The chirp download site and the linux instructions have all been updated in
the last few days.
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
and
https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpOnLinux

Dan and I worked together to iron those out for both the Ubuntu/debian
versions and the fedora based versions, so those instructions should work
on almost all current linux systems using python 3.

Jeff
KI7GJG

On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 6:25 PM Stuart Longland <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 20:51:30 -0500
> Jeffrey Vian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > I installed python3-pip, then as my user I installed chirp-next as my
> > regular user using pip.
> > Will need to check my notes and verify the steps on  a new clean install
> of
> > Fedora 37 and Chirp-next.  (you did not note the OS you are running, but
> I
> > assume it is linux.)
>
> Actually, he did in the subject line.  The Puppy Linux site is
> https://puppylinux-woof-ce.github.io/
>
> That said, it appears there's multiple "flavours" of that distribution,
> some of which are Debian/Ubuntu based and some are Slackware based.
> (There's a blast from the past!  Slackware would be what, 31 years old
> now?)
>
> So more detail might be needed.  Off the top of my head though, I'd
> check for:
>
> - wxWidgets libraries
> - wxPython, if it's compiled, otherwise grab wxWidgets development
>   libraries and a compiler.
> - ensure you have `pip` installed for Python 3
>
> The exact commands will differ depending on the base OS being used.
> Debian/Ubuntu derivatives, one should be able to use `apt`'s commands
> (i.e. `apt-cache search` / `apt-get install`).  For Slackware, you'll
> need to use Slackware's tools (`pkgtool`).
>
> If all of that is in place, you _should_ be able to run
> `python3 -m pip install --user requirements.txt` to install the Python
> module dependencies into your local user's home directory.
>
> Then you should be able to run Chirp with `./chirpwx.py`, or install it
> into your home directory with `python3 setup.py install --user`.
> --
> Stuart Longland (aka Redhatter, VK4MSL)
>
> I haven't lost my mind...
>   ...it's backed up on a tape somewhere.
>
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