[arm-allstar] pacman and installed packages

David McGough kb4fxc at inttek.net
Tue Mar 20 15:13:36 EST 2018


Try:


pacman -Syu hamvoip-packet-tools




On Tue, 20 Mar 2018, "Fred Hillhouse via arm-allstar" wrote:

> Hi Doug,
> 
> After running pacman -Sy hamvoip-packet-tools:
> 
> The response from running Direwolf:
>          [root at AllStar ~]# direwolf
>          Dire Wolf version 1.4
> 
> I have repeated this a few times since last October and have always see the
> same revision. I was expecting to see 1.5b or something similar. Hmm, maybe
> the revision in the code does not reflect the actual revision.
> 
> Back in Oct 2017, David had looked at the beta release. He mentioned he
> would add it next time. About a week ago David mentioned he would add the
> latest revision. I did notice John WB2OSZ added changes in January 2018. So
> an update might be useful at this point anyway.
> 
> I am very suspicious of my own skills so I expect that I missed something
> obvious.
> 
> Best regards,
> Fred N7FMH
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of
> "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 2:07 PM
> To: ARM Allstar
> Cc: Doug Crompton
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] pacman and installed packages
> 
> Fred,
> 
>  If you want to look at what is in a package without actually downloading it
> the program - pkgfile will do that. You would need to download that small
> package first -  pacman -Sy pkgfile  -  then
> 
>  pkgfile -l hamvoip-packet-tools | grep direwolf
> 
> But that does not tell you a version of the actual program. It would be best
> to download the package and then see what version it is.
> 
> I thought that Dave just updated this by request not long ago so it might be
> up to date already. If not I am sure he will.
> 
> 
> *73 Doug*
> 
> *WA3DSP*
> 
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:35 PM, "Fred Hillhouse via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> > The package I am interested in is:
> > https://github.com/wb2osz/direwolf/releases/tag/1.5-beta
> > New Features: PTT using GPIO pin of CM108/CM119 (e.g. DMK URI, RB-USB 
> > RIM), Linux only.
> >
> > Maybe this has been added and I just don't know how to find/use it.
> > The response running Direwolf:
> >         [root at AllStar ~]# direwolf
> >         Dire Wolf version 1.4
> >
> > I have tried a few things based on what I find in pacman documentation 
> > for updating, syncing, etc. to no avail.
> >
> > I hate to ask for this since it makes me feel like a squeaky wheel. 
> > Plus, I feel I should learn how to update from release 1.4 to 1.5-beta 
> > or go back if a new DEV isn't working correctly.
> >
> > If I could update/revert then it places no load on your team when your 
> > primary goal is to support Allstar.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Fred N7FMH
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: arm-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf 
> > Of "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 11:33 AM
> > To: ARM Allstar
> > Cc: Doug Crompton
> > Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] pacman and installed packages
> >
> > Fred,
> >
> >  We maintain the repository for ALL packages and thus the versions are 
> > determined by us. We try to keep packages updated but it is unlikely 
> > we would have the latest and greatest of everything. If you have a 
> > specific need for an updated package and it would benefit all please 
> > let us know what package it is and we can include it if possible. You 
> > can download and compile a package on your own but doing so might 
> > require other dependencies that might not be there and could lead to 
> > possible problems.
> >
> > What is the package that needs updating?
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:37 AM, "Fred Hillhouse via arm-allstar" < 
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am not sure if this is Allstar related or not. After installing a 
> > > package using pacman (e.g., hamvoip-packet-tools or 
> > > hamvoip-dosprogs), how do I update a single application?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have been reading the pacman content on the archlinux.org and am 
> > > not sure it the answers are there. This is quite new to me!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My first inclination would be to wget the latest release and build it.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Fred N7FMH
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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