# Installing GNU Radio **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [October 22, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696 "2014-10-22T21:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@addis\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/addis_a)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/1 "2014-10-22T21:03:17Z")
Hello Everyone, I hate asking questions like this, but I need help installing GNU Radio. The objective is to have GNU Radio 3.7.5.1 and UHD installed on Ubuntu 14.04 so I can use it with my USRP N210. The problem I have is this: 1. I don’t like using the ettus easy install for ‘UHD+GNU Radio’ because their GNU Radio is usually several versions behind the most up to date version. I want control of what version I use. 2. I can’t use apt-get install gnuradio because I need to install UHD first and apt-get install also installs a very old version of gnuradio. What’s left for me? Do I have to compile source code and go that route? I’m far from being a professional programmer, so I do not trust myself getting that done correctly. I remember reading something about a PyBombs install process related to this I think. Is that an option? Thanks, 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:** [October 22, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/2 "2014-10-22T21:18:47Z")
I just installed gnuradio using PyBombs on an Ubuntu 14.04 machine and it worked fine except for two things. First, I had to manually install via apt-get the boost library. I am not sure why but PyBombs kept bombing out with an error. Then, after installation, I had to run ./pybombs env to setup the environmental variables properly. This was probably my fault for running app\_store.py under sudo. Anyway, it is working fine now. Al On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Richard B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > 1. I can’t use apt-get install gnuradio because I need to install UHD > > * * * > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > [Discuss-gnuradio Info Page](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio) – ==================== Al Anderson, N0XV Director, IT Services Salish Kootenai College (p) 406.275.4833 (c) 406.214.8292 [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:** [October 22, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/3 "2014-10-22T23:27:19Z")
If you want to do it the hard way, i.e. installing the dependencies from scratch and building from source, I keep an updated list here; ignore the date: > **[GNU Radio – RF Power Amp](https://rfpoweramp.com/category/sdr/gnu-radio/)** > > Posts about GNU Radio written by rfengr00 – View this message in context: [http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installing-GNU-Radio-tp50988p50990.html](http://gnuradio.4.n7.nabble.com/Installing-GNU-Radio-tp50988p50990.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:** [October 23, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/4 "2014-10-23T02:04:57Z")
As a follow up, I just finished the PyBOMBS install stream with UHD and Gnu Radio installed following these instructions: [http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/pybombs/wiki/QuickStart](http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/pybombs/wiki/QuickStart) That is a pretty painless process for the most part. The only unexpected thing that happened to me is that when I run gnuradio-companion at the end of the install process, I get an error in the command line that reads: Error: Program requires scipy (see: [www.scipy.org](http://www.scipy.org)) This line repeated 13 times Does anyone know if I should act on this? If so can you recommend how. Thanks, 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:** [October 23, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/5 "2014-10-23T11:21:16Z")
On 10/23/2014 02:03 AM, Richard B. wrote: > Error: Program requires scipy (see: [www.scipy.org](http://www.scipy.org) [http://www.scipy.org](http://www.scipy.org)) > This line repeated 13 times > > Does anyone know if I should act on this? If so can you recommend how. Hm, you should be fine – scipy is a ‘soft’ requirement for GNU Radio, meaning some examples use it but it’s not required for regular operations. That said, I’m not sure why you see it when running GRC. I think gr-trellis might be the culprit here. You could of course install it (apt-get install python-scipy), it’s a useful thing to have. Cheers, M ---
**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:** [October 23, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnu-radio/232696/6 "2014-10-23T15:12:10Z")
Thanks. I installed scipy and this resolved the error. Rich Sent from my iPhone