[chirp_users] USB LiveBoot ?

[W Paul Mills]

Chirp does not need compiling, just download tarball and unpack. Enter
the directory where unpacked and run ./chirpw

See:
<http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux>

On 08/02/2016 08:11 PM, Bruce LeGrande wrote:
> 
> Yup...
> I guess I left out the most important fact responsible for the error
> message, which is the OS on the NetBook is Debian Squeeze v6, to which
> doing a major update to is not an option.
> Have tried installing the latest version of Chirp under that, but there
> are just too many errors in compile making that not feasible.  And since
> there is no .Deb distribution package available, compiling source is the
> only option.
> 
> That was my main reason for becoming interested in a LiveBoot
> application on a USB stick, to bypass all that hassle.
> 
> I have managed to create the Ubuntu based TharPuppy stick to boot from,
> so now perhaps I'll be able to install the latest version of Chirp for
> Ubuntu.
> And the problem would be solved...
> 
> I was thinking that if someone here had built a RAM boot/run image
> specifically for (with) Chirp, it might save me some time.
> Shame on me for wanting to save time, and not duplicate efforts done by
> another already...
> 
> I'll just schlog along on my own and see how things turn out.
> 


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