[chirp_users] New chirp-next build

[David Boucha]

Hey Glenn,

I just tested running chirp directly from the git repository by installing
the dependencies with "pip3 install -r requirements", then running
"chirpwx.py" and orca was able to read everything to me. I'm not an expert
on orca. I think the navigation worked, but it did seem to work fine.

Let me know if you'd like help running from the git repository.


Best,

Dave

On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 8:55 AM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:

> Well for accessibility, that is for the visually impaired to use Chirp,
> they will need a Linux using Python 2X, and an old Chirp that will install
> into it.
> Personally, I've not ever gotten a package of Chirp to be able to install
> right from downloading a Linux package, I rely on using apt to get Chirp
> from a repository.
> I had to follow step by step instruction to get Chirp to install into a
> newer Linux with Python 3, and I found after all that that flatpak breaks
> accessibility.
> So rather than putting someone through all that, I'm sure there are folks
> who would gladly download a big file that they can rite to a drive and boot
> it up and have Chirp working.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Ken Hansen <ken at n2vip.org>
> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 03, 2023 9:00 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>
> Shipping a complete Ubuntu installation in a VM just to have CHIRP
> pre-installed seems a bit of over-kill. Typically a single line command
> would install CHIRP, wouldn't it?
>
> CHIRP is 20-40 megabytes, a full GUI install of Ubuntu is measured in
> gigabytes.
>
> Ken, N2VIP
>
> On Jan 3, 2023, at 06:23, Scott Lopez <scottjl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Be aware of Ubuntu's IPRights Policy, particularity concerning
> redistribution:
>
> https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy
>
> Yes, installing a 3rd party package (Chirp) and distributing a VM image of
> it can be considered 'modification'.
>
> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 8:33 PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>
>> Well if it is the only someone can use Chirp, either for accessibility,
>> or because of operating system, I see nothing wrong with it.
>> I may DD my thumb drive with Ubuntu and Chirp on it, if I can find a
>> drive with just that on it, and give a link to anyone who wants it.
>> Some of my thumb drives are multiboot, with several operating systems on
>> it, so I'll need to go through a bunch of them to find one that has Ubuntu
>> 18 and Chirp.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Scott Lopez <scottjl at gmail.com>
>> *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, January 02, 2023 7:22 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] New chirp-next build
>>
>> I can't imagine anyone here wants to be responsible for setting up,
>> distributing, and supporting a VM image of what is now outdated and no
>> longer supported software. I know I wouldn't want to be. There's a reason
>> the software is outdated, the best solution is to keep up.
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 4:03 PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn at ervin.email> wrote:
>>
>>> What would be handy is to have a VM of Ubuntu with the old Chirp already
>>> installed, so that can be implemented.
>>> I am sure I have an old Ubuntu Live on a thumb drive with Chirp on it,
>>> but I don't know if that can be made into a VM.
>>> Glenn
>>>
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