[chirp_users] Linux install instructions, not quite 100%...

[Tony Ling]

I totally agree, I'm not an expert on Ubuntu by any means, yet if I follow
the instructions line by line, it fails me almost every time.
I think Linux installation could be better explained.
Ideally, it would have a apt-get update candidate.

On Thu, 14 Sept 2023 at 14:54, Dave B via chirp_users <
chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I just installed the current Chirp on this LMDE 5 system, using the
> instructions as shown on :-
> https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/ChirpOnLinux
>
> There is a "slight wrinkle" in para 2.2.
>
> The command line invocation:-
>
> *pipx install --system-site-packages ./chirp-20230509-py3-none-any.whl*
>
> Fails as the file "chirp-20230509-py-none-any.whl" was not present
> anywhere.  That is also an old version now as well.
>
> OK, simple for me to figure out, but for many other windoze refugees
> probably less so, so perhaps either some additional instruction regarding
> actually getting the .whl file "First" (finding the link to that was not as
> easy as it should be I think either) or including a wget somewhere to pull
> the latest from the server, and make it all work "automagically" ?
>
> Otherwise, 20230911 is working OK with the shack Kenwood TM-V71 on a 64
> bit LMDE 5 system.
>
> Re the use of pipx, and the comment that pipx users will need to uninstall
> Chirp, before installing a new version.
> Is there a reason why "pipx upgrade" cant be used?  If so, what is the
> reason?
>
> Lastly, where is the Chirp Icon file hidden these days?  (So I can put it
> in my menu system.)
>
> Oh, I also find that this version of Chirp, does not remember the custom
> port name for the radio, in this case /dev/ttyTMV71 as assigned by a udev
> rule for consistency.  The resulting entry in the port dropdown, is also
> mostly obscured by being shoved over to far to the left in that field.
>
> 73.
>
> Dave G8KBV.
>
>
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