The HackRF One is a very nice software-defined radio (SDR). Though a good bit more expensive than other SDR hardware, it is very well made and Michael Ossmann of Great Scott Gadgets has put together an extensive set of free video tutorials. Of course, those only help if you have everything set up correctly to begin with.
It appears that most SDR work is done through Linux, which makes sense: SDR is classic hardware/software hacking. But for a Mac user, I found it somewhat difficult to get started. This short tutorial will hopefully help kickstart that process for you!
1. INSTALL MACPORTS
If you don’t already have it installed, you’ll need MacPorts, which is a very easy and helpful tool for installing software. Follow their instructions for getting it set up, then head back here.
Want to use something else like Homebrew? I did too, but you’ll regret it. MacPorts is the only option that has everything we need to install, so for the sake of your sanity, I suggest using it. I started with Homebrew and ended up manually deleting everything (a pain) and starting over.
2. INSTALL GNU RADIO COMPANION
Using MacPorts, install GNU Radio Companion, a graphical tool for interacting with the HackRF One.
In the Terminal, type the following command:
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sudo port install gnuradio |
This may take quite a while (like 30 minutes, perhaps more), so be patient! More information and other install options can be found on the gnuradio.org website.
3. TEST YOUR PROGRESS
To test if the installation was successful, try importing the gnuradio module into a Python script. In the Terminal, type
python to get an interactive shell, then:
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import gnuradio |
If you don’t get an error, you’ve installed gnuradio properly!
4. TEST GNURADIO COMPANION
Now that we know gnuradio works, let’s try its GUI application gnuradio Companion. Type the following command into the Terminal:
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gnuradio-companion |
This should launch the application in a GUI window (like above). Don’t worry if you get lots of errors in the Terminal, that’s normal. If the GUI starts without any fatal errors, you’re good to go.
5. DIDN’T WORK?
If you got an error box that says “Cannot import gnuradio”, that’s ok! I spent 3 hours tracking down a solution so you don’t have to.
In your Finder, edit your user’s .bash_profile and/or .bashrc files. If you don’t know how to see hidden files on your computer, just type the following in the Terminal:
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cd /Users/<YourUsername> sudo nano .bash_profile |
Look for lines with something like this and add a # in front of the line to comment it out:
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export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH Should become: # export PYTHONPATH=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH |
Save the file (if you’re in the Terminal text editor, hit Control+X, then Y and return to save). You might need to quit Terminal for the changes to take effect. Then run step 4 again: hopefully it works!
6. INSTALL HACKRF SOFTWARE AND TEST CONNECTION
Additionally, we need to install software for the HackRF One. Again in the Terminal, use MacPorts to install:
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sudo port install hackrf |
Then, plug your HackRF One board into your computer’s USB port. In the Terminal, type the following command to check if the board is connected:
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hackrf_info |
You should get a string of data that lists the board’s firmware version, serial number, etc.
7. INSTALL OSMOSDR
Ok, one more set of tools. This plugs everything together, and lets our HackRF One connect to gnuradio Companion. Run both of these commands:
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sudo port install gr-osmosdr +full sudo port install gr-fosphor |
This one may also take a long while – it will install a lot of other libraries that are required. If you don’t get any errors, you should be ok.
8. INSTALL GQRX (optional)
If you want something more intuitive to play with your new SDR device, GQRX is a good option and one of the few available for Mac. Lots of help from this tutorial for this step.
To install:
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sudo port install gqrx |
To test that everything works, open GQRX:
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gqrx |
It will launch as a full GUI application with some very nice filters and other options built-in. If you get some scary warnings when starting for the first time, just ignore them 😉.
THAT’S IT!
You made it! Play with GQRX and tune into some weird stations. Follow along with the HackRF One video tutorials and build some cool modules. If you run into trouble or have questions, post them in the comments.
Hi,
I followed you installation handout,
a good addition will be how to install the line tools first for
xcode: xcode-select --installBut I have a problem too, that I didn’t find how to solve it. Here is my terminal log file. Osx is El Captan.
Can you help me?
