# Build-gnuradio fails on ubuntu system

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/build-gnuradio-fails-on-ubuntu-system/211092>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [August 25, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/build-gnuradio-fails-on-ubuntu-system/211092 "2011-08-25T15:38:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/0ea827/32.png) [@luislavena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/luislavena)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/build-gnuradio-fails-on-ubuntu-system/211092/1 "2011-08-25T15:38:12Z")

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Hello All,

when running the build-gnuradio script on my ubuntu systems i get the  
following error:

“Checking for package sdcc  
Failed to find libraries with prefix ‘libboost\_’ after pre-requisite  
installation.  
This very likely indicates that the pre-requisite installation failed  
to install one or more critical pre-requisites for Gnu Radio/UHD”

I run the script on ubuntu 10.04 and a fresh installation of 11.04, but  
the error still occurs.

Any idea?

Regards,  
Cornelius

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**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Kaiser](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Cornelius_Kaiser)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/build-gnuradio-fails-on-ubuntu-system/211092/2 "2011-08-25T15:55:30Z")

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On 25/08/2011 9:37 AM, Cornelius Kaiser wrote:

> Any idea?
> 
> Regards,  
> Cornelius

My suspicion is that you have a network issue that is preventing  
“apt-get” from fetching the necessary packages. If you look into  
the script, you can remove the redirection of the output of the  
apt-get command(s) to /dev/null, and let them print out, or place  
them into a logfile, so you can see what the exact error is.

I’m currently the latest build-gnuradio on an Ubuntu 10.10 64-bit  
system, and it’s going entirely normally.