Re: Teething problems with new GNU Radio 3.9 installation

[Ryan Volz]

Hi Jerry,

On 4/21/21 4:40 PM, geraldfenkell wrote:
> 2021-04-21
> Hello Ryan
> I want to take this opportunity to thank you, Ryan, for supplying (after 
> "years" of trying) a do-able method
> for installing a windows 10 version of gnuradio through conda.  Truly a find in 
> my emails of this year.

I'm glad it was helpful!

> I point out , only a small matter that I was able to overcome.  Windows 10 
> thinks that its main purpose
> in life is to prevent me from downloading an "unsigned" (certificate) and puts 
> considerable obstacles
> in place which to overcome one must keep hitting "more information", "keep", "run 
> anyways".

I am aware of this, but (not being an actual Windows developer) I've only done 
some quick Googling about how to create a signed installer and avoid all the 
warnings. If anyone already knows how to go through those hoops, I'm open to 
suggestions!

> Finally one must know to click the start icon->GNU->GNU RADIO COMPANION  or 
> equivalent
> activate it from a conda start window (which I have not yet tried (with 
> gnuradio-companion).
> I have had, and am grateful to you, my first success at activating gnuradio 
> companion on windows  (10) ( I
> used the start icon->gnu radio->gnu radio companion approach). I use
> an Ubuntu 20.04 with gnuradio for my approach to learning gnuradio methodology.
> In any event, I thank you.
> regards
> Jerry, VE3OBX
> ---------------------------
> Hi Brendan,
>
> I can't comment on the particular errors you're seeing with GR 3.9, but I can 
> offer an alternative to building from source. I maintain a collection of 
> packages for conda-forge that use the conda package manager, including UHD and 
> GNU Radio. Because of the way conda works, these are installable on practically 
> any Linux base OS (or macOS, or Windows) and the installation is contained to a 
> single directory. So if you want to try it but it doesn't work out, you won't 
> be causing a new mess that you have to clean up.
>
> Here are the links to an all-in-one installer:
>
> https://github.com/ryanvolz/radioconda
>
> and instructions for the à la carte approach:
>
> https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/CondaInstall
>
> Either way, you have the option of either:
>
> GR 3.9.1 + UHD 4.0.0 (with Python bindings)
>
> or
>
> GR 3.8.3 + UHD 3.15 (with Python bindings)
>
> I hope that's useful!
>
> Cheers,
> Ryan

Cheers,
Ryan