Bug #7993
Installation with apt package manager on Ubuntu (Focul) fails
| Status: | Feedback | 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: | (All models) |
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
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Updated by Patrick Sharp 6 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months 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 5 months ago
There is plan to update Py3 for FOCAL
Updated by Bernhard Hailer 2 months ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
The flatpack approach described in #7845 might help. Let us know.