[Hackrf-dev] PyBombs - Updated

Rich Sanders richnsanders at gmail.com
Fri Sep 19 05:55:44 EDT 2014


I hadn't planned on it.  If Mike wan'ts, I'll try to post it..

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 5:51 AM, Martin d'Allens <martin.dallens at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Rich, do you plan to update the wiki page with your instructions?
> https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/Operating-System-Tips
>
> I had tried to write the PyBOMBS procedure there, but yours is much more
> detailed.
>
> Martin
>
> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Rich Sanders <richnsanders at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> No problem.  I'm hoping to have a few more fixes to the PyBombs install
>> and a  better explanation of the "env" procedure this weekend.
>>
>> Rich
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Iluta V <iluta2009 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you, Rick,
>>>
>>> Your explanation for Pybombs and Gnuradio installation worked like a
>>> magic for a non IT specialist like myself, and was the best I could find
>>> during the last 24 hours.
>>>
>>> setup_env.sh part was tricky at firslt, though.
>>>
>>> Thank you so much!
>>>
>>> With my best regards,
>>>
>>> Iluta
>>> iluta.vilcane at securityconcierge.lv
>>> Security Concierge
>>> Riga, LATVIA
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Rich Sanders <richnsanders at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fosphor is supposed to work with AMD  and Intel chips too, however, I
>>>> don't have either graphic card to test with.  The gr-fosphor page should
>>>> shed some light.
>>>>
>>>> http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/fosphor
>>>>
>>>> Rich
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Bruce Barnett <grymoire at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> So fosphor only works if you have an nVidia graphics card?
>>>>> p.s. installing nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates and nvidia-opencl-dev
>>>>> breaks wine AFAICT
>>>>>
>>>>> and thanks for the tips...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Rich Sanders <richnsanders at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Installing Pybombs
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The general disclaimer..This technique/approach has worked for me
>>>>>> various times, it is the method I prefer, it may not work for you.  You
>>>>>> might prefer other steps.  I assume no liability.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> HELPFUL/CONSTRUCTIVE criticism is always welcome.  Pybombs is not
>>>>>> perfect, some recipes do not work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When you see the word     user     in my instructions, that refers to
>>>>>> the user name you're using, ie,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> run
>>>>>> /home/user/pybombs/src/uhd/host/build/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and your user is steve, the line becomes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> run
>>>>>> /home/steve/pybombs/src/uhd/host/build/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For me, I had issues with the following packages:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gr-rds (solution included)
>>>>>> wireshark connectors (solution included)
>>>>>> gr-ieeee802154 (solution included)
>>>>>> gr-ieee80211 (solution included)
>>>>>> gqrx (solution included)
>>>>>> gr-fosphor (solution included)
>>>>>> Ettus B200/B2100 (solution included)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gr-as (no solution yet), this breaks my gnuradio install , I'll try
>>>>>> to find a fix in the near future
>>>>>> gr-extras (no solution yet) this has a pre-requisite of gr-as, which
>>>>>> breaks my gnuradio install, I'll try to find a fix in the near future
>>>>>> pocsag-mpt (no solution yet) this has a pre-requisite of gr-as, which
>>>>>> breaks my gnuradio install, I'll try to find a fix in the near future
>>>>>> gr-smartnet (no solution yet), I don't think this is maintained any
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> gr-bluetooth (no solution yet), I don't think this is maintained any
>>>>>> more
>>>>>> openlte (no solution yet)
>>>>>> niusprio (no solution yet)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I always start with a fresh Ubuntu load, this one is based on Ubuntu
>>>>>> 14.04
>>>>>>
>>>>>> After install, perform the typical:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> apt-get update
>>>>>> apt-get dist-upgrade
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pybombs will by default try to install all dependencies, but I have
>>>>>> found the install goes much smoother if I install some packages in advance:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type      sudo apt-get -y install git-core cmake g++ python-dev swig
>>>>>> pkg-config libfftw3-dev libcppunit-dev libgsl0-dev libusb-dev libsdl1.2-dev
>>>>>> python-wxgtk2.8 python-numpy python-cheetah python-lxml doxygen libxi-dev
>>>>>> python-sip libqt4-opengl-dev libqwt-dev libfontconfig1-dev libxrender-dev
>>>>>> python-qwt5-qt4 python-sip python-sip-dev cmake xorg-dev libglu1-mesa-dev
>>>>>> python-zmq pypy-zmq
>>>>>>
>>>>>> reboot Ubuntu
>>>>>>
>>>>>> terminal into your home directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type    git clone git://github.com/pybombs/pybombs
>>>>>> type      cd pybombs
>>>>>> type    ./pybombs config
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the configuration setup you can press enter for every option, I
>>>>>> changed the install prefix location because this helps prevent errors when
>>>>>> I manually install non pybombs packages later on, if you are only going to
>>>>>> use pybombs “recipes” leave the default location.  If you change to
>>>>>> "/usr/local" you'll have to run "sudo ./pybombs config" after the config
>>>>>> files run
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type      sudo ./pybombs config
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Output of  ./pybombs config
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Initializing config file...
