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Installation Guide For Gnu Radio:: System Requirement: Linux Ubuntu Pre-Requisites Needed For Gnuradio On Ubuntu

This document provides a 14 step installation guide for setting up GNU Radio on Ubuntu Linux. It outlines downloading and compiling GNU Radio from source, installing prerequisite libraries and tools, and obtaining additional GNU Radio blocks like osmocom, RTL-SDR, UHD, and osmosdr. The steps also cover configuring udev rules and testing the RTL-SDR USB receiver to ensure it works without root privileges.

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Installation Guide For Gnu Radio:: System Requirement: Linux Ubuntu Pre-Requisites Needed For Gnuradio On Ubuntu

This document provides a 14 step installation guide for setting up GNU Radio on Ubuntu Linux. It outlines downloading and compiling GNU Radio from source, installing prerequisite libraries and tools, and obtaining additional GNU Radio blocks like osmocom, RTL-SDR, UHD, and osmosdr. The steps also cover configuring udev rules and testing the RTL-SDR USB receiver to ensure it works without root privileges.

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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")



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 o
mkdi r bui l d
cd bui l d
cmake . . /
make

Now install GNU Radio for general use-

sudo make i nst al l

Step 5: Provide path for GNU Radio and Python

expor t PYTHONPATH=/ usr / l ocal / l i b/ pyt hon2. 7/ di st - packages
expor t 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/ r t 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
cd bui l d
cmake . . /
make
sudo make i nst al l
sudo l dconf i g

Step 9: Building UHD software-
Follow this site ht t p: / / et t us-
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 pyt hon- cheet ah doxygen
pyt hon- 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 d
cd bui l d/
cmake . . /

Now build & install

make
sudo make install
sudo 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 dPr ess/ ?p=615

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

Step 12: Now test for the device

r t l _sdr t est and

r t l _t cp t est

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

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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