Update Chirp

[kd4e]

When you install Chirp with pip or pipx you don't use sudo. It creates some directories in your ~/.local directory and as far as I can tell it puts all the required files there and doesn't touch /usr or /opt or any other root level system directories. I'm not sure if it makes a .desktop menu file for Chirp because I already had a custom one. I don't think it can break your system and I don't know if that's true for other things installed by pip/pipx.

Cool, thanks!

[kd4e]

OK, snapshot done, python3-pip installed.

Note 1: It did not recognize python3-pipx, so I could not install that.

Note 2: The Chirp instructions appear to insist on pipx "You must use pipx to install chirp" rather than pip. Am I misunderstanding it?

2.2 For distros with the managed flag (Ubuntu 23.04, Debian 11 and later)

You must use pipx to install chirp separated from the system python environment. However, because some libraries from the system environment are required (packages from above) you must use the flag to enable their use. Use of the wheel download is recommended.

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sudo apt install -y pipx
pipx install --system-site-packages ./chirp-20230509-py3-none-any.whl

[BV206]

If you are using MX 21 (Debian 11) You have to install pipx from the backports repository and the package name is just pipx.

You may want to get the latest Chirp version from https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_next/ instead of using a file from May.

[kd4e]

If you are using MX 21 (Debian 11) You have to install pipx from the backports repository and the package name is just pipx.

You may want to get the latest Chirp version from https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_next/ instead of using a file from May.

I'm on MX 21.3

OK re. pipx from Backports ... thanks!

I have this one downloaded and ready to load

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chirp-20230719-py3-none-any.whl

[kd4e]

Everything is working!

Thanks for the assist!