>>>>>> Username for GIT access
>>>>>> gituser [user]:
>>>>>> Install Prefix prefix [/home/user/target]:/usr/local/
>>>>>> Order in which to attempt installations when available, options are:
>>>>>> src, rpm, deb satisfy_order [deb,src]:
>>>>>> Comma seperated list of package names to assume are already installed
>>>>>> forcepkgs []:
>>>>>> Time the monitor thread waits (in seconds) before retrying downloads
>>>>>> timeout [30]:
>>>>>> CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE args to pass to cmake projects, options are: Debug,
>>>>>> Release, RelWithDebInfo, MinSizeRel, cmakebuildtype [RelWithDebInfo]:
>>>>>> Build doxygen while compiling packages? options are: ON, OFF
>>>>>> builddocs [OFF]:
>>>>>> C Compiler Executable [gcc, clang, icc, etc] cc [gcc]:
>>>>>> C++ Compiler Executable [g++, clang++, icpc, etc] cxx [g++]:
>>>>>> Concurrent make threads [1,2,4,8...] makewidth [4]:
>>>>>> done
>>>>>> Settled on prefix: /usr/local
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib64'
>>>>>> Error! Configured install prefix requires root privileges. Please
>>>>>> re-run as sudo!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This error is normal if you ran sudo ./pybombs config, rerun the
>>>>>> config typing     sudo ./pybombs config
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Output of ./pybombs config
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Settled on prefix: /usr/local
>>>>>> Initializing environmental variables...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /usr/local//python/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//python/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/
>>>>>> no existing inventory found, creating an empty one...
>>>>>> ---------- loading recipes -------------------
>>>>>> Loading recipes ...
>>>>>> Loading recipes ... done
>>>>>> ---------- loading recipes finished ----------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gituser = user
>>>>>> prefix = /usr/local/
>>>>>> satisfy_order = deb,src
>>>>>> forcepkgs =
>>>>>> timeout = 30
>>>>>> cmakebuildtype = RelWithDebInfo
>>>>>> builddocs = OFF
>>>>>> cc = gcc
>>>>>> cxx = g++
>>>>>> makewidth = 4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> from this point forward, you only need "sudo" if you installed into a
>>>>>> custom directory instead of the default /home/user/target
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     sudo ./pybombs install gnuradio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When it is done type sudo ./app_store.py
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Click on the packages you want to install, you can only install one
>>>>>> at a time.  The app_store may go dark.  You can monitor the progress in the
>>>>>> terminal window that you launched app_store in.  If everything installs
>>>>>> correctly, the app_store will brighten and your terminal window will
>>>>>> display "installation ok via: src"  if it errored out, the app_store will
>>>>>> close and your terminal window will have some information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I suggest starting with gr-osmosdr (<--- this will install many of
>>>>>> your app_store blocks such as hackrf and osmosdr) and gr-pyqt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Click the "X" to exit the app_store.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     sudo ./pybombs env
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Using the Ubuntu file manager, navigate to the location listed after
>>>>>> running ./pybombs env.  Open setup_env.sh and copy everything below the
>>>>>> following line:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # WARNING: This file is auto-generated by pybombs, any manual changes
>>>>>> to it may be overwritten!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It should look similar to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> export
>>>>>> PATH="/usr/local//bin/:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/lib64/qt4/bin/"
>>>>>> export
>>>>>> PYTHONPATH="/usr/local//python/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//python/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.6/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/site-packages/:/usr/local//lib/python2.7/dist-packages/:/usr/local//lib64/python2.7/dist-packages/"
>>>>>> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local//lib/:/usr/local//lib64/:"
>>>>>> export
>>>>>> PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local//lib/pkgconfig/:/usr/local//lib64/pkgconfig/:"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In the termianl window, CD to your home directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     sudo nano .bashrc
>>>>>>
>>>>>> scroll to the bottom and paste the copied lines, then Ctrl X, Yes,
>>>>>> Enter
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should generate the env file and check your .bashrc to see if you
>>>>>> need to update the file after installing new recipes
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Updating libhackrf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     git clone https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf.git
>>>>>> type    cd hackrf/host/libhackrf/
>>>>>> type    mkdir build
>>>>>> type    cd build
>>>>>> type    cmake ..
>>>>>> type    make
>>>>>> type    sudo make install
>>>>>> type    sudo ldconfig
>>>>>> copy /home/hackrf/host/libhackrf/53-hackrf.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d
>>>>>> type    sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
>>>>>> reboot
>>>>>> type    hackrf_info
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should see something SIMILAR to:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Found HackRF board.
