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Note on qt5-websockets

Arch has removed qt5-websockets from the official repositories; it now exists only as an AUR package. yay/paru users are unaffected — the dependency resolves automatically. If you build with plain makepkg -s, install qt5-websockets from the AUR first.

If you don't specifically need Qt5, wsjtx-improved-qt6 (and its -al-qt6 / -widescreen-qt6 variants) build against Qt6, where every dependency is still in [extra].

I will update as soon as I am back home. Don’t have my laptop with me to update. My apologies.

WSJTX-improved is now calles "WS" and the installation files are renamed to ws_* (e.g. ws_3.2.0_260924_amd64.deb)

I tried wsjtx-improved-qt6, but I was having trouble with it never choosing a valid audio input device on startup even if I set it in the WSJT-X Improved config or via the Pipewire/PulseAudio system itself (i.e. using pavucontrol). Additionally, the wsprd process that is used to handle the actual decoding kept crashing on me.

I'm going to stick with the tried-and-true Qt5 version for now. Qt6 changed enough things that other projects are having trouble with it as well (i.e. the JS8Call project).

Note on qt5-websockets

Arch has removed qt5-websockets from the official repositories; it now exists only as an AUR package. yay/paru users are unaffected — the dependency resolves automatically. If you build with plain makepkg -s, install qt5-websockets from the AUR first.

If you don't specifically need Qt5, wsjtx-improved-qt6 (and its -al-qt6 / -widescreen-qt6 variants) build against Qt6, where every dependency is still in [extra].

@raindog1975, thanks, glad it worked for you! @emptiness23, thank you for providing that for others!

For yay users who are having issues, try going into the ${HOME}/.cache/yay/wsjtx-improved directory (which is where the AUR Git repository clone for this project is stored) and removing the wsjtx-3.2.0_improved_PLUS_260818.tgz file. Once I did that, it pulled a new copy of that file and the hash was validated.

Installs without issues ( octopi/pikaur ), Thank you and 73!

Oh, and @lycanananas, as I told you before, it would be fixed in the next iteration. You can stop complaining about the pkgrel now.

Package was proper on the 18th when it was released. SourceForge shows an updated file on the 19th which provides a different hash. This is being resolved. And, this package is not handled by a bot, it is handled through a CI/CD pipeline that does have tests, which passed on the 18th since the hash was proper.

Package is broken. And now we have situation when you will update package but keep PKGVER and PKGREL yay will don't see an update.

❯ yay               
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
:: Searching AUR for updates...
:: Checking development packages...
:: Searching databases for updates...
 -> Packages not in AUR: python-pkg_resources  qslmaster
 -> Missing AUR Debug Packages: ffmpeg7.1-debug  jbig2enc-debug
 -> Orphan (unmaintained) AUR Packages: lib32-libcap
:: 2 packages to upgrade/install.
2  aur/fldigi          4.2.11-2     -> 4.2.12-2 [22d12h]
1  aur/wsjtx-improved  3.1.0-260522 -> 3.2.0-260818 [1d7h]
==> Packages to exclude: (eg: "1 2 3", "1-3", "^4" or repo name)
 -> Excluding packages may cause partial upgrades and break systems
==> 2
AUR Explicit (1): wsjtx-improved-3.2.0-260818
:: PKGBUILD up to date, skipping download: wsjtx-improved
  1 wsjtx-improved                   (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Packages to cleanBuild?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
  1 wsjtx-improved                   (Installed) (Build Files Exist)
==> Diffs to show?
==> [N]one [A]ll [Ab]ort [I]nstalled [No]tInstalled or (1 2 3, 1-3, ^4)
==> 
==> Making package: wsjtx-improved 3.2.0-260818 (śro, 19 sie 2026, 10:47:26)
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found wsjtx-3.2.0_improved_PLUS_260818.tgz
==> WARNING: Skipping verification of source file PGP signatures.
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    wsjtx-3.2.0_improved_PLUS_260818.tgz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error downloading sources: /home/lycanananas/.cache/yay/wsjtx-improved 
     context: exit status 1 


:: (1/1) Parsing SRCINFO: wsjtx-improved
==> Making package: wsjtx-improved 3.2.0-260818 (śro, 19 sie 2026, 10:47:27)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found wsjtx-3.2.0_improved_PLUS_260818.tgz
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
    wsjtx-3.2.0_improved_PLUS_260818.tgz ... FAILED
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
 -> error making: wsjtx-improved-exit status 1
 -> Failed to install the following packages. Manual intervention is required:
wsjtx-improved - exit status 1