[chirp_users] Ubuntu 20.04 chirp not found

[wa0sbu at kslimmer.com]

Pat;

No confusion at all.  You can easily run Chirp on Ubuntu 20.04 and then 
on Mint 20 when its released.  Just install Python 2.7, edit your 
sources list.  Everything is back up and running.  You actually should 
at least try 20.04, it has quite a few new changes.  Worth the  install.


On 6/5/20 12:49 PM, Pat Anderson wrote:
> There seems to be a lot of confusion here, and very complicated 
> proposed solutions. The simplest solution is to revert your Ubuntu to 
> any version that still include Pythons 2,7, which apparently anything  
> before 20.04  (I use 16.04 and have never felt compelled to get a 
> newer version), then USE DAN SMTH'S repository and install according 
> to his instructions. Here is a copy and paste from 
> chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp//Downloads 
> <http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp//Downloads>:
>
> If you are using Ubuntu linux (or a compatible variant such as Mint) 
> you should install and use the PPA like this:
>
> sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get install chirp-daily
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 10:26 AM Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:hobbes1069 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 12:22 PM <wa0sbu at kslimmer.com
>     <mailto:wa0sbu at kslimmer.com>> wrote:
>
>         Richard, why not install Python 2.7 and be done with it?  Edit
>         your sources list and you will receive the updates like you
>         did before.
>
>
>     I am. I'm building Python 2.7 from source within the flatpak
>     sandbox environment. The problem is it's not finding the gtk
>     python module even though it is getting built as well.
>
>     Thanks,
>     Richard
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