Re: executable trouble
Bugs on github are called issues if that's any help.
Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com>
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2023, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> There's a blue vna for Android. I'd look for a phone app if you need
> portable.
>
> David
>
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2023, 00:34 K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:
>
> > It was all the same as last night as far as instructions.
> > I spent hours on it last night, and with the same error in Ubuntu, I said
> > screw that package.
> > I know it isn't me, if it made the same error on two different systems.
> > I should report it on the github page, but I don't have an account on
> > github and I don't know where on the page to report it.
> > The program works in windows 10, but the only windows 10 I have is not on
> > a portable computer, and the nanoVNA is best used as a portable device.
> > Glenn
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea@arrl.net>
> > *To:* K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email>
> > *Cc:* Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> ;
> > debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
> > *Sent:* Sunday, March 12, 2023 11:28 PM
> > *Subject:* Re: executable trouble
> >
> > Often in the "make" file there are instructions, read them and do what it
> > says.
> >
> > 73
> > DR
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 9:12?PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:
> >
> >> Well having given up on the hopes of installing nanovna-saver to my
> >> Debian
> >> system, I tried to install it on my Ubuntu system.
> >> I did the git clone thing again, and went into the nanovna-saver
> >> directory,
> >> and ran
> >> sudo make deb
> >> and I got the same error, it couldn't find a setuptools file to use.
> >> Glenn
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@panix.com>
> >> To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>; "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>;
> >>
> >> <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> >> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 2:40 PM
> >> Subject: Re: executable trouble
> >>
> >>
> >> Why not try cat nano-vnasaver | strings | less and find what shows up?
> >> The pipe through strings will only pass strings to less so your screen
> >> doesn't get messed up. If one of the first lines in that file is
> >> something like #!/usr/bin/env python then this is a python package and
> >> maybe source code too in which case will need compiling.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in
> >> defense of liberty:
> >> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> >> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >> On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, K0LNY_Glenn wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi David,
> >> > I have no idea how to compile something.
> >> > It only unzips to a file called
> >> > nanovna-saver
> >> > Maybe I can run py and nanovna-saver?
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "D.J.J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea@arrl.net>
> >> > To: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>
> >> > Cc: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 1:22 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: executable trouble
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I looked at GIT HUB https://github.com/NanoVNA-Saver/nanovna-saver and
> >> > I don't find a binary file for Debian, you will have to compile it
> >> > yourself.
> >> >
> >> > Also it looks like it's a python program. There are ways of installing
> >> > python programs that others might be able to tell you about, I don't
> >> > remember how it's done but I've done it in the past.
> >> >
> >> > DR
> >> > N1EA
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 2:05?PM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Well I updated the zip file from github, and unzipped it, and did the
> >> > > chmod
> >> > > +x thing, and got three different errors,
> >> > > One said something about gnu not found
> >> > > and another said elf not found, and the third said:
> >> > > syntax error, unterminated string.
> >> > > I tried to direct it to a txt file to send here, but trying the
> >> command
> >> > > and
> >> > > a greater sign or a pipe only gives me a blank txt file.
> >> > >
> >> > > Glenn
> >> > > and
> >> > > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > > From: "K0LNY_Glenn" <glenn@ervin.email>
> >> > > To: <debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org>
> >> > > Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2023 12:13 PM
> >> > > Subject: executable trouble
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Hi All,
> >> > > I am still trying to get nanovna-saver to work on Debian bullseye.
> >> > > I don't know if this computer is an i386, and maybe this program is 64
> >> > > bit,
> >> > > but it has both for windows, but only one file for Linux.
> >> > > The instructions say to:
> >> > > list of 1 items
> >> > > . If using binaries on Mac or Linux you have to chmod +x nanovna-saver
> >> > > after
> >> > > unzipping as executable flags get lost with zip.
> >> > > list end
> >> > > So I did that, then I ran:
> >> > > sudo updatedb
> >> > > Then I ran sudo /home/lenny/./nanovna-saver
> >> > > and I get the error:
> >> > > -bash nanovna-saver cannot execute binary file exec format error
> >> > >
> >> > > Does anyone have an idea about the error?
> >> > > Thanks.
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
>
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