OpenTX 2.1.9 on Linux¶
Installing Companion 2.1.9 on Linux Mint¶
Note that new versions of OpenTX Companion do install and run on Linux. My Turnigy 9x Radio Control Transmitter only supports up to 2.1.9 OpenTX firmware. Installing Companion 2.1.9 I ran into some dependency issues, to fix them I did the following:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libphonon4
This didn’t work, it appears that I need KDE desktop to run the Companion 2.1.9. Phonon is designed to work with KDE
sudo apt-get install libphonon-dev
Didn’t work either. I Switched to windows 10 to run Companion 2.1.9
I posted about this issue on the OpenTX forum about this issue to see if it can be resolved. Developers do not want to spend time on getting this to work on Linux, their time is better spent on newer projects. The also suggested er9x.
I eventually switched to er9x firmware http://www.er9x.com/ it has more useful features than the old OpenTX 2.1.9. er9x also supports supports serial communication with a Multiprotocol-TX-Module which is cool.