1. Permissions

add user to dialout group to access serial devices without root

sudo usermod -a -G dialout

2. Dependencies

sudo zypper install git cmake npm
sudo zypper install -t pattern devel_basis
sudo zypper install portaudio-devel python3-PyAudio
sudo npm install -g n
sudo n stable
pip3 install psutil crcengine ujson pyserial numpy structlog

3. Install hamlib python binding

sudo zypper install git python3-devel swig
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://github.com/Hamlib/Hamlib/releases/download/4.3.1/hamlib-4.3.1.tar.gz
tar xvf hamlib-4.3.1.tar.gz
cd hamlib-4.3.1
./configure --with-python-binding PYTHON=$(which python3)
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig

4. Install FreeDATA

git clone https://github.com/DJ2LS/FreeDATA.git
cd FreeDATA/gui
npm i
cd ..

Optional: Install codec2

If you want to use the latest version of codec2, just download and compile it. The tnc will detect, if a self compiled version is used. Otherwise a precompiled binary will be used.

cd tnc (FreeDATA/tnc)
git clone https://github.com/drowe67/codec2.git
cd codec2
mkdir build_linux
cd build_linux
cmake ..
make