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 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] 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 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

[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