Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Updating GNU Radio, UHD or PyBOMBS

[Martin Braun]

Just reinstall it. No hassle :)

M

On 10/29/2014 11:07 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
> Well, I can tell you that I deleted the gnuradio build directory and
> then executed ./pybombs update to see if it would start the build
> process. It did not. As of now I'm not really sure what ./pybombs update
> does. The wiki leads me to believe it's supposed to do the pull and
> build process, link below to explanation of ./pybombs update.
> 
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/pybombs/wiki/Using
> 
> Unfortunately, the wiki also recommends that we don't update each recipe
> manually, because we could break a dependency. So at this point, I'm
> still not sure what I'm supposed to do to update my install when new
> versions of gnuradio or uhd come out. Can someone with experience in
> this flow chime in for me. Much appreciated.
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     On 10/29/2014 09:32 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     > Thanks Martin, but I'm still unsure of this process.
>     >
>     > 1) I tried using ./pybombs update, but it doesn't look like it initiated
>     > a build process on anything. Did you mean to imply it would do that, or
>     > just the git pull process for gnuradio and uhd?
> 
>     Hm, I thought that's what it would do. Maybe it just git pulls.
> 
>     > 2) There is no build directory in uhd, like there was in gnuradio. From
>     > the pybombs/src/uhd directory where do I need to be to execute make and
>     > sudo make install?
> 
>     You sure? Maybe pybombs/src/uhd/host/build ?
> 
>     > 3) There is also no build directory in pybombs, where should I execute
>     > make and sudo make install?
> 
>     That you just git pull. It's pure Python, and doesn't get installed, so
>     it just needs a build process.
> 
>     M
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Rich
>     >
>     >
>     > On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:18 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>
>     > <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>
>     wrote:
>     >
>     >     Sometimes it's safer to clear the build dir, usually it's OK
>     to leave
>     >     in. If you have any cmake variables set, you'll need to reset
>     them if
>     >     you clear the dir.
>     >
>     >     UHD is updated the same way. In all cases, it depends where you
>     >     installed your stuff.
>     >
>     >     pybombs can do all this for you, by the way: ./pybombs update
>     >
>     >     ...although I don't think this will update pybombs itself.
>     >
>     >     M
>     >
>     >     On 10/29/2014 08:53 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     >     > Hi all,
>     >     >
>     >     > I am new to all of this, so I'm looking for some guidance. I
>     recently
>     >     > setup UHD and GNURadio using PyBOMBS on Ubuntu 14.04. I now
>     want to do a
>     >     > git pull and update my stuff. I'm not sure what commands to
>     execute
>     >     > after I do the git pull for each.
>     >     >
>     >     > For example, I found two different recommendations for
>     updating gnuradio
>     >     > after a git pull
>     >     >
>     >     > First way:
>     >     >
>     >     > *git pull
>     >     > *
>     >     > *rm -Rf build
>     >     > *
>     >     > *mkdir build
>     >     > *
>     >     > *cd build
>     >     > *
>     >     > *cmake ../
>     >     > *
>     >     > *make
>     >     > *
>     >     > *sudo make install*
>     >     >
>     >     > Second way:
>     >     >
>     >     > *git pull
>     >     > *
>     >     > *cd build
>     >     > *
>     >     > *make
>     >     > *
>     >     > *sudo make install*
>     >     >
>     >     > Is the removal of the existing build directory and cmake
>     command necessary?
>     >     >
>     >     > After executing git pull, what directory do I need to go to
>     and commands
>     >     > do I need to run for PyBOMBS and UHD?
>     >     >
>     >     > v/r,
>     >     > Rich
>     >     >
>     >     >
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