# Install GNURadio from Source **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [June 10, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271 "2015-06-10T21:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@musicdenotation](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/musicdenotation)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/1 "2015-06-10T21:22:04Z")
Hi all, Ubuntu 14.04 I have installed uhd from source to /usr/local/bin without a problem. I then do the following: 1. cd /usr/local/bin 2. sudo git clone [GitHub - gnuradio/gnuradio: GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem](https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio.git) 3. cd gnuradio 4. sudo mkdir build && cd build 5. sudo cmake …/ I get the following error: _– Configuring VOLK support…-- VOLK submodule is not checked out.– To check out the VOLK submodule, use:-- git pull –recurse-submodules=on-- git submodule update-- External VOLK disabled.-- Override with -DENABLE\_INTERNAL\_VOLK=ON/OFF-- CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:309 (message): VOLK required but not found._ I’ve run the two git commands it asks me to run, deleted the build directory and re-ran cmake but I get the same error. I see a volk directory in the gnuradio directory. What is causing this problem? v/r, Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/2 "2015-06-10T21:25:35Z")
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 3:20 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 1. sudo mkdir build && cd build > > in the gnuradio directory. > > What is causing this problem? > > v/r, > Rich Try following the download page: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Download](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/Download) Specifically, delete your gnuradio directory and run the git clone this way: git clone --recursive [http://git.gnuradio.org/git/gnuradio.git](http://git.gnuradio.org/git/gnuradio.git) That should make sure you’ve properly pulled the volk submodule as well. Tom ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/3 "2015-06-10T21:28:30Z")
I’d also like to point out that you should **not** clone into /usr/local/bin; that’s the directory where the executables should/will be installed, but no place for source code! If you don’t do that but instead clone to, let’s say /home/richard/, then the only operation you need to do as root (“sudo”) is “make install”; that’s much better. Best regards, Marcus ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/4 "2015-06-10T21:29:05Z")
Richard, Just throwing in my $.02 here to prevent bad habits from forming. /usr/local/bin is an odd place to store the repository. You should do the clone some place that you have write permission so you don’t have to do it with sudo. Then when you do the install step it can install to /usr/local with sudo. -nw ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/5 "2015-06-10T21:30:15Z")
If you get your source from [GitHub - gnuradio/gnuradio: GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem](https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio) the VOLK folder will be empty (take a look at the git repo, volk folder is a link). You can manually get it from [GitHub - gnuradio/volk at master](https://github.com/gnuradio/volk/tree/master) Cheers, Alireza On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/6 "2015-06-10T21:29:05Z")
In GR 3.7.7, VOLK is now a Git submodule. Try instead: sudo git clone --recursive [GitHub - gnuradio/gnuradio: GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem](https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio.git) And then do steps 3, 4, 5. –Neel ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/7 "2015-06-10T21:31:25Z")
You probably shouldn’t put code into /usr/local/bin as that is reserved for binaries, and you shouldn’t build as root. I clone stuff into /usr/local/src, so do this: sudo mkdir /usr/local/src sudo chmod 777 /usr/local/src cd /usr/local/src git clone –recursive [GitHub - gnuradio/gnuradio: GNU Radio – the Free and Open Software Radio Ecosystem · GitHub](https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio.git) cd gnuradio mkdir build cd build cmake ../ make make test sudo make install Note the “git clone –recursive” will populate the volk directory. Lou Richard B. wrote > 1. sudo mkdir build && cd build > > directory > in the gnuradio directory. > > What is causing this problem? > > v/r, > Rich > > * * * > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@ > [Discuss-gnuradio Info Page](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio) – View this message in context: [http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Install-GNURadio-from-Source-tp54119p54125.html](http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Install-GNURadio-from-Source-tp54119p54125.html) Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/8 "2015-06-10T21:40:46Z")
