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

[Jeffrey Vian]

I do upgrades of chirp with a command line that looks like

*pip install --upgrade ./chirp-20230509-py3-none-any.whl*

and it works for me.  Admittedly I do not use Ubuntu, and use Fedora
instead but the use of python and pip is almost identical on both systems.
Chirp is installed in the user python environment and not in the systemwide
area.

Anyone who cannot understand that the instructions expect the user to
download the newer version then use the command with the appropriate file
name for the version just downloaded probably should go back and read the
instructions again..  The same applies to those who do not understand that
it must be downloaded first before attempting the install or upgrade.

Remember always that posted instruction commands are examples and the user
must modify parts to fit their own environment -- especially when it gives
paths and file names..

Jeff
KI7GJG



On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 7:33 PM Tony Ling <tonyg7txu at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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