moserial is a clean, friendly gtk-based serial terminal for the gnome desktop. It is written in Vala.
- ASCII and HEX views of incoming and outgoing data
- Logging to file of incoming and/or outgoing data
- Support for x, y, and z-modem file send and receive
- Support for profile files, to load/save common configurations
- Easier to use than the alternatives
- Supports i18n
- It even has docs!
For more information see GNOME wiki.
Install the following build dependencies:
sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev yelp-tools graphviz-dev libgtk-3-dev
At least libgtk v3.20 is required.
Get the Vala compiler from here Required version v0.48.5 or later.
Extract files to folder then run inside that folder:
./configure
make
sudo make install
git clone https://github.com/Mictronics/moserial
cd moserial/
On 32 bit systems:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
On 64 bit systems:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr --libdir '/usr/lib64' --build x86_64
make
Optional:
sudo make install
A. If you see this error: src/SerialConnection.c:31:21: fatal error: stropts.h: No such file or directory
then either:
- sudo touch /usr/include/stropts.h
or
- patch your posix.vapi file as described at http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656690#c3
B. moserial does not implement the xmodem, ymodem, or zmodem protocols directly. It relies on the standard rz and sz utilities to send and receive data. These utilities, part of the lrzsz package, must be installed on your system.