# Installing gnuradio with pybombs on debian

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-with-pybombs-on-debian/232438>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [October 9, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-with-pybombs-on-debian/232438 "2014-10-09T13:37:06Z")\
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**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 9, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-with-pybombs-on-debian/232438/1 "2014-10-09T13:37:06Z")

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Hello guys,

I have a problem with installing GNURadio on Debian i86 7.6. After  
executing “./pybombs install gnuradio”, I got the following error  
related  
to boost:

"  
File “/home/alizadeh/gnuradio\_src/pybombs/mod\_pybombs/recipe.py”, line  
649,  
in fetch  
raise Exception(“Failed to Fetch package ‘%s’ sources were ‘%s’!”%(  
self.name, self.source));  
Exception: Failed to Fetch package ‘boost’ sources were '[‘wget://  
[Download boost\_1\_53\_0.tar.bz2 (Boost C++ Libraries)](http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.53.0/boost_1_53_0.tar.bz2)’]  
'!  
"

I saw my Synaptic package manager, the below libboosts are already  
installed:

libboost-iostreams1.49.0  
libboost-thread1.49.0  
libboost-program-options1.49.0

What I should do to install GNURadio on this device?  
(I always have a problem with boost library for GNURadio! ☹ )

Best,  
Mostafa

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**Author:** ![mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mostafa_a)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-with-pybombs-on-debian/232438/2 "2014-10-09T14:08:04Z")

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Hi Mostafa,

pybombs tries to install boost from source because 1.49 is known to be  
buggy.

It seems like it can’t download the file. Since this works here, that  
might have been a temporary issue (try again!) or it might be caused by  
the need to use a proxy to access websites from where you are working.  
In that case, set the http\_proxy environnment variable accordingly (ask  
your local admin for the right setting).

Greetings,  
Marcus

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**Author:** ![mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mostafa\_a](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/mostafa_a)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/installing-gnuradio-with-pybombs-on-debian/232438/3 "2014-10-10T13:40:21Z")

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yeah, you’re right

That’s the problem with my location !!

Thank u 🙂

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Marcus M. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
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> [Discuss-gnuradio Info Page](https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio)

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