[Hackrf-dev] Lesson 11 GnuRadio version?

[Dominic Spill]

On 13 January 2016 at 15:54, Dave New, N8SBE <n8sbe at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> That Wiki page has been deleted (there is a note by Michael saying he
> deleted it because it was causing folks to install an incorrect version
> of hackrf (I didn't seem to have that problem).
>
> The wayback machine at the Internet Archive doesn't have that page
> cached. Is there another copy archived some place?

GitHub wikis are git repositories, so it should be possible to clone
the wiki and roll back to the commit before the page was removed.  The
repository URL is https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf.wiki.git

> I'm guilty of not having taken notes while doing the initial install (my
> bad), since I was relying on being able to access the wiki page in the
> future if I needed to re-do.  In particular, I'm doing a talk at my
> local radio club this evening on GNU Radio and the HackRF One, and I
> wanted to show how simple it is to either run Pentoo from USB (which I
> have) or to install using the package manager on Ubuntu.

You could also run the GNU Radio live DVD/USB image based on Ubuntu:
https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/GNURadioLiveDVD

> I sure don't have the time to show how to install from sources using
> PyBombs in a 45 minute talk.

Agreed, definitely more interesting to get up and running with a bootable image.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [Hackrf-dev] Lesson 11 GnuRadio version?
> From: Dominic Spill <dominicgs at gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, January 11, 2016 7:43 pm
> To: "Dave New, N8SBE" <n8sbe at arrl.net>
> Cc: hackrf-dev <hackrf-dev at greatscottgadgets.com>
>
> On 11 January 2016 at 20:44, Dave New, N8SBE <n8sbe at arrl.net> wrote:
>>
>> Seems you upgraded to a more recent GNU Radio version for lesson 11,
>> than the 'stock' 3.7.5 that is current for Ubuntu LTS.
>
> I'm running 3.7.8 and I have problems with the flowgraphs because they
> use the new QT widgets but I only have the WX widgets installed.
> There doesn't appear to be anything in the flowgraphs that you could
> not build with 3.7.5 and the WX widgets if you would like to avoid
> upgrading for now.
>
>> Is there an easy way to force an upgrade to whatever you are usuing
>> (3.7.8?). The sample files you posted, when opened in 3.7.5, are
>> restricted to a small window and cause an error in top_block
>
> The easiest way to keep up to date with GNU radio and the other
> associated tools is to build them from source using PyBOMBS:
> https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/pybombs/wiki/QuickStart
>
> This is smart enough to use the dependencies that you already have
> installed from the Ubuntu repositories (if possible). You will need
> to apt-get remove the gnuradio binaries that you have installed.
>
> Thanks,
>  Dominic