# Installation issues with gnuradio on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit/241283 "2014-05-21T22:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **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:** [May 21, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit/241283/1 "2014-05-21T22:42:07Z")
Hello, I’m having some issues when I attempt to install gnuradio on a computer running Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. I followed the installation guide on the Ettus wiki (using the “Releases/Bugfixes” path) ([http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/GNURadio\_Linux](http://code.ettus.com/redmine/ettus/projects/uhd/wiki/GNURadio_Linux)) but when I run the command gnuradio-config-info I get an error message stating: gnuradio-config-info: error while loading shared libraries: libboost\_program\_options.so.1.48.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory. I’m not very experienced with gnuradio or linux, but it looks like when I apt-get install gnuradio, the libboost packages being downloaded are version 1.46, but when I run my command it is looking for version 1.48. Is there a way I can work around this? As I said, I’m not really familiar with apt-get or gnuradio in general. Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated! – View this message in context: [http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-Ubuntu-12-04-64-bit-tp48405.html](http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-Ubuntu-12-04-64-bit-tp48405.html) Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). ---
**Author:** ![muse\_ee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@muse\_ee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/muse_ee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit/241283/2 "2014-05-21T23:29:28Z")
Try: sudo apt-get remove --purge libboost\* sudo apt-get install libboost1.48-all-dev You may then have to install gnuradio and uhd again, since they depend on boost: sudo apt-get install gnuradio uhd Very Respectfully, Dan CaJacob ---
**Author:** ![muse\_ee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@muse\_ee](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/muse_ee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit/241283/3 "2014-05-21T23:47:18Z")
Thanks so much for the quick response! So I tried running the first set of commands that remove and re-install libboost, and as you predicted that had the effect of uninstalling gnuradio. So I ran: sudo apt-get install gnuradio uhd This gives me the following error message (excerpted from a much longer string): Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: uhd : Depends: libboost-all-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages I confirmed that I am indeed using the uhd\_stable repos. Beyond that I’m not sure what to do. – View this message in context: [http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-Ubuntu-12-04-64-bit-tp48405p48407.html](http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installation-issues-with-gnuradio-on-Ubuntu-12-04-64-bit-tp48405p48407.html) Sent from the GnuRadio mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com).