Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] GNU Radio on Windows XP (or Vista...)

[Don Ward]

> I've been asked about getting the code we are using running on a Windows 
> XP or Vista based box.

It runs fine on XP; it should run on Vista, but I haven't heard of anyone 
who has tried it.

> Is there a 'easy' to understand installable package, or do I have to setup 
> a cygwin environment
> (or having set cygwin up, is there a packaged tar image...), and then 
> compile from sourced
> to get things going?

The wiki page http://www.gnuradio.org/trac/wiki/WindowsInstall pretty much 
explains the current options (Cygwin or MSYS) and points to step-by-step 
instructions for each system.

> Also, on the topic of Windows support, is the 'graphics' using the windows 
> native environment
> or does one have to run an X server?

GNU Radio uses wxPython, which can be built to use native Windows graphics; 
no X server is needed.

-- Don Ward