# Removing GNU Radio Throughly **URL:** \ **Category:** GNU Radio\ **Created:** [June 25, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581 "2014-06-25T00:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jason\_sam](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_sam)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/1 "2014-06-25T00:44:01Z")
Just recently I decided to update my old build of GNU Radio (3.6 release from Dec '13) to the newest one. Due to overly conservative and arbitrary network policies, my CentOS machines are forbidden to interact with the internet, so that means no build\_gnuradio or PyBombs. I think I didn’t throughly remove my old install because I had an issue with gr.remez. I ran: sudo rm -rf /usr/local/include/gnuradio/ sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib\*/libgnuradio\*/ and somehow old files stuck around. So I have gone through my whole /usr/local/ directory and removed anything related to GNU Radio. Is there any other places I should be aware of? I’m asking because I have done this twice already, the 2nd reinstall wasn’t working right, for example: blks2 module wasn’t found on the ofdm benchmark scripts and I was still having problems with that gr.remez, I know it has a new name now but I figured the new install would of taken care of that unless I have old files lingering. For the record this is my error: $ ./benchmark\_rx.py -a addr=“10.2.8.104” -v -f 146.0M -m qpsk –discontinuous Traceback (most recent call last): File “./benchmark\_rx.py”, line 23, in from gnuradio import gr, blks2 File “/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/gnuradio/blks2/ **init**.py”, line 37, in exec “from gnuradio.blks2impl.%s import \*” % (f,) File “”, line 1, in File “/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/gnuradio/blks2impl/pfb\_interpolator.py”, line 23, in from gnuradio import gr, optfir File “/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/gnuradio/optfir.py”, line 33, in remez = gr.remez AttributeError: ‘module’ object has no attribute ‘remez’ So I think the old build may be conflicting with the new build. To sum up my question again, is there any other directory outside of the usr/local/ where old build files could be? Thank you so much, Jon ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/2 "2014-06-25T00:49:22Z")
I forgot a crucial bit of information, make uninstall wasn’t working right, I kept getting Cmake Error at cmake\_uninstall.cmake:20 (ELSEIF): had incorrect arguments: IS\_SYMLINK “$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}” (Unknown arguments specified). So I just went into /usr/local/ and started purging. On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Jonathan F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/3 "2014-06-25T01:05:25Z")
Hi Jon - I made a bash script to do a more or less complete removal, based on a something Jonathan posted several years ago. It’s a bit pre-3.7 centric, but seems to get the job done (even with 3.7). [svn.tapr.org/repos\_sdr\_hpsdr/trunk/N5EG/GRC3.6/Gnuradio\_remove](http://svn.tapr.org/repos_sdr_hpsdr/trunk/N5EG/GRC3.6/Gnuradio_remove) – Tom, N5EG On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:48 PM, Jonathan F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/4 "2014-06-25T22:46:55Z")
So I ran the nuke script and failed to realize it was meant for the older builds; libusrp and python2.5 was the give away. However I still see it as a useful tool so I’m going to update it for my use and I will put the finished version on my GitHub account when I am done. So if anyone is interested in gnuradio\_nuke.sh, give me a day or two, and I will email the list with my GitHub account. So I did reinstall on one machine and the benchmark scripts aren’t acting up like they were yesterday, although my simple data collection script is acting up and won’t run in GRC or in terminal. I am going to do some research into before I open up a email chain. I still have another machine to fix but I will say that I am better off than I was yesterday. Thanks, Jon On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Jonathan F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/5 "2014-06-25T22:53:27Z")
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Jonathan F. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > research into before I open up a email chain. > > I still have another machine to fix but I will say that I am better off > than I was yesterday. > > Thanks, > > Jon Just FYI, I just tested ‘make uninstall’ and it worked fine. My guess is that you tried using a newer version of the source to uninstall an older installation, which won’t work. You’d have to have the same version of the source as your installed version to uninstall it properly. Tom ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/6 "2014-06-25T23:01:47Z")
On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Tom R. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > So I did reinstall on one machine and the benchmark scripts aren’t acting > > Just FYI, I just tested ‘make uninstall’ and it worked fine. My guess is > that you tried using a newer version of the source to uninstall an older > installation, which won’t work. You’d have to have the same version of the > source as your installed version to uninstall it properly. > > Tom This is what first went wrong, I deleted my copy of the old source and didn’t run ‘make uninstall’ beforehand. That was user error because I overlooked parts in the build-gnuradio. Then the second thing that went wrong was I expected the newer source to remove the newer files but something went wrong and I couldn’t explain why. I did have to turn doxygen off when I first installed the new 3.7 build but I don’t think that has anything to do with it. Jon > ---
**Author:** ![jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jfaulkenberry](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jfaulkenberry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-gnu-radio-throughly/230581/7 "2014-06-25T03:03:19Z")
Hey thanks, I will give it a shot tomorrow. Jon