MLAT not feeding New install on Linux debian with working RTL-SDR V4

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The SDR dongle works with dump1090 and maps to the browser. Currently picking up six planes.

myip shows ADS-B connected but MLAT not found

The adsb install script threw some complicated python error the first time it ran but redoing the install from scratch (after rebooting) seemed to work but but still ended with;

No data available from IP 127.0.0.1 on port 30005!

TCPDump shows traffic on port 30005
Let me know if any other info is helpful.

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Python 3.12 (or later) is not currently supported. What platform are you using?

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Is there any news on this.

When i run the install script i get this error on the MLAT section of the install

”mlat from setuptools import setup, Extension”

I am connected to ADS-B Server but just not with MLAT.

I have downloaded python3.10 and changed environment to work off of that but still wont run.

Little 411 on the system im running

RTL-SDR v4 -

1090 filter - ADS-B Exchange Saw Filter

1090 Antenna - 5.5dBi 1090/978 N-Type Female Antenna - 26-inch (ADS-B Exchange one)​

Pc - Intel Nuc i5 16GB of RAM - Ubuntu v24 (Latest)

Unit has 4 USB-3 Ports and i am only using one for my receiver

In my dump1090-fa config file (/etc/default/dump1090-fa) i have added my Lat/Long

My cpu has a lot of room. 90% of its overhead is empty.
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It still requires a workaround, like Debian Trixie: mlat install fails - #10 by dseven

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My understanding is the script can fail because the underlying Linux OS is missing the “build-essential” packages or the Python development headers. Run this command to ensure they are present:

​sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-setuptools build-essential

​After running that, restart the ADS-B Exchange install script.

->>—Patrick-Boake---->

patrick@boake.ca
+1-416-873-8770

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I already have that package

(base) XXX:/$ sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-setuptools build-essential
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
Reading state information… Done
python3-dev is already the newest version (3.12.3-0ubuntu2.1).
python3-setuptools is already the newest version (68.1.2-2ubuntu1.2).
build-essential is already the newest version (12.10ubuntu1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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This script actually worked. I got a few errors while it was installing, but it didn’t affect the MLAT reporting feature.

Thanks for all the help

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