The chirp download site and the linux instructions have all been updated in the last few days. https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download and https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpOnLinux
Dan and I worked together to iron those out for both the Ubuntu/debian versions and the fedora based versions, so those instructions should work on almost all current linux systems using python 3.
Jeff KI7GJG
On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM Stuart Longland stuartl@longlandclan.id.au wrote:
On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:51:30 -0500 Jeffrey Vian sandhillsinvestment@gmail.com wrote:
I installed python3-pip, then as my user I installed chirp-next as my regular user using pip. Will need to check my notes and verify the steps on a new clean install
of
Fedora 37 and Chirp-next. (you did not note the OS you are running, but
I
assume it is linux.)
Actually, he did in the subject line. The Puppy Linux site is https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/
That said, it appears there's multiple "flavours" of that distribution, some of which are Debian/Ubuntu based and some are Slackware based. (There's a blast from the past! Slackware would be what, 31 years old now?)
So more detail might be needed. Off the top of my head though, I'd check for:
- wxWidgets libraries
- wxPython, if it's compiled, otherwise grab wxWidgets development libraries and a compiler.
- ensure you have `pip` installed for Python 3
The exact commands will differ depending on the base OS being used. Debian/Ubuntu derivatives, one should be able to use `apt`'s commands (i.e. `apt-cache search` / `apt-get install`). For Slackware, you'll need to use Slackware's tools (`pkgtool`).
If all of that is in place, you _should_ be able to run `python3 -m pip install --user requirements.txt` to install the Python module dependencies into your local user's home directory.
Then you should be able to run Chirp with `./chirpwx.py`, or install it into your home directory with `python3 setup.py install --user`. -- Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
I haven't lost my mind... ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.