FWIW I keep on-line notes here if you want to do everything the hard way (i.e. manually install dependencies and build from source): > **[GNU Radio – RF Power Amp](https://rfpoweramp.com/category/sdr/gnu-radio/)** > > Posts about GNU Radio written by rfengr00 Lou Richard B. wrote > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@ > [Discuss-gnuradio Info Page](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio) – View this message in context: [http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Install-GNURadio-from-Source-tp54119p54127.html](http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Install-GNURadio-from-Source-tp54119p54127.html) Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/9 "2015-06-10T21:37:16Z")
Thank you everyone. I will take your advice and appreciate it. The –recursive flag fixed the volk issue. v/r, Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/10 "2015-06-11T00:10:55Z")
I completed the source install of both gnuradio 3.7.8git-0-g24a05ca0 and uhd. Everything completed with no errors thanks to your help. Now, when I open a flowgraph that I made previously in git 3.7.8, that uses the new “correlation estimator” and “modulate vector” blocks, it tells me the block “digital\_corr\_est\_cc” and “modulate\_vector” were not found in Platform. Did these blocks get pulled or is this a sign of something else in my install? Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/11 "2015-06-11T01:30:57Z")
On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I think I figured out what happened, though I don’t understand it. I > cloned gnuradio, than ran ‘git checkout 3.7.8git’ to switch to 3.7.8. I > than installed from there, however, I needed to then do a pull after the > switch to get a lot of files. I just assumed a new clone would contain > everything. Always learning something new. > > Rich Ah, ok. You probably want to just work off the master branches HEAD, which is what you get when you pull down the git repo in the first place. The way the git tags work in our project is that at the release, we tag the version, say v3.7.7. We then update the version information in the tree and tag that – one commit later – as the v3.7.8git working branch. So that is just the start of the work on the next version but does not represent any work done there. It’s pretty much the same code as in 3.7.7 with only version info changed. Tom ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/12 "2015-06-11T22:25:58Z")
Thanks Tom I understand now. Everything is working again. One more question about the tags. When I install Master -\> HEAD, the version in GRC (from help-\>about) is 3.7.7.1. Why is there a tag for version 3.7.8 in the repo, if its content is behind that of 3.7.7.1? Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 1:22am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/13 "2015-06-11T01:22:46Z")
I think I figured out what happened, though I don’t understand it. I cloned gnuradio, than ran ‘git checkout 3.7.8git’ to switch to 3.7.8. I than installed from there, however, I needed to then do a pull after the switch to get a lot of files. I just assumed a new clone would contain everything. Always learning something new. Rich On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/14 "2015-06-17T21:06:52Z")
Unfortunately, I have to resurrect this thread. I’m still not able to get the version of gnuradio installed that allows me to use control ports. When I use the master/head branch, which is the default as Tom said when you clone the repo, after cmake completes, it tells me this: – Building for version: v3.7.7.1-154-g7ee2f91d / 3.7.8git Is the 3.7.7.1-154-xxx what I keep seeing as the version in GRC, while the 3.7.8git is the version of the underlying source code? If so, is this what I should be installing to use control ports and if not, what should I be checking out before I compile the gnuradio source? Here is what happens when I run a flowgraph with a ‘CtrlPort Performance Monitor’ included: Using Volk machine: avx\_64\_mmx ControlPort Monitor running. Traceback (most recent call last): File “/home/rbell/Documents/tsv/production/bpsk/sbpsk\_loopback.py”, line 1057, in (tb.blocks\_ctrlport\_monitor\_performance\_0).start() File “/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnuradio/ctrlport/monitor.py”, line 48, in start print “monitor::endpoints() = %s” % (gr.rpcmanager\_get().endpoints()) AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘endpoints’ ctrlport.monitor received shutdown signal Today I uninstalled gnuradio, searched my computer for anything gnuradio related and removed it (minus some custom blocks that i’ve created that I assume won’t mess with an install) and reinstalled uhd and gnuradio from source. I am fairly certain I don’t have a conflicting versions problem. v/r, Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/15 "2015-06-17T21:18:33Z")
