Hi.
I just installed the current Chirp on this LMDE 5 system, using the
instructions as shown on :-
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpOnLinux
There is a "slight wrinkle" in para 2.2.
The command line invocation:-
pipx install --system-site-packages ./chirp-20230509-py3-none-any.whl
Fails as the file "chirp-20230509-py-none-any.whl" was not present
anywhere. That is also an old version now as well.
OK, simple for me to figure out, but for many other windoze refugees
probably less so, so perhaps either some additional instruction
regarding actually getting the .whl file "First" (finding the link
to that was not as easy as it should be I think either) or including
a wget somewhere to pull the latest from the server, and make it all
work "automagically" ?
Otherwise, 20230911 is working OK with the shack Kenwood TM-V71 on a
64 bit LMDE 5 system.
Re the use of pipx, and the comment that pipx users will need to
uninstall Chirp, before installing a new version.
Is there a reason why "pipx upgrade" cant be used? If so, what is
the reason?
Lastly, where is the Chirp Icon file hidden these days? (So I can
put it in my menu system.)
Oh, I also find that this version of Chirp, does not remember the
custom port name for the radio, in this case /dev/ttyTMV71 as
assigned by a udev rule for consistency. The resulting entry in the
port dropdown, is also mostly obscured by being shoved over to far
to the left in that field.
73.
Dave G8KBV.
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