Bug #1265
closedUbuntu installation instructions installs old version
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Description
Ubuntu installation instructions installs old version. The Download page has this command for Ubuntu install:
sudo apt-get install chirp
The result is an installation of an old version, not the 0.3. expected.
Below is the relevant part of the terminal dialogue.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Selecting previously unselected package python-support.
(Reading database ... 228936 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-support (from .../python-support_1.0.14ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package python-libxslt1.
Unpacking python-libxslt1 (from .../python-libxslt1_1.1.26-8ubuntu1.3_i386.deb) ...
Selecting previously unselected package chirp.
Unpacking chirp (from .../chirp_0.1.12-1_i386.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ...
Setting up python-support (1.0.14ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python-libxslt1 (1.1.26-8ubuntu1.3) ...
Setting up chirp (0.1.12-1) ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
My solution was to download the daily build that worked correctly.
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Updated by Jens Jensen over 10 years ago
- Status changed from New to Rejected
yes, this is expected behavior.
If you read the updated download page:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
That is for stable branch which is 0.3.x.
If you want latest daily builds, you will have to either download it manually, use mercurial to check-out and keep up to date with latest source code, or follow instructions on download page to use the ppa repository:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install chirp-daily
Updated by Jens Jensen over 10 years ago
Ok, sorry Bruce,
I see what you are talking about.
What version of Ubuntu are you on?
Updated by Tom Hayward over 10 years ago
The version of Chirp packaged with Ubuntu is out of our control. Ubuntu offers Chirp 0.3.1 on version "13.10":http://packages.ubuntu.com/saucy/chirp and newer.
Dan's chirp-daily ppa or the "Ubuntu Hams ppa":https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-hams-updates/+archive/ppa are your other options for installing Chirp on older versions of Ubuntu.
Updated by Bruce MacAlister over 10 years ago
Jens, I'm on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I suspect many Ubuntu users are like me, we stick with the LTS (Long Term Support) version unless there's something we absolutely have to have in the interim versions like 13.10. It means we spend more time using Ubuntu, less time taking care of it.
Updated by Bruce MacAlister over 10 years ago
Jens and Tom, I might not have been clear about what I downloaded. When I discovered through an earlier Chirp posting that the version in the Ubuntu Software Centre was an old one, I went to the +Chirp+ download center and did a copy-paste of that command to my terminal session. So what I got was not Ubuntu 12.04 dependent. It's what is on danplanet that causes the download of the old version.
Updated by Jens Jensen over 10 years ago
so you are saying you got an old version with the PPA?
This is what Im seeing:
https://launchpad.net/~dansmith/+archive/chirp-snapshots
For 12.04.3 LTS (Precise Pangolin?) i see: chirp-daily 20131121~precise~1
Is that not what you are getting?
Updated by Jens Jensen over 10 years ago
also, instead of installing "chirp" are you sure that you installed "chirp-daily" ?
Updated by Jens Jensen over 10 years ago
this might also be old info here, that needs to be updated... i'll have to check it out on my ubuntu box:
http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Running_Under_Linux
Updated by Bruce MacAlister over 10 years ago
Jens,
I have attached the danplanet instructions I followed. It was on the Download page. Here's a linear description of what I did:
I discovered that the Ubuntu 12.04 Software Centre downloaded an old version of Chirp (0.1) that knew nothing of my two Kenwood transceivers.¶
I then used the command on the left side of the attached image, sudo apt-get install chirp. I expected 0.3 but got the same 0.1 version that the Software Centre delivers.¶
I then used the commands on the right side of the image to download the daily build and got 0.3.1. It "knows" all my radios.¶
Updated by Tom Hayward over 10 years ago
I think you're confused about how Ubuntu works. ”apt-get install chirp” is equivalent to installing from Software Center. The way you get access to newer versions not included in Ubuntu is by adding new sources, like the ppa you added for chirp daily or the Ubuntu Hams ppa I recommended above.
Updated by Bruce MacAlister over 10 years ago
You are correct. Linux is confusing. I've run everything from mainframe MVS through DOS, Windows, OS/2, Unix and OSX. Linux is an odd duck, even odder than OSX and I still haven't acclimated to it. I had hoped that I wouldn't be reduced to command line like I had to on older OSes. But it looks like I'll have to dig into its structure, learn it in depth and live with command line. Other than that it's a fine OS.
Updated by Tom Hayward over 10 years ago
All of these things can be done from the GUI, but it's much easier to give you a command to paste than to prepare screenshots showing where to click. The text commands tend to change less between versions, too.