# Is there a way to get already programmed blocks? **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [October 28, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-already-programmed-blocks/237177 "2013-10-28T16:31:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Detlef\_R](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Detlef_R)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-already-programmed-blocks/237177/1 "2013-10-28T16:31:22Z")
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-already-programmed-blocks/237177/2 "2013-10-28T16:52:26Z")
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 08:29:48AM -0700, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I am an engineering intern at a company called Cellantenna and I just recently > installed Gnuradio 3.71. I’ve been trying to follow some tutorials online, and > I noticed that a lot of these tutorials use blocks (such as QT GUI Sink and > Variable Slider) that my program simply doesn’t have… I’ve tried to search > for some block packages such as gr-braz, but I ran into gruel errors when > trying to install. I believe this is due to the fact that I am not running 3.6. > Is there any way for me to get these blocks without writing them myself? This is actually several different problems. As for the QT blocks, there’s no reason for you not to have them. Perhaps you have no QT on your machine, but in general, they’re part of core GNU Radio. Make sure you’ve installed GR correctly (if you need help here, please specify your OS and how you installed GR). gr-baz, like many other projects out there, is an extension to GNU Radio. You might not even need it. However, if you do, you only have these options: - Install an old GNU Radio (then gr-baz will work) - Port gr-baz to 3.7 (that’s a lot of work, even for non-beginners). MB – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) Dipl.-Ing. Martin B. Research Associate Kaiserstraße 12 Building 05.01 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 721 608-43790 Fax: +49 721 608-46071 www.cel.kit.edu KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association ---
**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2013, 3:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-already-programmed-blocks/237177/3 "2013-10-30T03:35:32Z")
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:10:05AM -0700, [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > to have the osmocom blocks without losing the QT blocks? Sorry if this seems > trivial, I am new to all of this. Michael, there’s no reason the QT blocks should vanish when you install osmo. Can you detail the steps of how you installed GR, and then osmo. MB ## PS: And please reply to the list. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Communications Engineering Lab (CEL) Dipl.-Ing. Martin B. Research Associate Kaiserstraße 12 Building 05.01 76131 Karlsruhe Phone: +49 721 608-43790 Fax: +49 721 608-46071 www.cel.kit.edu KIT – University of the State of Baden-Württemberg and National Laboratory of the Helmholtz Association