How to Install GNURadio on Ubuntu 12.04

I have followed GNU Radio Installation for Ubuntu Linux 12.04 and summarize here the procedure.

•     Installation from Ettus Research
•     Installing manually from source

 

Installation from Ettus Research

Install the required dependencies as mentioned at Install-Dependencies
Download UHD
Install this package using Ubuntu Software Center
Download GnuRadio
install these packages using Ubuntu Software Center
After installation set the PYTHONPATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variables
Default installation uses following paths /usr/bin and /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
Export the paths as

$ export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
$ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/bin

Installing manually from source

Install the required dependencies as mentioned at Install-Dependencies
Download and install UHD software from source by these command for Ubuntu:

$ git clone git://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd.git
$ cd uhd/host/
$ mkdir build
$ cd build/
$ cmake ../
$ sudo apt-get install cmake
$ cd uhd/host/
$ mkdir build
$ cd build/
$ cmake ../
$ cmake -DENABLE_E100=ON ../
$ cmake -DENABLE_E100=ON -DENABLE_B100=ON../
$ make
$ sudo make install
$ cd
$ sudo gedit .bashrc

Set library path in the text file

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:usr/local/lib

and save the file

$ sudo ldconfig


Download and install GNURadio software from source by this command for Ubuntu:

$ git clone http://gnuradio.org/git/gnuradio.git
$ cd gnuradio/
$ mkdir build
$ cd build/
$ cmake ../
$ make
$ make test
$ sudo make install
$ sudo ldconfig
$ cd
$ cd /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
$ ls
$ pwd
$ cd
$ sudo gedit .bashrc

Set library path in the text file

export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

and save the file

$ sudo ldconfig
$ sudo apt-get install gnuradio-companion
$ gnuradio-companion
$ cd /usr/local/bin/
$ ls
$ cd