This file describes the installation of Chirp without package management on Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. This sort of thing may be your only choice because 1) a package has not yet been made for your OS or distribution, 2) the packaged version is obsolete, or 3) you want to try a daily build. For Debian, Ubuntu, and related systems, the following packages are required: python python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-libxslt1 python-serial python-suds (optional) python-support For Redhat, Fedora, CentOS and related systems, the following packages are required: (This list is incomplete. Please submit corrections.) python pygtk2 libxml2-python python-libxslt For openSUSE, the following packages are required: python python-gtk python-pyserial python-libxml2 libxslt-python python-suds-jurko Once these packages are installed, you can run Chirp directly from the distribution directory by typing "./chirpw". If you want to install it properly, type this: sudo python setup.py install --record files.txt This will install the package and create a list of files that were added to your system. If you want to deinstall Chirp, type this: sudo xargs -0 rm -rf < files.txt This will cause rm(1) to take its list of arguments from the file named "files.txt" and remove those files from the system. If you forgot to create "files.txt", you can simply reinstall the way it is shown here and continue on your way. Note: This will not uninstall directories created by the installation of Chirp. Presence of these empty directories shouldn't be a problem, but if they are, it's easy to go through the files.txt file, identify them, and remove them.