weechat-radio:$ Linux setup

Steps

1. Install wcr

   Install:

   curl -fsSL https://weechatradio.com/install.sh | sh

   Before WeeChat is installed, the installer says it will use apt or dnf and that sudo may ask for your password. If ~/.local/bin is not on PATH, it adds that directory to your bash, zsh, or fish profile and prints the line to run in this terminal.

2. Join the serial group

   If you will plug in a USB radio cable, add your user to the serial group, then log out and back in:

   sudo usermod -aG dialout $USER

3. Run setup

   Run setup first. It asks for your callsign, grid, and whether you have a radio:

   wcr setup

4. Open the chat window

   Then open the chat window:

   wcr gui

5. Run in the background

   Background service:

   wcr service install

   To update, press Update in the desktop app (click the version at the bottom left), or run wcr update. Either one waits for the radio to go quiet, restarts the station on the new version (this service too) and checks it runs. wcr status and wcr restart need no sudo.

6. Open WeeChat

   The installer also sets up WeeChat. After wcr node, run wcr weechat. To rewrite the server and script: wcr weechat --configure.