[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 177, Issue 9

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

He didn't say that.

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DR
N1EA

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 12:41 PM Tony Ling <tonyg7txu at gmail.com> wrote:

> So what you are saying here Sean is that it requires 35 years of
> experience as an IT professional in order to be able to install Chirp under
> Linux.
> Surely there must be an easier way?
>
> On Sun, 17 Sept 2023 at 16:02, Sean Dennis <sean at ks4td.us> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:22:27 -0500
>> Jeffrey Vian <sandhillsinvestment at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Most of us are happy that it is available and will work for (almost)
>> > everyone as it is.  Distribution as a python package and installing
>> > it with pip is universal in approach and avoids the extra overhead of
>> > meeting the multiple packaging requirements for various distros.
>>
>> I think that, in this case, it's a lack of knowledge about how to
>> install Python-based software in a Linux system, which is not the
>> responsibility of the developers, the lack of understanding error
>> messages, and the lack of desire to learn how to fix things that go
>> wrong with a simple Web search.
>>
>> I spent 35 years in IT as a self-taught system and network
>> administrator using Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.  Web searches saved my
>> bacon many a time...and they still do. <G>
>>
>> Side note: I have used CHIRP under all three above-mentioned operating
>> systems without issue.
>>
>> 73,
>> Sean KS4TD
>>
>>
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