There seems to be little Linux support for SDRplay devices outside of the convenient images from SDRplay with preinstalled software. That software was limited and out of date as of this writing. I have spent quite a bit of time getting an up-to-date system on which to install the latest Linux SDR software. I have added support for the HackRF One. This procedure uses Debian, whose packages are much more up-to-date and is cleaner than the Ubuntu. It does not have the flaky screen saver issues. I hope this helps you. These procedures may work for other SDR hardware except for the drivers and device specific items.
Both built-in audio interfaces are present and working.
I suggest turning off power saving features as they will halt your SDR reception. There are several places where this should be done. There are details near the end of this section.
I only included prerequisites that were not found on my system. However, there may be a few packages listed that are already installed. This is OK.
Note: I have included support for the SDRplay RSP1A, HackRF One and RTL-SDR. You will only need to install support for the device(s) that you have.
usermod -a -G sudo,plugdev dietpi
sudo mousepad /boot/config.txt Under: -------Display--------- Delete the "#" from #max_framebuffers= and change it to max_framebuffers=2 # Add these two lines below it: dtoverlay=vc4-fkms-v3d hdmi_enable_4kp60=1
mkdir ~/Documents mkdir ~/Downloads
mkdir ~/.config/gtk-3.0 mousepad ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini # Insert the following into the file: [Settings] gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false # Save the file.
mousepad ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
# Insert the following into the file:
.scrollbar {
-GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: true;
-GtkScrollbar-has-forward-stepper: true;
min-width: 18px;
min-height: 18px;
}
scrollbar slider {
/* Size of the slider */
min-width: 14px;
min-height: 14px;
border-radius: 5px;
/* Padding around the slider */
border: 2px solid transparent;
}
# Save the file.
sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt-get install libqt5core5a
sudo apt install qt5-qmake qtbase5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5multimedia5-plugins qtgstreamer-plugins-qt5 qtcreator libqt5svg5-dev libqt5serialport5-dev qttools5-dev libqwt-qt5-6 libqwt-qt5-dev sudo apt install libqt5websockets5-dev libqt5charts5-dev qml-module-qtlocation qml-module-qtpositioning qml-module-qtquick-dialogs qml-module-qtquick-controls qml-module-qtquick-controls2 qtdeclarative5-dev qtpositioning5-dev qtlocation5-dev libqt5texttospeech5-dev libqt5opengl5 libqt5opengl5-dev
sudo apt install pyqt5-dev python3-sip python3-pyqt5.sip python3-pyqt5 python3-venv python3-pip sudo apt install man git g++ build-essential ntfs-3g apt-utils libudev-dev at-spi2-core
su # Log in to the root account and run these commands: echo 'Acquire::GzipIndexes "false";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/98dietpi-uncompressed /boot/dietpi/func/dietpi-set_software apt-cache clean apt update exit
sudo apt install muon
# For a 64-bit operating system on a Raspberry Pi 4: export CXXFLAGS='-O3 -mtune=cortex-a72' export CFLAGS='-O3 -mtune=cortex-a72' # For other operating systems: export CXXFLAGS='-O3 -march=native -mtune=native' export CFLAGS='-O3 -march=native -mtune=native'
sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev usbutils libfftw3-dev file sudo service udev restart
cd ~/Downloads # or wherever you downloaded the file chmod 755 SDRplay_RSP_API-Linux-3.15.2.run sudo ./SDRplay_RSP_API-Linux-3.15.2.run sudo ldconfig
sudo systemctl stop sdrplay sudo systemctl start sdrplay
sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev usbutils libfftw3-dev
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/greatscottgadgets/hackrf cd hackrf/host mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j 4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig
hackrf_info
# Transfer rate test: hackrf_transfer -r /dev/null -s 20000000 # Connect an antenna and test sending data: hackrf_transfer -t /dev/zero
cd ~/hackrf/firmware-bin # To update the firmware on a working HackRF One, use the hackrf_spiflash program: hackrf_spiflash -w hackrf_one_usb.bin # Press the reset button on the HackRF. hackrf_info # The new firmware version should now displayed. # Perform the hackrf_transfer tests above.
sudo mousepad /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-dvb.conf
sudo apt-get install rtl-sdr librtlsdr-dev
sudo apt install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 sudo apt install libcodec2-dev libvolk2-bin libvolk2-dev libvolk2.4 libgtk-3-dev sudo apt install libboost-all-dev libgmp-dev swig python3-requests python3-ruamel.yaml python3-setuptools python3-numpy python3-mako python3-sphinx python3-lxml doxygen libsdl1.2-dev libgsl-dev libzmq3-dev python3-yaml python3-click python3-click-plugins python3-zmq python3-scipy python3-docutils liborc-0.4-0 liborc-0.4-dev python3-gi-cairo python3-waitress python3-pyqt5.qwt python3-pyqt5.qtopengl liblog4cpp5-dev liblog4cpp5v5 sudo apt install osspd osspd-pulseaudio sudo osspd-alsa libcppunit-dev
sudo apt install libuhd3.15.0 libuhd-dev
sudo apt install gnuradio gnuradio-dev # Show version gnuradio-config-info -v # With LightDM, put PYTHONPATH in ~/.xsessionrc instead of ~/.profile mousepad ~/.xsessionrc # Add this export command to the end of the file or to any existing PYTHONPATH line. Save changes to make the variables permanent. export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python3/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3.9/dist-packages:/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages:$PYTHONPATH
sudo mousepad /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gnuradio.conf # Insert the line: /usr/lib # Save the file sudo ldconfig
volk_profile
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git cd SoapySDR mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay.git cd SoapySDRPlay mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig # Type these commands. If your SDR is listed, the hardest work is done! SoapySDRUtil --info SoapySDRUtil --probe="driver=sdrplay"
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyHackRF.git cd SoapyHackRF mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig # Type this command. Check that your SDR is listed and the details are correct. SoapySDRUtil --probe="driver=hackrf"
cd ~/ git clone --branch new-gain-controls --single-branch https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3.git cd SoapySDRPlay3 mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRTLSDR.git cd SoapyRTLSDR mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig # Type this command. Check that your SDR is listed and the details are correct. SoapySDRUtil --probe="driver=rtlsdr"
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/fventuri/gr-osmosdr.git cd gr-osmosdr/ mkdir build cd build cmake .. -DENABLE_NONFREE=TRUE
make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig
sudo apt-get install libpulse0 pulseaudio pavucontrol paprefs pulseaudio-utils libpulse-dev # For systems with Qt5 installed from the package system sudo apt-get install libpulse0 pulseaudio pavucontrol-qt paprefs pulseaudio-utils libpulse-dev
sudo mousepad /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/profile-sets/default.conf
sudo mousepad /etc/pulse/daemon.conf # Uncomment the line: enable-remixing = yes # Find the following lines and change them as shown: avoid-resampling = yes default-sample-rate = 48000 default-fragments = 4 default-fragment-size-msec = 10
