Hi Mark, If you can connect to a WIFI, that is your network, assuming the WIFI is connected to the Internet. The PPA is the repository you need to add to Linux. A repository is a site to get files to your system, and that is one of the reasons that Linux is so secure, you have to add the repository before Linux will get files from there. So in the terminal, do: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-daily This will give you the permissions you need. Then do: sudo apt-get update Then, I think the way to get chirp is to: sudo apt-get install chirp
HTH. Glenn
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Blackwell" markshamradio@pobox.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 6:46 PM Subject: [chirp_users] totally confused
Brand new to linux, but just managed to get Linux to run with Ubuntu on a laptop and now trying to get Chirp. Right now the laptop has a problem with the networks. It can connect to a wifi, but nothing after that. Will likely just try to download on another computer and transfer Chirp over via a usb drive. When I read the instructions though, Ubuntu refers to something called a PPA which I do not see any information on what it is, what it needs, and not much about how its installed. It gives a couple of lines of code, but have no idea where it should be typed.
To the real pros, this probably is so basic as to be assumed knowledge, but in my first 8 hours of linux its a bit overwhelming.
I saw a live CD, but that looks like you must boot from the CD every time you need to use Chirp. Is that a practical and viable way to do it, even if linux is already installed? Any help is appreciated.