# Building gr-osmosdr in GNU Radio Companion on Windows

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [August 17, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037 "2015-08-17T08:52:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@Sadaf\_N](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sadaf_N)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037/1 "2015-08-17T08:52:43Z")

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I installed GNU Radio Companion on Windows using these steps.  
[http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/GNURadio\_Windows?version=94](http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/GNURadio_Windows?version=94)

I have a RTL2832U and as I’ve researched, you can intstall a block for  
this hardware in GNU Radio Companion through gr-osmosdr. Unfortunately  
most of the steps I’ve seen is done using Ubuntu/Linux. I’ve tried  
installing it using the command prompt but I am encountering a lot of  
errors.

I was wondering if there is an easier way to put the gr-osmosdr blocks  
(especially the rtl source block) in GNU Radio in the Windows  
environment.

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**Author:** ![chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chillexistence)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037/2 "2015-08-17T11:23:59Z")

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Andrew Aragon wrote in post #1177788:

> I was wondering if there is an easier way to put the gr-osmosdr blocks  
> (especially the rtl source block) in GNU Radio in the Windows  
> environment.

Virtualbox 🙂

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**Author:** ![chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chillexistence)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037/3 "2015-10-18T07:02:31Z")

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Hi Andrew,  
I have been working on a project related to radio frequency  
fingerprinting.  
But for that i require to capture and compare transients in terms of  
signal strength and other parameters. So please help me in selecting and  
configuring of various blocks in gnu radio companion.  
Thanx.

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**Author:** ![chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@chillexistence](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chillexistence)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/building-gr-osmosdr-in-gnu-radio-companion-on-windows/243037/4 "2016-06-07T11:56:36Z")

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hi Andrew:  
my name is Ebraheem and i am engineer\>  
I have the sane problem you Wrote about in this post:  
Building gr-osmosdr in GNU Radio Companion on Windows  
[https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/6876532#1177788](https://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/6876532#1177788)  
i hope you help me if you have solved the problem\>  
thanks a lot.