>>>>>> Board ID Number: 2 (HackRF One)
>>>>>> Firmware Version: git-44df9d1
>>>>>> Part ID Number: 0xa000cb3c 0x004d4f3f
>>>>>> Serial Number: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x457863c8 0x2f1b511f
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type    gnuradio-companion to run gnuradio
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should be good to go!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you need to update the firmware, follow Mike's directions at:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://github.com/mossmann/hackrf/wiki/Updating-Firmware
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ettus B200
>>>>>> run
>>>>>> /home/user/pybombs/src/uhd/host/build/utils/uhd_images_downloader.py
>>>>>> copy the rules from  /usr/local/lib/uhd/utils to /etc/udev/rules.d
>>>>>> type      sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
>>>>>> reboot
>>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>> Gqrx
>>>>>> Edit the gqrx.lwr file and remove only the BOOST_SUFFIX=-mt from the
>>>>>> qmake line
>>>>>> If you've already tried to install, remove by typing       sudo
>>>>>> ./pybombs clean gqrx
>>>>>> Re-install by clicking gqrx button
>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>>>>> gr-rds
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type        sudo apt-get install libxml2 cmake libboost-all-dev
>>>>>> libcppunit-dev liblog4cpp5-dev swig
>>>>>> cd to your home directory
>>>>>> type        git clone https://github.com/bastibl/gr-rds
>>>>>> type       cd gr-rds
>>>>>> type       mkdir build
>>>>>> type       cd build
>>>>>> type       cmake ..
>>>>>> type      make
>>>>>> type      sudo make install
>>>>>> type      sudo ldconfig
>>>>>> --------------------------------------
>>>>>> Wireshark connectors
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd to your home directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type      git clone https://github.com/bastibl/gr-foo.git
>>>>>> type     cd gr-foo
>>>>>> type     mkdir build
>>>>>> type     cd build
>>>>>> type     cmake ..
>>>>>> type     make
>>>>>> type     sudo make install
>>>>>> type     sudo ldconfig
>>>>>> -----------------------------
>>>>>> gr-ieee802-15-4
>>>>>>
>>>>>> cd to your home directory
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     git clone git://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-15-4.git
>>>>>> type     cd gr-ieee802-15-4
>>>>>> type     mkdir build
>>>>>> type     cd build
>>>>>> type     cmake ..
>>>>>> type     make
>>>>>> type     sudo make install
>>>>>> type     sudo ldconfig
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The  hierarchical block has to be installed separately:
>>>>>> Open examples/ieee802_15_4_PHY.grc in gnuradio-companion and generate
>>>>>> the flow graph. This installs the hierarchical block in your home, where
>>>>>> gnuradio-companion can find it (typically ~/.grc_gnuradio).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----------------
>>>>>> gr-ieee802-11
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     sudo apt-get install liblog4cpp5-dev libitpp-dev
>>>>>> cd to your home directory
>>>>>> type     git clone git://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-11.git
>>>>>> type    cd gr-ieee802-11
>>>>>> type    mkdir build
>>>>>> type    cd build
>>>>>> type    cmake ..
>>>>>> type    make
>>>>>> type    sudo make install
>>>>>> type    sudo ldconfig
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The physical layer is encapsulated in a hierarchical block to allow
>>>>>> for a clearer transceiver structure in GNU Radio Companion. This
>>>>>> hierarchical block is not included in the installation process. You have to
>>>>>> open /examples/wifi_phy_hier.grc with GNU Radio Companion and build it.
>>>>>> This will install the block in ~/.grc_gnuradio/.
>>>>>> -----------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> gr-fosphor
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type     sudo apt-get install opencl-headers
>>>>>> type     sudo ./app_store
>>>>>> click the fosphor button
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Then edit:
>>>>>> File
>>>>>> /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gnuradio/fosphor/__init__.py
>>>>>>
>>>>>> below this line:
>>>>>> from fosphor_swig import *
>>>>>>
>>>>>> type       import sys
>>>>>> save the file
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Because of dependency issues, do these seperately, in this order
>>>>>> type      sudo apt-get install nvidia-libopencl1-331-updates
>>>>>> type      sudo apt-get install nvidia-opencl-dev
>>>>>>
>>>>>> reboot
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Type      sudu apt-get install pyopengl (freeglut3 will be installed
>>>>>> too)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you try to run fosphor and get an error about
>>>>>> glsl 1.5 not supported in Ubuntu, go to the "additional drivers" at
>>>>>> load the Nvidia drivers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Posted on my site:
>>>>>> http://www.celestialphotographer.com/2014/09/17/pybombs-gnuradio/
>>>>>>
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