I found a new package which somehow didn't automatically install when upgrading.

https://slackware.pkgs.org/14.2/slackware-x86_64/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-2.txz.html

I use /tmp in root file space to install such programs.

su -

give root password

# cd /tmp

Using wget to get the new files.

wget https://slackware.uk/slackware/slackware64-14.2/slackware64/l/libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-2.txz

Then I upgrade the existing package.

upgradepkg --install-new libxml2-2.9.4-x86_64-2.txz

Then I install chirp.

spi --install chirp

Installing new package ./chirp-20201128-x86_64-1_SBo.txz

Then I run chirpw and chirp works. It does nag me about a newer version being available, but I ignored that message and I'll wait for it to appear in the Slackware repository.

Problem solved!

N1EA

On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 6:13 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net> wrote:

Hello Discussion,

Running SLINT, Slackware International, based on Slackware 14.2.

I cannot install chirp because there is no libxml2mod.

ImportError: No module named libxml2mod
fakeroot -- sh chirp.SlackBuild Failed

Full errors:

No handlers could be found for logger "chirp.drivers.anytone778uv"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "setup.py", line 6, in <module>
from chirp.drivers import *
File "/usr/src/slapt-src/ham/chirp/chirp-daily-20201128/chirp/drivers/generic_xml.py", line 17, in <module>
import libxml2
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libxml2.py", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named libxml2mod
fakeroot -- sh chirp.SlackBuild Failed

I don't know who works on the slackware build of chirp.

Thanks,
David N1EA