Bug #7993
Installation with apt package manager on Ubuntu (Focul) fails
| Status: | Closed | Start date: | 06/18/2020 | |
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| Priority: | Normal | Due date: | ||
| Assignee: | - | % Done: | 0% |
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| Category: | - | |||
| Target version: | - | |||
| Chirp Version: | daily | Platform: | Linux | |
| Model affected: | Installation |
Description
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:dansmith/chirp-snapshots <<- appears to work
sudo apt-get update << appears to work , has very similar output as the command above
sudo apt-get install chirp-daily << the problem
apt-get install chirp-daily reports E: Unable to locate package chirp-daily
This is a brand new ubuntu install as of today , with no mods at all
Not sure what else you need for information, as it is not program related. Very much installation related
Related issues
History
Updated by Patrick Sharp about 2 years ago
I can see a spelling difference in the PPA snapshot screen
FOCUL is the name given to the new Ubuntu release
FOCAL is the name used on the page at : https://launchpad.net/~dansmith/+archive/ubuntu/chirp-snapshots
I think I can see the obvious solution to this, but thinking I may try mint first
Updated by Kalle Tuulos about 2 years ago
"Focal" is correctly spelled and it is indeed the name of the Ubuntu 20.04 release.
oh1hqz@oh1hqz:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Release: 20.04
Codename: focal
The real problem is, that Ubuntu 20.04 switched to Python3 and some Python2 related packages, like python-serial, are not available on it.
Chirp should be ported to use Python3 natively and all references to Python2 libraries should be removed.
Updated by James LePage almost 2 years ago
Does anyone have a workaround for this?
Just got my first HT and was really hoping to get this set up on my PC running Ubuntu 20.04...
Updated by James LePage almost 2 years ago
Would installing Python2 and using the method described here to set up switching between Python2 and Python3 work? Or is there a better solution on the horizon? I don’t want to go mucking around with my Python installation if there’s a Py3 version of Chirp right around the corner... thanks in advance!
https://linuxconfig.org/ubuntu-20-04-python-version-switch-manager
Updated by Achim Dreyer almost 2 years ago
The current Ubuntu release has no longer the necessary python2 packages in their repository.
You could try to get install the whole python2 library tree.
Alternatives:
- build a container with an older ubuntu system that has python2 and map the UI and serial port.. (ugly)
- update CHIRP for Python3 (major undertaking, but I am willing to help)
Updated by Denis Ouellet almost 2 years ago
There is plan to update Py3 for FOCAL
Updated by Bernhard Hailer over 1 year ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
The flatpack approach described in #7845 might help. Let us know.
Updated by Bernhard Hailer over 1 year ago
- Status changed from Feedback to Closed
- Model affected changed from (All models) to Installation
The flatpack approach has been widely acceprted as the solution for this problem.