Richard, you’re getting the right version. The 3.7.7.1 string is an artifact of how git describe searches backward for the latest annotated tag in order to come up with a description. On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 3:35pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/16 "2015-06-12T15:35:20Z")
On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Thanks Tom I understand now. Everything is working again. > > One more question about the tags. When I install Master → HEAD, the > version in GRC (from help-\>about) is 3.7.7.1. Why is there a tag for > version 3.7.8 in the repo, if its content is behind that of 3.7.7.1? > > Rich Something is wrong there. It should read “3.7.8git-”. You possibly have two versions installed. Tom ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/17 "2015-06-17T21:39:35Z")
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Johnathan C. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > clone the repo, after cmake completes, it tells me this: > > > > AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘endpoints’ As Johnathan said, you’ve got the right version. Now you need to make sure that ControlPort is getting built and installed correctly with Thrift. When you run cmake, you will see a list of enabled components. You should see as part of this: - gr-ctrlport - thrift That’ll let you know that you are building ControlPort and the Thrift backend for it. If you’ve already installed it, you can check with: $ gnuradio-config-info --enabled-components python-support;testing-support;doxygen;sphinx;gnuradio-runtime;gr-ctrlport;\* thrift;gr-blocks;gnuradio-companion;gr-fec;gr-fft;gr-filter;gr-analog;gr-digital;gr-dtv;gr-atsc;gr-audio;\* alsa;\* oss;\* jack;gr-comedi;gr-channels;gr-noaa;gr-pager;gr-qtgui;gr-trellis;gr-uhd;gr-utils;gr-video-sdl;gr-vocoder;gr-fcd;gr-wavelet;gr-wxgui;gr-zeromq You can see the “gr-ctrlport;\* thrift” – which tells you the same info as cmake. One thing, though, I’ve just pushed a couple of fixes for ControlPort/Thrift support. So when you rebuild, make sure you’re pulling down the latest master. Tom ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/18 "2015-06-18T00:10:52Z")
It’s still not working. I was overlooking the Thrift dependency previously. I installed Thrift 0.9.2 from source, following this [https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ControlPort](https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ControlPort) as well as the Thrift homepage install instructions, [Apache Thrift - Index of install/](http://thrift.apache.org/docs/install/), because I needed to install a few more dependencies for thrift than what was listed in the first link. I then deleted build and re-built gnuradio. When I ran CMake, I saw that under the gr-ctrlports module section it said it found thrift 0.9.2. Was there something else I needed to confirm in the cmake output beyond that? When I run gnuradio-config-info --enabled-components, I see ‘gr-ctrlport’ in the list, but no ‘\* thrift’. What else have I overlooked, that always seems to be the issue. Rich ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/19 "2015-06-18T01:26:14Z")
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I was overlooking the Thrift dependency previously. I installed Thrift > 0.9.2 from source, following this > [https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ControlPort](https://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ControlPort) as well > as the Thrift homepage install instructions, > [Apache Thrift - Index of install/](http://thrift.apache.org/docs/install/), because I needed to install a few > more dependencies for thrift than what was listed in the first link. I then > deleted build and re-built gnuradio. When I ran CMake, I saw that under the > gr-ctrlports module section it said it found thrift 0.9.2. Was there > something else I needed to confirm in the cmake output beyond that? What is your installation prefix? ---
**Author:** ![reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b5ac83/32.png) [@reback](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/reback)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271/20 "2015-06-18T01:29:45Z")
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > something else I needed to confirm in the cmake output beyond that? > > When I run gnuradio-config-info --enabled-components, I see ‘gr-ctrlport’ > in the list, but no ‘\* thrift’. > > What else have I overlooked, that always seems to be the issue. > > Rich Probably the installation of the Thrift Python module. Did you set a different prefix for the installation of Thrift? It likes to try to stuff it in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages regardless of what you set the –prefix to. You have to use PY\_PREFIX on the configure line for that. A lesson we just learned yesterday. Also, because it goes into site-packages instead of dist-packages like most distros use these days, that could also be affecting whether or not Python is finding it. Tom [Next page](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/install-gnuradio-from-source/242271.md?page=2)