Feed Planefinder from Debian, & Ubuntu x86_64

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ab cd

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Last update: August 20, 2021

Planefider has both amd64 and i386 deb packages available.

1 - Debian 10 & 11 and Ubuntu 20
1.1 - On amd64 Computers
Code: 
wget http://client.planefinder.net/pfclient_5.0.162_amd64.deb 
sudo dpkg -i pfclient_5.0.162_amd64.deb 

sudo systemctl status pfclient


1.2 - On i386 Computers
Code: 
wget http://client.planefinder.net/pfclient_5.0.161_i386.deb 
sudo dpkg -i pfclient_5.0.161_i386.deb 

sudo systemctl status pfclient


1.3 - In your browser go to page localhost:30053 (or to IP:30053 from another computer) and add your sharing key, latitude, longitude.


1.4 Useful Commands:
Code: 
sudo systemctl status pfclient
sudo systemctl restart pfclient
sudo systemctl stop pfclient
 
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***STATUS***

DEBIAN 10

Code: 
abcd@debian10:~$ sudo systemctl status pfclient

● pfclient.service - LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pfclient; generated)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-12-22 02:19:24 EST; 3min 5s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Tasks: 7 (limit: 4689)
   Memory: 4.6M
   CGroup: /system.slice/pfclient.service
           └─1590 /usr/bin/pfclient -d -i /var/run/pfclient.pid -z /etc/pfclient-config.json -y /var/log/pfclient $

Dec 22 02:19:23 debian10 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder...
Dec 22 02:19:24 debian10 pfclient[1584]: Starting pfclient: pfclient.
Dec 22 02:19:24 debian10 systemd[1]: Started LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder.


UBUNTU 18
Code: 
abcd@ubuntu-18:~$ sudo systemctl status pfclient

● pfclient.service - LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pfclient; generated)
   Active: active (running) since Sun 2019-12-22 02:01:40 EST; 1min 1s ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Tasks: 7 (limit: 4675)
   CGroup: /system.slice/pfclient.service
           └─2957 /usr/bin/pfclient -d -i /var/run/pfclient.pid -z /etc/pfclient-config.json -y /var/log/pfclient $

Dec 22 02:01:40 ubuntu-18 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder...
Dec 22 02:01:40 ubuntu-18 pfclient[2951]:  * Starting pfclient pfclient
Dec 22 02:01:40 ubuntu-18 pfclient[2951]:    ...done.
Dec 22 02:01:40 ubuntu-18 systemd[1]: Started LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder.
 
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peatrick said:
Thanks for these great x86_64 guides! Is it possible to (somewhat easily) get this RadarBox working on this architecture? With your incredible guides, I believe i got everything else (PiAware 4.0, FlightRadar24, ADSBExchange & PlaneFinder client) running on an old PC. Stay safe!

https://forum.radarbox24.com/index.php?topic=102921.msg466111#msg466111
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Radarbox24 do NOT have Linux feeder for x86_64
They have only for RPi (32-bit armhf and 64-bit aarch)
Unfortunately these dont get installed on Debian amd64 due to dependency issue.

Please ask in Radadarbox24 forum from their moderator (Runway31) to contact Radarbox software developer (Jonis Maurin Ceara) and request him to make available amd64 x86_64 package.
 
Will any of these great guides be updated to reflect usage of the new Debian 11 (bullseye) release? I shall continue remaining patient while you sort through this with your supreme expertise. Thank you kindly for all you do for this community, sir.
 
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peatrick said:
Will any of these great guides be updated to reflect usage of the new Debian 11 (bullseye) release? I shall continue remaining patient while you sort through this with your supreme expertise. Thank you kindly for all you do for this community, sir.
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First post of this thread updated.
Covers Debian 10 & 11 both, and Ubuntu 20

Code: 
abcd@debian11:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="11"
VERSION="11 (bullseye)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bullseye
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"


Code: 
abcd@debian11:~$ apt-cache policy pfclient
pfclient:
  Installed: 5.0.162
  Candidate: 5.0.162
  Version table:
 *** 5.0.162 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



Code: 
abcd@debian11:~$ sudo systemctl status pfclient
● pfclient.service - LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder
     Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/pfclient; generated)
     Active: active (running) since Fri 2021-08-20 03:49:43 EDT; 14min ago
       Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
    Process: 519 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/pfclient start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
      Tasks: 7 (limit: 4663)
     Memory: 12.4M
        CPU: 1.293s
     CGroup: /system.slice/pfclient.service
             └─528 /usr/bin/pfclient -d -i /var/run/pfclient.pid -z /etc/pfclient-config.json -y /var/log/pfclient $

Aug 20 03:49:42 debian11 systemd[1]: Starting LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder...
Aug 20 03:49:43 debian11 pfclient[519]: Starting pfclient: pfclient.
Aug 20 03:49:43 debian11 systemd[1]: Started LSB: planefinder.net ads-b decoder.
 
Okay, cool -- just wanted to be patient, i've broken things in the past by upgrading OS before certain appliances were ready. Thankfully the Debian upgrade path is usually quite conservative. Appreciate your shared expertise, @ab cd sir.

Thanks again, upgrade went (mostly) smooth. MLAT was the only portion that didn't automatically work, but quick re-run of the script immediately resolved any issues... oh, and my machine kept hibernating on bullseye but wasn't too difficult to disable suspend and hibernation.
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