Bugs on github are called issues if that's any help.
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 Mon, 13 Mar 2023, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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. <[email protected]> > > *To:* K0LNY_Glenn <[email protected]> > > *Cc:* Jude DaShiell <[email protected]> ; > > [email protected] > > *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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> > >> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]>; "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <[email protected]>; > >> > >> <[email protected]> > >> 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." <[email protected]> > >> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <[email protected]> > >> > Cc: <[email protected]> > >> > 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> > >> > > To: <[email protected]> > >> > > 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. > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> >
