I'm honestly so grateful this might make it back into Gentoo's portage soon.
If I get some free time (not likely) I'll try to get a ball rolling on a new ebuild. Also.... For some reason I never sudo... I 'su' then 'exit'. Because, what if I need to run a 2nd command... Or 3rd? Or what if I need to, 'rm - rf /' shoot did I just hit enter? Ctrl-C! Ctrl-C! On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, 15:55 Denis Lynch <dly...@acm.org> wrote: > That took me a moment. Nice :-) > > Denis, N2TI > > On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM Al Jones <a...@aljones.us> wrote: > >> Why do all you linux people run sudo ops, wouldn't it be better to just >> run the real thing?? >> >> (( I really know what it stands for but this thread is long enough now to >> handle one wise comment, no? )) >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From "Matt Foster" <wedg...@gmail.com> >> To "Discussion of CHIRP" <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> >> Date Wed 1 4 23 08:49:31 >> Subject Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build >> >> Testing here on a Fedora 37 VM with a Yaesu FT-60R. So far, so good. >> >> To get it up and running, I had to do the following. >> >> Downloaded source package and unpacked >> Ran 'sudo python setup.py install' in the chirp directory. >> Ran 'sudo dnf install python3-wxpython4' >> >> I have run the application and downloaded from the radio successfully. >> >> 73, N0EYE, Matt >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 1:51 AM W Paul Mills <ac...@wpmills.com> wrote: >> >>> When I installed chirp-next, it showed up as 'chirp' not 'chirpw' and >>> was located at '/usr/local/bin/chirp' >>> >>> On 1/4/23 00:18, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: >>> >>> >>> When I run that command, I get errors, no Chirp. >>> Glenn >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Guy Schlosser <guys...@bex.net> >>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> ; David >>> Boucha <bou...@gmail.com> >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2023 10:01 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build >>> >>> Even though I didn't get chirp running from the command line, I was able >>> to run it with python3 chirpwx.py while in the source folder. Here's what I >>> found: >>> >>> Orca is reading menus, and will allow you to open and save files >>> >>> After opening a known good radio image, Orca announced to me that the >>> memories page had focus, but I was still unable to arrow around and read >>> the various memory values. I was able to export the image to a .csv file, >>> so a good image it definitely was. >>> >>> >>> That's all I have from the short tinkering I did. Good luck team in >>> 2023. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Guy >>> On 1/3/23 14:31, David Boucha wrote: >>> >>> Hi Glenn, >>> >>> These are the steps I took to install Chirp manually on Ubuntu 22.04 >>> >>> Steps to install Chirp manually on Linux. >>> >>> >>> >>> 1. Make sure you have at least Python 3.7 installed. >>> >>> A. Type "python" in a command line terminal. >>> >>> B. Some Linux distros require using "python3". If your distro >>> requires this, please type "python3" anywhere in this document that you see >>> "python" >>> 2. run "pip --version" to see what python version pip is. You may need >>> to run "pip3" if your distro requires you also use "python3". >>> >>> >>> 3. Open a browser and navigate to https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp >>> >>> 4. Click on the green "<> Code" button dropdown. >>> >>> 5. Click on "Download Zip" and save the zip file to your preferred >>> location. >>> 6. My file saved as "chirp-master.zip" >>> >>> 7. Unzip the zip file with the following command: >>> >>> A. "unzip chirp-master.zip" >>> >>> 8. Change into the resulting chirp-master directory: >>> >>> A. "cd chirp-master" >>> >>> 9. Pip install Chirp's dependencies: >>> >>> A. "pip install -r requirements.txt >>> >>> 10. Install Chirp: >>> >>> A. "python setup.py install" >>> >>> 11. Now you can start chirp by running "chirp" from the command line. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Note: On ubuntu 22.04 you might have to install "python3-wxgtk4.0" >>> before the pip install step. >>> >>> >>> Let me know if this helps. Orca was able to read me the menu items while >>> I moved around chirp with my arrow keys. >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 11:13 AM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> >>> <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi David, >>>> Actually, a string of stuff that can be written into a bash script >>>> would be great, with the preclusion that the user install git first. >>>> So yes, it would be appreciated. >>>> Glenn >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> *From:* David Boucha <bou...