I followed these steps, too:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chirp-daily
When I entered the third command line, I received this feedback:
david@david-Satellite-A305:~$ sudo apt-get install chirp-daily
[sudo] password for david:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
libcdaudio1 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libenca0 libfaac0 libmpcdec6 libslv2-9
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
chirp-daily
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/385 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,815 kB of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 231456 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../chirp-daily_20160813~xenial~1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking chirp-daily (20160813~xenial~1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/chirp-daily_20160813~xenial~1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite '/usr/bin/chirpw', which is also in package chirp 1:20160110-1
dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/chirp-daily_20160813~xenial~1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
david@david-Satellite-A305:~$
Angus,
I have tried to get the USB to become active.
- I have updated to the latest CHIRP.
- I read near the bottom of the CHIRP installation page the instructions for activating the USB ports.
- I have the latest python.
Here is the output:
David