[chirp_users] Problems under Ubuntu 11.10?

[Jon K Hellan]

Try python-gtk2. I.e.: apt-get install python-gtk2

Jon LA4RT

On 10/25/2011 10:35 AM, Dave Passey wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> My first post here, so I hope I'm in the right place!  I'm Dave M0MYA, a
> radio amateur from the UK.  My main interests are operating homebrew and /P.
>
> I'm trying to get Chirp going under Ubuntu 11.10 in order to program my
> Baofeng UV-3R.  I'm a reasonably experienced linux user of a few years
> now, so I'm not afraid to tinker, but I can't seem to get chirp going.
> Here is the saga:
>
> Trying to add the repository results in:
>
> Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
> --secret-keyring /tmp/tmp.FpswDtepWR --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg
> --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg
> --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80/ --recv
> 98C351B8647854C236B28C4A1DE1969099B3CC86
> gpg: requesting key 99B3CC86 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
> gpg: key 99B3CC86: "Launchpad PPA for Steve Conklin" not changed
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:              unchanged: 1
>
>
> So I tried the tarball.  All extracted and tried running from a
> console.  It fires up, but only gives me a blank window.  It can be
> closed from the window bar, with nothing spat out on the console.
> Ending it by entering Ctl-C at the console results in the following output:
>
> dave at major-tom:~/Desktop/chirp-0.1.12$ ./chirpw
> CHIRP 0.1.12 on Linux - Ubuntu 11.10
> ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
>     File "./chirpw", line 69, in<module>
>       gtk.main()
> KeyboardInterrupt
>
> The only clue I have is that the package python-gtk does not appear to
> be installed, nor does Ubuntu know much about it (the other python
> modules listed on the Chirp wiki are present and correct):
>
> dave at major-tom:~/Desktop/chirp-0.1.12$ sudo apt-get install python-gtk
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package python-gtk is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
>
> E: Package 'python-gtk' has no installation candidate
>
> So - my guess here is the the shiny new Ubuntu does not make python-gtk
> available in the repositories.  Something to do with Gnome 3 perhaps?  I
> don't know - this is where I draw a blank!  Any assistance much appreciated.
>
> 73,
> Dave M0MYA.
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