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On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 4:56 PM Matthew Poletiek
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm honestly so grateful this might make it back into Gentoo's portage soon.
>
> If I get some free time (not likely) I'll try to get a ball rolling on a new 
> ebuild.
>
> Also....
>
> For some reason I never sudo...
>
> I 'su' then 'exit'.
>
> Because, what if I need to run a 2nd command... Or 3rd? Or what if I need to, 
> 'rm - rf /' shoot did I just hit enter? Ctrl-C! Ctrl-C!
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023, 15:55 Denis Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> That took me a moment. Nice :-)
>>
>> Denis, N2TI
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 9:27 AM Al Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why do all you linux people run sudo ops, wouldn't it be better to just run 
>>> the real thing??
>>>
>>> (( I really know what it stands for but this thread is long enough now to 
>>> handle one wise comment, no? ))
>>>
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From "Matt Foster" <[email protected]>
>>> To "Discussion of CHIRP" <[email protected]>
>>> Date Wed 1 4 23 08:49:31
>>> Subject Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>>
>>> Testing here on a Fedora 37 VM with a Yaesu FT-60R. So far, so good.
>>>
>>> To get it up and running, I had to do the following.
>>>
>>> Downloaded source package and unpacked
>>> Ran 'sudo python setup.py install' in the chirp directory.
>>> Ran 'sudo dnf install python3-wxpython4'
>>>
>>> I have run the application and downloaded from the radio successfully.
>>>
>>> 73, N0EYE, Matt
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 1:51 AM W Paul Mills <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> When I installed chirp-next, it showed up as 'chirp' not  'chirpw' and was 
>>>> located at '/usr/local/bin/chirp'
>>>>
>>>> On 1/4/23 00:18, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> When I run that command, I get errors, no Chirp.
>>>> Glenn
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Guy Schlosser
>>>> To: Discussion of CHIRP ; David Boucha
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2023 10:01 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>>>
>>>> Even though I didn't get chirp running from the command line, I was able 
>>>> to run it with python3 chirpwx.py while in the source folder. Here's what 
>>>> I found:
>>>>
>>>> Orca is reading menus, and will allow you to open and save files
>>>>
>>>> After opening a known good radio image, Orca announced to me that the 
>>>> memories page had focus, but I was still unable to arrow around and read 
>>>> the various memory values. I was able to export the image to a .csv file, 
>>>> so a good image it definitely was.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's all I have from the short tinkering I did. Good luck team in 2023.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Guy
>>>> On 1/3/23 14:31, David Boucha wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Glenn,
>>>>
>>>> These are the steps I took to install Chirp manually on Ubuntu 22.04
>>>>
>>>> Steps to install Chirp manually on Linux.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Make sure you have at least Python 3.7 installed.
>>>>      A. Type "python" in a command line terminal.
>>>>      B. Some Linux distros require using "python3". If your distro 
>>>> requires this, please type "python3" anywhere in this document that you 
>>>> see "python"
>>>> 2. run "pip --version" to see what python version pip is. You may need to 
>>>> run "pip3" if your distro requires you also use "python3".
>>>>
>>>> 3. Open a browser and navigate to https://github.com/kk7ds/chirp
>>>> 4. Click on the green "<> Code" button dropdown.
>>>> 5. Click on "Download Zip" and save the zip file to your preferred 
>>>> location.
>>>> 6. My file saved as "chirp-master.zip"
>>>> 7. Unzip the zip file with the following command:
>>>>     A. "unzip chirp-master.zip"
>>>> 8. Change into the resulting chirp-master directory:
>>>>     A. "cd chirp-master"
>>>> 9. Pip install Chirp's dependencies:
>>>>     A. "pip install -r requirements.txt
>>>> 10. Install Chirp:
>>>>     A. "python setup.py install"
>>>> 11. Now you can start chirp by running "chirp" from the command line.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Note: On ubuntu 22.04 you might have to install "python3-wxgtk4.0" before 
>>>> the pip install step.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if this helps. Orca was able to read me the menu items while I 
>>>> moved around chirp with my arrow keys.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 11:13 AM K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi David,
>>>>> Actually, a string of stuff that can be written into a bash script would 
>>>>> be great, with the preclusion that the user install git first.
>>>>> So yes, it would be appreciated.
>>>>> Glenn
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: David Boucha
>>>>> To: Discussion of CHIRP
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2023 11:04 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Glenn,
>>>>>
>>>>> I just tested running chirp directly from the git repository by 
>>>>> installing the dependencies with "pip3 install -r requirements", then 
>>>>> running "chirpwx.py" and orca was able to read everything to me. I'm not 
>>>>> an expert on orca. I think the navigation worked, but it did seem to work 
>>>>> fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if you'd like help running from the git repository.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 8:55 AM K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well for accessibility, that is for the visually impaired to use Chirp, 
>>>>>> they will need a Linux using Python 2X, and an old Chirp that will 
>>>>>> install into it.
>>>>>> Personally, I've not ever gotten a package of Chirp to be able to 
>>>>>> install right from downloading a Linux package, I rely on using apt to 
>>>>>> get Chirp from a repository.
>>>>>> I had to follow step by step instruction to get Chirp to install into a 
>>>>>> newer Linux with Python 3, and I found after all that that flatpak 
>>>>>> breaks accessibility.
>>>>>> So rather than putting someone through all that, I'm sure there are 
>>>>>> folks who would gladly download a big file that they can rite to a drive 
>>>>>> and boot it up and have Chirp working.
>>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: Ken Hansen
>>>>>> To: Discussion of CHIRP
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2023 9:00 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Shipping a complete Ubuntu installation in a VM just to have CHIRP 
>>>>>> pre-installed seems a bit of over-kill. Typically a single line command 
>>>>>> would install CHIRP, wouldn't it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CHIRP is 20-40 megabytes, a full GUI install of Ubuntu is measured in 
>>>>>> gigabytes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ken, N2VIP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 3, 2023, at 06:23, Scott Lopez < [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Be aware of Ubuntu's IPRights Policy, particularity concerning 
>>>>>> redistribution:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, installing a 3rd party package (Chirp) and distributing a VM image 
>>>>>> of it can be considered 'modification'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 8:33 PM K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well if it is the only someone can use Chirp, either for accessibility, 
>>>>>>> or because of operating system, I see nothing wrong with it.
>>>>>>> I may DD my thumb drive with Ubuntu and Chirp on it, if I can find a 
>>>>>>> drive with just that on it, and give a link to anyone who wants it.
>>>>>>> Some of my thumb drives are multiboot, with several operating systems 
>>>>>>> on it, so I'll need to go through a bunch of them to find one that has 
>>>>>>> Ubuntu 18 and Chirp.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Glenn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: Scott Lopez
>>>>>>> To: Discussion of CHIRP
>>>>>>> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2023 7:22 PM
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can't imagine anyone here wants to be responsible for setting up, 
>>>>>>> distributing, and supporting a VM image of what is now outdated and no 
>>>>>>> longer supported software. I know I wouldn't want to be. There's a 
>>>>>>> reason the software is outdated, the best solution is to keep up.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 4:03 PM K0LNY_Glenn < [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What would be handy is to have a VM of Ubuntu with the old Chirp 
>>>>>>>> already installed, so that can be implemented.
>>>>>>>> I am sure I have an old Ubuntu Live on a thumb drive with Chirp on it, 
>>>>>>>> but I don't know if that can be made into a VM.
>>>>>>>> Glenn
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