Thanks for the response, David.
But the instructions as written, do not work for Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster). Now, I do realize that 23.04 is not an LTS (long-term-support) version of Ubuntu, so it may have its quirks.
But the upgrade instructions, as written, do not work:
"Once chirp is properly installed, upgrades to newer versions are done with two simple steps:
1. Download the newer .tar.gz file. 2. Run pip install --upgrade ./chirp-<version>.whl (use pipx if you used it above)
First of all, they tell you to download the .tar.gz file instead of the preferred .whl file.
Secondly, pipx does not have a --upgrade option to the "install" verb. Instead, it uses the verb "upgrade". But as I noted in my initial post, when I tried:
"pipx upgrade ./chirp-20230601-py3-none-any.whl"
it responded: "'chirp' already seems to be installed. Not modifying existing installation in '/home/jon/.local/pipx/venvs/chirp'. Pass '--force' to force installation."
I tried the --force option which "seemed" to install chirp successfully, but chirp would not load. The only thing that worked was to explicitly uninstall as I noted in the thread using pipx, then did a fresh install with pipx of the new version.
It may work fine on an LTS version like Ubuntu 22.04 using pip, but with 23.04 using pipx, I had to uninstall the old version first.
73 Jon KB1HTW
Jon,
From: Download - CHIRP (danplanet.com) https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
*Upgrading*: You do *NOT *need to uninstall an existing version of CHIRP before installing a newer one. Just install the new one and it will replace the existing copy! However, *be sure to quit CHIRP before installing the new version!*
*The CHIRP team recommends CHIRP-next unless you experience problems with your radio*. If you do, please see How_To_Report_Issues https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/How_To_Report_Issues. 73 David N1EA
On Thu, 2023-06-01 at 15:52 -0400, Jon Gauthier wrote:
Removing the old package and installing the new one worked, but there should be a more "efficient" method...
This worked: jon@jon-notebook:~/Downloads$ pipx list venvs are in /home/jon/.local/pipx/venvs apps are exposed on your $PATH at /home/jon/.local/bin package chirp 20230531, installed using Python 3.11.2 - chirp - chirpc jon@jon-notebook:~/Downloads$ pipx uninstall-all uninstalled chirp! ✨ 🌟 ✨ jon@jon-notebook:~/Downloads$ pipx install --system-site-packages >./chirp-
20230601-py3-none-any.whl
installed package chirp 20230601, installed using Python 3.11.2 These apps are now globally available - chirp - chirpc done! ✨ 🌟 ✨
Any way to upgrade on a flagged system like Ubuntu 23.04 in the future without removing the old one first?
Jon Gauthier - KB1HTW
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jon Gauthier jon@sailbeausoleil.com To: chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com Cc: Bcc: Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:48:07 -0400 Subject: [chirp_users] Upgrading CHIRP on Ubuntu 23.04? When trying to follow the upgrade instructions on the ChirpOnLinux page, there seems to be an error or some information missing.
"Once chirp is properly installed, upgrades to newer versions are done with two simple steps: 1. Download the newer .tar.gz file. 2. Run pip install --upgrade ./chirp-<version>.whl (use pipx if you used it above)"
Since I'm running Ubuntu 23.04, I used "pipx" to install the latest CHIRP. Today, a new version came out so I downloaded the latest .whl version and ran
"pipx install --upgrade ./chirp-20230601-py3-none-any.whl"
But pipx doesn't have a "--upgrade" option to the install verb. If I try pipx without the "--upgrade" option, it tells me:
'chirp' already seems to be installed. Not modifying existing installation in '/home/jon/.local/pipx/venvs/chirp'. Pass '--force' to force installation.
Should I "install --force" it? "pipx reinstall" doesn't work, since the new version isn't installed yet. Should I remove the old package "chirp 20230531" first then install the new one using:
"pipx install --system-site-packages ./chirp-20230601-py3-none- any.whl"?
Jon Gauthier - KB1HTW