[chirp_users] chirp_users Digest, Vol 177, Issue 9

[Tony Ling]

It was implied.
My impression is that many Windozer refugees using Ubuntu are put off from
using CHIRP due to the assumed knowledge in its installation process.
G7TXU

On Sun, 17 Sept 2023 at 17:45, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> He didn't say that.
>
> 73
>
> 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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