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 That software was limited and out of date as of this writing.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
ls /boot/firmware # if it says "ls: cannot access '/boot/firmware': No such file or directory", you need to run the script.
su bash <(curl -sSf 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MichaIng/DietPi/dev/.meta/dietpi-rpi-firmware-migration') # When asked to keep the RPI 5 image, # For Raspberry Pi 2-5, choose No. # For Raspberry Pi 5, choose Yes. exit
sudo dietpi-config Select Display Options Select Display Resolution Highlight vc4-fkms-v3d : OpenGL | 1920 x 1080 Press Enter Tab to <Cancel> and press enter <Back> <exit> <Ok> to reboot
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
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-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 python3.11-dbg python3.11-dev 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 usbutils xarchiver
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 g++ libcodec2-dev libvolk2-bin libvolk2-dev libvolk2.5 build-essential 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 cppzmq-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 liblog4cpp5-dev liblog4cpp5v5 sudo apt install libsndfile1-dev osspd osspd-pulseaudio sudo osspd-alsa libcppunit-dev libqt5opengl5-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev libudev-dev libxtrx-dev sudo apt install pybind11-dev python3-pybind11 pybind11-json-dev libspdlog-dev libspdlog1.10 python3-pygccxml
sudo apt install python3-matplotlib python3-networkx python3-pyqt5.qwt libeigen3-dev python3-json-pointer python3-rfc3987 python3-uritemplate python3-webcolors python3-pyqt5.qtopengl
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends libuhd4.3.0 libuhd-dev sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnuradio gnuradio-dev # Show version gnuradio-config-info -v 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/lib/python3.11/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages:/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages:$PYTHONPATH
volk_profile
sudo apt install libsoapysdr-dev soapysdr-tools
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDRPlay3.git cd SoapySDRPlay3 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 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
cd ~/ git clone https://github.com/fventuri/gr-sdrplay3.git cd gr-sdrplay3 mkdir build cd build cmake .. make -j4 sudo make install sudo ldconfig
sudo apt-get install libpulse0 pulseaudio pavucontrol paprefs pulseaudio-utils libpulse-dev # Optionally, for systems with Qt5 installed 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
