Re: Ubuntu vs other linux

GNU Radio
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The binary code seems to be an easy way to get started.
Once a user is ready to start experimenting the code.
Does he need to delete the binary first?
Thanks,
–Vic

— On Mon, 6/22/09, Johnathan C. [email protected]
wrote:

From: Johnathan C. [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Ubuntu vs other linux
To: “BlueEyeBirdy” [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Monday, June 22, 2009, 1:17 PM

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:41, BlueEyeBirdy[email protected]
wrote:

I’m writing a report on gnu radio and I had a question… I believe most
everyone uses Ubuntu compared to other Linux systems for GNU radios… why
is this? Is it simply because Ubuntu is easier/more user friendly or does it
have to do with the way Ubuntu works?

GNU Radio itself is Linux-agnostic, in that the autotools build system
will support pretty much any Linux that has the prerequisites
installed.

In practice, I think the developers of GNU Radio itself use either
Fedora Core or Ubuntu. I maintain binary package installations for
Ubuntu, as that is my primary development platform. Thus, it is often
easiest for new GNU Radio users to start with Ubuntu.

It would certainly be most welcome for someone to step up and develop
(and maintain) current RPM-based packages for GNU Radio.

Johnathan

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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 22:51, Victor Lo[email protected] wrote:

The binary code seems to be an easy way to get started.
Once a user is ready to start experimenting the code.
Does he need to delete the binary first?

I’m not sure what you’re asking.

If you have installed pre-compiled binaries of GNU Radio, then you
have full access to the Python and C++ APIs, as well as the examples
and utility programs supplied. You can develop your own C++ blocks,
write your own C++ and Python applications, etc. Furthermore, to
upgrade to newer versions of GNU Radio when they are released, you can
use your package manager to upgrade.

Only if you want to modify GNU Radio itself, then yes, you’d have to
uninstall the binary packages and perform a manual source code
install.

Johnathan