[chirp_users] flatpak and modern linux
Hi - has anyone with a modern Linux OS succeeded in installing a working copy of chirp using flatpak?
By a modern Linux I mean one with version of python3 greater then 3.6 - in general
In a terminal window, type
python3
and it will print out the version of python3 when it starts up.
For instance, the version of python3 on my machine is
Python 3.10.4
-- Cinaed
Hi, yes I have it running on Ubuntu Jellyfish (22.04)
My understanding is that Flatpak ships its own self contained Python 2...
If your next question is 'What did you do?' my answer is - 'I can't remember!'
Flatpak is not a native Ubuntu thing, so I would have followed the Flatpak install for Ubuntu first, and then installed Chirp. (Reboot required - to be sure, to be sure...)
Mark.
On Fri, 27 May 2022 at 10:17, Cinaed Simson cinaed.simson@gmail.com wrote:
jim@lamb Fri 2022-05-27 05:19:33 0 /home/jim/Downloads % cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS \n \l
jim@lamb Fri 2022-05-27 05:19:35 0 /home/jim/Downloads % python3 --version Python 3.8.10
I am able to run the flatpak distribution. It's not my preferred distribution method, but it seems to work on my system.
Jim
On May 27, 2022 5:16:20 AM EDT, Cinaed Simson cinaed.simson@gmail.com wrote:
Cinaed,
On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 5:17 AM Cinaed Simson cinaed.simson@gmail.com wrote:
My Linux Mint 20.3 (which I mentioned in a previous reply) is the latest version of the Ubuntu derivative and includes Python 3.8.10. The latest CHIRP daily is installed using the flatpak downloaded from the CHIRP download page. is It is absolutely working because I used it to perform some testing earlier this week which required that I download from and upload to 12 different (mostly) mobile radio models a minimum of 1 time each direction using 4 different programming cables (FTDI, Prolific, Silicon Labs and WCH).
I did the same testing using a Raspberry Pi Model 3B computer running the latest Raspberry Pi OS (Debian version 11 (Bullseye)) which includes Python 3.9.2. In this case the latest CHIRP daily was installed as a snap package from the Snap Store.
Jim KC9HI
Hi Jim - I was using maximum version of python3 as a rough indication of when the move to eliminate the use of python2 started - in general.
My system has python 3.9 too.
It also has python2 but Debian has stopped shipping libraries supporting python2 - hence the problem.
I did test flakpak on my odroid running Debian 9 (which still has support for python2) and discovered the chirp flatpak package only supports X86.
Also, flakpak has to many dependencies for me.
But if my odroid dies it's nice to know I have a potential back up.
-- CInaed
On 5/27/22 05:30, Jim Unroe wrote:
Python 3.8.10 here. Use flatpak all the time.
Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail nigel@ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net
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