gesucht …

Pakete (1) wavelog-gate-1.0.16-1

Gesamtgröße der installierten Pakete:  298,90 MiB
Größendifferenz der Aktualisierung:      0,00 MiB

:: Installation fortsetzen? [J/n]
(1/1) Schlüssel im Schlüsselbund werden geprüft                                          [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) Paket-Integrität wird überprüft                                                    [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) Paket-Dateien werden geladen                                                       [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) Auf Dateikonflikte wird geprüft                                                    [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) Verfügbarer Festplattenspeicher wird ermittelt                                     [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Paketänderungen werden verarbeitet …
(1/1) Reinstalliert wird wavelog-gate                                                    [---------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Post-transaction-Hooks werden gestartet …
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt
(3/3) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
```

The end. Anyone tried this on FreeBSD yet?