installation of gnu radio

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Installation Guide for GNU Radio:

System Requirement: Linux Ubuntu

Pre-Requisites needed for GNURadio on Ubuntu

Development Tools (need for compilation)

o g++

o git

o make

o cmake

o sdcc (from "universe")

o guile

o ccache (not required, but recommended if you compile frequently)

Libraries (need for runtime and for compilation)

o python-dev

o SWIG

o FFTW 3.X (libfftw3-dev)

o cppunit (libcppunit-dev)

o Boost 1.35 (or later, but not 1.46, 1.47 or 1.52)

o GSL GNU Scientific Library (libgsl0-dev)

o libusb and libusb-dev

o ALSA (alsa-base, libasound2 and libasound2-dev)

GNU Radio Companion

o for the GNU Radio Companion (GRC) you need to install python-numpy,

python-cheetah and python-lxml

WX GUI

o for the WX GUI components you need to install python-wxgtk2.8 and python-

numpy

QT GUI

o

for the QT GUI components you need to install PyQT4, PyQwt5 for Qt4, QT-OpenGL, Fontconfig, Xrender and Xinput (python-qt4, python-qwt5-qt4,

libqt4-opengl-dev, libqwt5-qt4-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libxrender-dev, libxi-

dev)

Other useful packages

o doxygen (for creating documentation from source code)

o octave (from "universe")


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Procedure:

Step 1: Open the Terminal on Ubuntu (Ctrl+Alt+T).

Step 2: Install the Dependencies from this site.

http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/UbuntuInstall

For example: For Ubuntu 12.04, install Precise Pangolin (12.04)

Step 3: Installing GNU Radio-

Enter this command for installation of GNU Radio-

gi t cl one ht t p: / / gnur adi o. or g/ gi t / gnur adi o. gi t

Step 4:Configure and build GNU Radio-

Enter these commands in the Terminal one by one-

cd gnur adi omkdi r bui l dcd bui l dcmake . . /make

Now install GNU Radio for general use-

sudo make i nst al l

Step 5: Provide path for GNU Radio and Python

export PYTHONPATH=/ usr / l ocal / l i b/ python2. 7/ di st - packagesexport LD_LI BRARY_PATH=/ usr / l ocal / l i b

After this step open GNU Radio by typing gnuradio-companion in terminal and check for

osmocom Source and RTL-SDR Source under Source Block. If not present, follow Step 6.

Step 6:Follow this site ht t p: / / sdr . osmocom. or g/ t r ac/ wi ki / r t l - sdr

The rtl-sdr code can be checked out with:

gi t cl one gi t : / / gi t . osmocom. or g/ rt l - sdr . gi t

Step 7:Install libusb1.0 from software centre

Step 8: for installing RTL-SDR Source-

As previously enter these commands one by one

cd r t l - sdr /mkdi r bui l d
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cd bui l dcmake . . /makesudo make i nst al lsudo l dconf i g

Step 9: Building UHD software-Follow this site ht tp: / / et tus -apps. sour cer epo. com/ r edmi ne/ et t us/ pr oj ect s/ uhd/ wi ki / UHD_Bui l d

Install Prerequisites-

sudo apt - get i nst al l l i bboost - al l - dev l i busb- 1. 0- 0- dev python- cheet ah doxygenpython- docut i l s

and then install UHD

gi t cl one gi t : / / gi t hub. com/ Et t usResear ch/ uhd. gi t

Step 10:For osmosdr Source-

gi t cl one gi t : / / gi t . osmocom. or g/ gr - osmosdr

cd gr- osmosdr /

then continue with

mkdi r bui l dcd bui l d/cmake . . /

Now build & install

makesudo make installsudo ldconfig

Step 11:Install UDEV rules so that your USB dongle is loaded when you plug it in

Follow this site ht t p: / / f oxgul ch. com/ Wor dPress/ ?p=615

~/rtl-sdr/build $ cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON

Step 12:Now test for the device

r t l _sdr t est and

rt l _ tcp test

Step 13:

In order to be able to use the dongle as a non-root user, you may install the appropriate udev rules

file by calling

sudo make i nst al l - udev- r ul es
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Step 14:Now if everything is alright then you should be able to open GNU Radio by giving

this command gnuradio-companion else follow above procedures and sites carefully.

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