@gmail.com> >>>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> >>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2023 11:04 AM >>>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build >>>> >>>> Hey Glenn, >>>> >>>> I just tested running chirp directly from the git repository by >>>> installing the dependencies with "pip3 install -r requirements", then >>>> running "chirpwx.py" and orca was able to read everything to me. I'm not an >>>> expert on orca. I think the navigation worked, but it did seem to work >>>> fine. >>>> >>>> Let me know if you'd like help running from the git repository. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Dave >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 8:55 AM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> >>>> <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well for accessibility, that is for the visually impaired to use >>>>> Chirp, they will need a Linux using Python 2X, and an old Chirp that will >>>>> install into it. >>>>> Personally, I've not ever gotten a package of Chirp to be able to >>>>> install right from downloading a Linux package, I rely on using apt to get >>>>> Chirp from a repository. >>>>> I had to follow step by step instruction to get Chirp to install into >>>>> a newer Linux with Python 3, and I found after all that that flatpak >>>>> breaks >>>>> accessibility. >>>>> So rather than putting someone through all that, I'm sure there are >>>>> folks who would gladly download a big file that they can rite to a drive >>>>> and boot it up and have Chirp working. >>>>> Glenn >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> *From:* Ken Hansen <k...@n2vip.org> >>>>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> >>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2023 9:00 AM >>>>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build >>>>> >>>>> Shipping a complete Ubuntu installation in a VM just to have CHIRP >>>>> pre-installed seems a bit of over-kill. Typically a single line command >>>>> would install CHIRP, wouldn't it? >>>>> >>>>> CHIRP is 20-40 megabytes, a full GUI install of Ubuntu is measured in >>>>> gigabytes. >>>>> >>>>> Ken, N2VIP >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 3, 2023, at 06:23, Scott Lopez < scot...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Be aware of Ubuntu's IPRights Policy, particularity concerning >>>>> redistribution: >>>>> >>>>> https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy >>>>> >>>>> Yes, installing a 3rd party package (Chirp) and distributing a VM >>>>> image of it can be considered 'modification'. >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 8:33 PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> >>>>> <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Well if it is the only someone can use Chirp, either for >>>>>> accessibility, or because of operating system, I see nothing wrong with >>>>>> it. >>>>>> I may DD my thumb drive with Ubuntu and Chirp on it, if I can find a >>>>>> drive with just that on it, and give a link to anyone who wants it. >>>>>> Some of my thumb drives are multiboot, with several operating systems >>>>>> on it, so I'll need to go through a bunch of them to find one that has >>>>>> Ubuntu 18 and Chirp. >>>>>> >>>>>> Glenn >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> *From:* Scott Lopez <scot...@gmail.com> >>>>>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> >>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 02, 2023 7:22 PM >>>>>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't imagine anyone here wants to be responsible for setting up, >>>>>> distributing, and supporting a VM image of what is now outdated and no >>>>>> longer supported software. I know I wouldn't want to be. There's a reason >>>>>> the software is outdated, the best solution is to keep up. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 4:03 PM K0LNY_Glenn < glenn@ervin.email> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What would be handy is to have a VM of Ubuntu with the old Chirp >>>>>>> already installed, so that can be implemented. >>>>>>> I am sure I have an old Ubuntu Live on a thumb drive with Chirp on >>>>>>> it, but I don't know if that can be made into a VM. >>>>>>> Glenn >>>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> chirp_users mailing list >>>>>> chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com >>>>>> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >>>>>> This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email >>>>>> To unsubscribe, send an email to >>>>>> chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com >>>>>> To report this email as off-topic, please email >>>>>> chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com >>>>>> Searchable archive: >>>>>> 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