Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Unable to install GNU radio with UBUNTU 7.1

[Johnathan Corgan]

Tony wrote:

> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13
> Permission denied)
> E: Unable to lock the list directory

This usually means either something else has the lock, like another copy
of apt-get or Synaptic running, or you're not running apt-get as the
super user using the 'sudo' command.

> After the install is complete programs like dial_tone.py run properly
> but usrp_benchmark.py reports:
> 
> RuntimeError: can't open usrp1
> 
> ls -lR /dev/bus/usb | grep usrp shows
> 
> crw-rw---- 1 root usrp 189, 8 2007-11-24 19:37 009
> 
> when the USRP is connected and plugged in.
> 
> Can anyone advise me on this issue?

Did you add your user account to the 'usrp' group?  You'll also need to
log out and back in (or possibly reboot) for this to properly take effect.

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