<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br></div><div>dgdimick<br></div>KC6AUP<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><br>--------------------------------------<br>There is no future until we settle our past...<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 1:16 AM, IZ3GME Marco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iz3gme.marco@gmail.com" target="_blank">iz3gme.marco@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Sure it works! I already tested it on RaspberryPi and some Olinuxino<br>
boards also<br>
<br>
<br>
73 de IZ3GME Marco<br>
<br>
On 19/06/2014 06:03, Denis Dimick wrote:<br>
> Nice.<br>
><br>
> I was thinking about seeing if the RaspberryPi would run Chirp. Since<br>
> all you really need is the Python Libs it should work fine.<br>
><br>
> On Jun 18, 2014 7:51 PM, "Michael Dodds" <<a href="mailto:mike@doddstech.com">mike@doddstech.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:mike@doddstech.com">mike@doddstech.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> My new Rev C BeagleBone Black arrived today and I decided to see if it<br>
> would run Chirp successfully. Short answer: yes it does :)<br>
><br>
> The Rev C version comes with 4 GB of onboard flash and comes<br>
> preinstalled with Debian 7.4 with an LXDE desktop. The older versions<br>
> came with Angstrom Linux and only had 2 GB onboard storage. You could<br>
> use one of those by loading Debian or Ubuntu on a 4GB or larger micro SD<br>
> card and booting from there.<br>
><br>
> The default user is debian and will sudo with no password, so it's not<br>
> the most secure setup, but that is easily changed if you like.<br>
><br>
> Here is how I did it:<br>
><br>
> Open up LXterm from the Accessories menu and type: sudo usermod -a -G<br>
> dialout debian<br>
> This adds the debian user to the dialout group so you have access to the<br>
> USB ports.<br>
><br>
> Then I cheated a bit: While in LXterm I did this: sudo apt-get install<br>
> chirp. This installs a truly ancient version of Chirp, but takes care of<br>
> all the dependencies for you. When it completes, type: apt-get remove<br>
> chirp. That removes the old version of chirp but leaves the<br>
> dependencies.<br>
><br>
> Then download the latest version of Chirp (the tar.gz Linux source<br>
> version)<br>
><br>
> From LXterm, type: cd /home/debian/Downloads and hit enter. Then type:<br>
> tar -zxvf chirp* (no sudo needed here)<br>
> This will extract the tar.gz file into a directory under Downloads,<br>
> chirp-0.4.0 in my case.<br>
><br>
> Then from the file manager in the GUI, navigate to that directory and<br>
> double click on chirpw and click on execute in the dialog that pops up.<br>
> I'm not sure if there is a practical use for running it in the<br>
> BeagleBone, but it works every bit as well as my "real" Linux box does<br>
> and reads/writes just fine to all my radios, it's fun, and Linux has no<br>
> issues with the counterfeit Prolific USB programming cables.<br>
><br>
> I'm sure you could get fancy and actually install it, but it works just<br>
> fine without it.<br>
><br>
> 73,<br>
> Mike<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
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><br>
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><br>
> “*Never worry about theory *<br>
> *as long as the machinery does*<br>
> *what it's supposed to do.” - Robert Heinlein*<br>
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