# Installing GNURadio 3.4.2 with Ubuntu 14.04 **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [August 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-3-4-2-with-ubuntu-14-04/231771 "2014-08-29T17:55:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **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:** [August 29, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-3-4-2-with-ubuntu-14-04/231771/1 "2014-08-29T17:55:41Z")
Hello, I need install the uwicore\_MAC module ( [http://www.uwicore.umh.es/mhop-software.html](http://www.uwicore.umh.es/mhop-software.html)) to modify the 802.11 protocol and test some ideas. I already tryed install the module in version 3.7.4 without success. I found help in module grcompat (Emil A. comented in [Airprobe and bladeRF - Official bladeRF forum](http://nuand.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3137)) but not answer all the incompatibles problems. I installed in virtual machine with Ubuntu 9.10 (32 bits) and was possible run the uwicore\_MAC in gnuradio 3.3.0 (thanks Marcus Müller). Now I have problem with the USRP N200. We dont have communications with the actual firmware (and we dont found firmware compatible). Maybe the module UHD drivers is needed in GNURadio. In this case, we tryed the next version 3.4.2 in real machine with the Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bits). This version already has the UHD module. Follow the command line and the logs in annex: rodrigo@aluno-ubuntu:~/gnuradio-3.4.2$ ./bootstrap configure.ac:54: installing ‘./compile’ parallel-tests: installing ‘./test-driver’ configure.ac:24: warning: AM\_INIT\_AUTOMAKE: two- and three-arguments forms are deprecated. For more info, see: configure.ac:24: > **[automake](http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/automake.html#Modernize-AM_005fINIT_005fAUTOMAKE-invocation)** > > automake configure.ac:51: installing ‘./compile’ python: can’t open file ‘gen/volk\_register.py’: [Errno 2] No such file or directory mv: impossível obter estado de “gen/lib/Makefile.am”: Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado configure.ac:28: installing ‘./compile’ rodrigo@aluno-ubuntu:~/gnuradio-3.4.2$ ./configure –with-boost-libdir=/usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu \> logconfigure.txt /home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/missing: Unknown `--is-lightweight' option Try `/home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/missing --help’ for more information configure: WARNING: ‘missing’ script is too old or missing /home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/volk/missing: Unknown `--is-lightweight' option Try `/home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/volk/missing --help’ for more information configure: WARNING: ‘missing’ script is too old or missing ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18585: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments ./configure: line 18591: test: too many arguments /home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp2/firmware/missing: Unknown `--is-lightweight' option Try `/home/rodrigo/gnuradio-3.4.2/usrp2/firmware/missing --help’ for more information configure: WARNING: ‘missing’ script is too old or missing rodrigo@aluno-ubuntu:~/gnuradio-3.4.2$ make \> logmake.txt In file included from volk\_rank\_archs.c:2:0: …/include/volk/volk\_prefs.h:11:1: warning: ‘visibility’ attribute ignored on types [-Wattributes] }; ^ In file included from volk\_prefs.c:4:0: …/include/volk/volk\_prefs.h:11:1: warning: ‘visibility’ attribute ignored on types [-Wattributes] }; ^ qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc.cc: In member function ‘void qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc::t2\_body()’: qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc.cc:96:9: error: ‘intptr\_t’ was not declared in this scope if (((intptr\_t) float\_input & 0x7) == 0) ^ qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc.cc:96:19: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘float\_input’ if (((intptr\_t) float\_input & 0x7) == 0) ^ qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc.cc:97:60: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘;’ token input = reinterpret\_cast\(&float\_input[1]); ^ make[9]: \*\* [qa\_gri\_mmse\_fir\_interpolator\_cc.lo] Erro 1 make[8]: \*\* [all] Erro 2 make[7]: \*\* [all-recursive] Erro 1 make[6]: \*\* [all] Erro 2 make[5]: \*\* [all-recursive] Erro 1 make[4]: \*\* [all] Erro 2 make[3]: \*\* [all-recursive] Erro 1 make[2]: \*\* [all] Erro 2 make[1]: \*\* [all-recursive] Erro 1 make: \*\* [all] Erro 2 rodrigo@aluno-ubuntu:~/gnuradio-3.4.2$ dpkg --get-selections | grep volk libvolk0.0.0:amd64 install rodrigo@aluno-ubuntu:~/gnuradio-3.4.2$ dpkg --get-selections | grep uhd libuhd-dev install libuhd003:amd64 install uhd-host install Thanks for the help. Best regards, Rodrigo F. ---
**Author:** ![bartolome](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bartolome](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartolome)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-3-4-2-with-ubuntu-14-04/231771/2 "2014-08-29T18:57:48Z")
Hi Rodrigo, had you told us you were going to use the N200, we could have told you that you’d need a more recent version of GNU Radio than 3.3.0, since that still ships with libusrp, which is _not_ compatible with the N200 series. You will need a GNU Radio version that has gr-uhd. Now, since uwicore\_MAC seems to be written for 3.3, it will _rely_ on the libusrp-sinks/sources, and you will have to rewrite significant parts of it to use UHD. Long story short: Don’t go for 3.4.2. Go directly for 3.6.5 or 3.7 and update whatever you need from uwicore\_MAC. That will be a significant amount of work, but you’re trying to use software that pre-dates your hardware, so there’s no way around this, anyway. Greetings, Marcus ---
**Author:** ![bartolome](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bartolome](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bartolome)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-3-4-2-with-ubuntu-14-04/231771/3 "2014-08-30T15:17:34Z")
Hi Rodrigo, really consider gr-ieee802-11 [1], as from reading uwicore\_MAC’s description there’s nothing that gr-ieee802-11 doesn’t do, and in contrast to the 3.3-based uwicore\_MAC it works great with modern soft- and hardware. Is there any reason why you’re stuck with uwicore? Greetings, Marcus [1][GitHub - bastibl/gr-ieee802-11: IEEE 802.11 a/g/p Transceiver](https://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-11)