Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
John, Here's how to install flatpak. $ just means your using the regular user terminal, if you typed "sudo su" you'd be at the root terminal which is #. Download the latest CHIRP flatpak from here: https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/ As of this moment the current version is http

Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Glenn, thanks for your help again with the Orca and chirp issue. Question for you. Who should I file a bug with concerning Orca not reading when I tab past the memories tab, once I get an image downloaded or opened. Jim went through the file I sent him, and all settings look as they should. Ver

Re: [chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread Cinaed Simson
Hi Jim - I was using maximum version of python3 as a rough indication of when the move to eliminate the use of python2 started - in general. My system has python 3.9 too. It also has python2 but Debian has stopped shipping libraries supporting python2 - hence the problem. I did test flakpak on

Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread Pat Anderson
Same with me...Ubuntu is 18.04, Bionic - runs solid as a rock under crouton on my Asus Chromebook CA536EA. Flatpak has never worked for me. On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 7:19 AM K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > Yeah, I am still using old Chirp on old Ubuntu, because I don't get it > either. > > - Original Mes

Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread K0LNY_Glenn
Yeah, I am still using old Chirp on old Ubuntu, because I don't get it either. - Original Message - From: John KI4RO To: CHIRP USERS Sent: Friday, May 27, 2022 12:33 AM Subject: [chirp_users] Flatpak I keep seeing references to this program but how I should use it is not at all obvio

Re: [chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread Nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Python 3.8.10 here. Use flatpak all the time. > On 27/05/2022 05:16 Cinaed Simson wrote: > > > Hi - has anyone with a modern Linux OS succeeded in installing a working > copy of chirp using flatpak? > > By a modern Linux I mean one with version of python3  greater then 3.6 - > in general

Re: [chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread Jim Unroe
Cinaed, On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 5:17 AM Cinaed Simson wrote: > > Hi - has anyone with a modern Linux OS succeeded in installing a working > copy of chirp using flatpak? > > By a modern Linux I mean one with version of python3 greater then 3.6 - > in general > > In a terminal window, type > >

Re: [chirp_users] Cannot install on Ubuntu 21.10

2022-05-27 Thread D.J.J. Ring, Jr.
Anne Ranch, Uninstall "using Ubuntu software", that was your error, just use flatpak. irst thing you need to do is download the latest .flatpak file from here: https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/ Rest of the work is from the terminal. First, install Flatpak: $ sudo apt instal

Re: [chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread James Keener
jim@lamb Fri 2022-05-27 05:19:33 0 /home/jim/Downloads % cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS \n \l jim@lamb Fri 2022-05-27 05:19:35 0 /home/jim/Downloads % python3 --version Python 3.8.10 I am able to run the flatpak distribution. It's not my preferred distribution method, but it seems to work on m

Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread James Keener
I found this in my history. Not sure why this wouldn't be set up by default, but in case it isn't, I'm tossing it here for reference. sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 5:25 AM James Keener wrote: > Once flatpak

Re: [chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread Mark Leyden
Hi, yes I have it running on Ubuntu Jellyfish (22.04) My understanding is that Flatpak ships its own self contained Python 2... If your next question is 'What did you do?' my answer is - 'I can't remember!' Flatpak is not a native Ubuntu thing, so I would have followed the Flatpak install for Ub

Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak

2022-05-27 Thread James Keener
Once flatpak is installed, download the .flatpak from the chirp site ( https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/) and then: sudo flatpak install ./chirp-daily-2022.flatpak flatpak run com.danplanet.chirp If you want to update to a newer version, just download that daily and run th

[chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux

2022-05-27 Thread Cinaed Simson
Hi - has anyone with a modern Linux OS succeeded in installing a working copy of chirp using flatpak? By a modern Linux I mean one with version of python3  greater then 3.6 - in general In a terminal window, type    python3 and it will print out the version of python3 when it starts up. For