There's a blue vna for Android. I'd look for a phone app if you need portable.
David On Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 00:34 K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: > It was all the same as last night as far as instructions. > I spent hours on it last night, and with the same error in Ubuntu, I said > screw that package. > I know it isn't me, if it made the same error on two different systems. > I should report it on the github page, but I don't have an account on > github and I don't know where on the page to report it. > The program works in windows 10, but the only windows 10 I have is not on > a portable computer, and the nanoVNA is best used as a portable device. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> > *To:* K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> > *Cc:* Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> ; > debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > *Sent:* Sunday, March 12, 2023 11:28 PM > *Subject:* Re: executable trouble > > Often in the "make" file there are instructions, read them and do what it > says. > > 73 > DR > > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 9:12 PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: > >> Well having given up on the hopes of installing nanovna-saver to my >> Debian >> system, I tried to install it on my Ubuntu system. >> I did the git clone thing again, and went into the nanovna-saver >> directory, >> and ran >> sudo make deb >> and I got the same error, it couldn't find a setuptools file to use. >> Glenn >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdash...@panix.com> >> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n...@arrl.net>; >> >> <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org> >> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 2:40 PM >> Subject: Re: executable trouble >> >> >> Why not try cat nano-vnasaver | strings | less and find what shows up? >> The pipe through strings will only pass strings to less so your screen >> doesn't get messed up. If one of the first lines in that file is >> something like #!/usr/bin/env python then this is a python package and >> maybe source code too in which case will need compiling. >> >> >> >> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in >> defense of liberty: >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) >> >> . >> >> On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: >> >> > Hi David, >> > I have no idea how to compile something. >> > It only unzips to a file called >> > nanovna-saver >> > Maybe I can run py and nanovna-saver? >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n...@arrl.net> >> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email> >> > Cc: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org> >> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 1:22 PM >> > Subject: Re: executable trouble >> > >> > >> > I looked at GIT HUB https://github.com/NanoVNA-Saver/nanovna-saver and >> > I don't find a binary file for Debian, you will have to compile it >> > yourself. >> > >> > Also it looks like it's a python program. There are ways of installing >> > python programs that others might be able to tell you about, I don't >> > remember how it's done but I've done it in the past. >> > >> > DR >> > N1EA >> > >> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 2:05?PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: >> > > >> > > Well I updated the zip file from github, and unzipped it, and did the >> > > chmod >> > > +x thing, and got three different errors, >> > > One said something about gnu not found >> > > and another said elf not found, and the third said: >> > > syntax error, unterminated string. >> > > I tried to direct it to a txt file to send here, but trying the >> command >> > > and >> > > a greater sign or a pipe only gives me a blank txt file. >> > > >> > > Glenn >> > > and >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email> >> > > To: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org> >> > > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 12:13 PM >> > > Subject: executable trouble >> > > >> > > >> > > Hi All, >> > > I am still trying to get nanovna-saver to work on Debian bullseye. >> > > I don't know if this computer is an i386, and maybe this program is 64 >> > > bit, >> > > but it has both for windows, but only one file for Linux. >> > > The instructions say to: >> > > list of 1 items >> > > . If using binaries on Mac or Linux you have to chmod +x nanovna-saver >> > > after >> > > unzipping as executable flags get lost with zip. >> > > list end >> > > So I did that, then I ran: >> > > sudo updatedb >> > > Then I ran sudo /home/lenny/./nanovna-saver >> > > and I get the error: >> > > -bash nanovna-saver cannot execute binary file exec format error >> > > >> > > Does anyone have an idea about the error? >> > > Thanks. >> > > >> > >> > >> >>