---> Computing dependencies for gnuradio---> Dependencies to be installed: doxygen fftw-3-single fftw-3 graphviz fontconfig freetype gd2 jpeg tiff xpm xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-kbproto xorg-libXau xorg-xproto xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libxcb xorg-libpthread-stubs xorg-xcb-proto xorg-xextproto xorg-libXt xorg-libsm xorg-libice gts glib2 libffi pcre libnetpbm libLASi pango Xft2 xrender xorg-renderproto cairo libpixman xorg-xcb-util gobject-introspection libtool py27-mako py27-beaker py27-setuptools py27-markupsafe harfbuzz graphite2 urw-fonts webp xorg-libXaw xorg-libXmu gsl jack db60 libsamplerate libsndfile flac libogg libvorbis libxslt libsdl xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto log4cpp pkgconfig portaudio py27-cheetah py27-lxml py27-matplotlib py27-cairo py27-cycler py27-six py27-dateutil py27-tz py27-numpy libgcc cctools llvm-3.7 libcxx llvm_select gmp isl ld64 ld64-latest libmpc mpfr py27-cython cython_select py27-nose nosetests_select py27-parsing py27-pyobjc-cocoa py27-pyobjc py27-py2app py27-macholib py27-modulegraph py27-altgraph py27-tornado py27-backports-ssl_match_hostname py27-backports py27-backports_abc py27-certifi py27-singledispatch qhull py27-opengl py27-Pillow lcms2 openjpeg jbigkit py27-tkinter tk tcl xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto py27-opengl-accelerate py27-pygtk atk gtk2 gdk-pixbuf2 jasper shared-mime-info hicolor-icon-theme xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXi xorg-inputproto xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto libglade2 py27-gobject py27-pyqt4 dbus-python27 dbus dbus-glib py27-sip qt4-mac libmng py27-pyqwt qwt52 py27-scipy swig-python swig py27-sphinx py27-alabaster py27-babel py27-docutils py27-roman py27-imagesize py27-jinja2 py27-pygments py27-snowballstemmer sphinx_select py27-wxpython-3.0 wxPython-3.0 wxWidgets-common wxWidgets_select qwtplot3d uhd gzip libusb py27-requests volk orc xmlto coreutils docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 docbook-xml-4.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl findutils fop getopt libpaper
---> Configuring doxygen
Error: org.macports.configure for port doxygen returned: configure failure: command execution failed
Error: Failed to install doxygen
Please see the log file for port doxygen for details:
/opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_textproc_doxygen/doxygen/main.log
Error: The following dependencies were not installed: doxygen fftw-3-single fftw-3 graphviz fontconfig freetype gd2 jpeg tiff xpm xorg-libXext xorg-libX11 xorg-kbproto xorg-libXau xorg-xproto xorg-libXdmcp xorg-libxcb xorg-libpthread-stubs xorg-xcb-proto xorg-xextproto xorg-libXt xorg-libsm xorg-libice gts glib2 libffi pcre libnetpbm libLASi pango Xft2 xrender xorg-renderproto cairo libpixman xorg-xcb-util gobject-introspection libtool py27-mako py27-beaker py27-setuptools py27-markupsafe harfbuzz graphite2 urw-fonts webp xorg-libXaw xorg-libXmu gsl jack db60 libsamplerate libsndfile flac libogg libvorbis libxslt libsdl xorg-libXrandr xorg-randrproto log4cpp pkgconfig portaudio py27-cheetah py27-lxml py27-matplotlib py27-cairo py27-cycler py27-six py27-dateutil py27-tz py27-numpy libgcc cctools llvm-3.7 libcxx llvm_select gmp isl ld64 ld64-latest libmpc mpfr py27-cython cython_select py27-nose nosetests_select py27-parsing py27-pyobjc-cocoa py27-pyobjc py27-py2app py27-macholib py27-modulegraph py27-altgraph py27-tornado py27-backports-ssl_match_hostname py27-backports py27-backports_abc py27-certifi py27-singledispatch qhull py27-opengl py27-Pillow lcms2 openjpeg jbigkit py27-tkinter tk tcl xorg-libXScrnSaver xorg-scrnsaverproto py27-opengl-accelerate py27-pygtk atk gtk2 gdk-pixbuf2 jasper shared-mime-info hicolor-icon-theme xorg-libXcomposite xorg-compositeproto xorg-libXfixes xorg-fixesproto xorg-libXcursor xorg-libXdamage xorg-damageproto xorg-libXi xorg-inputproto xorg-libXinerama xorg-xineramaproto libglade2 py27-gobject py27-pyqt4 dbus-python27 dbus dbus-glib py27-sip qt4-mac libmng py27-pyqwt qwt52 py27-scipy swig-python swig py27-sphinx py27-alabaster py27-babel py27-docutils py27-roman py27-imagesize py27-jinja2 py27-pygments py27-snowballstemmer sphinx_select py27-wxpython-3.0 wxPython-3.0 wxWidgets-common wxWidgets_select qwtplot3d uhd gzip libusb py27-requests volk orc xmlto coreutils docbook-xml docbook-xml-4.1.2 docbook-xml-4.2 xmlcatmgr docbook-xml-4.3 docbook-xml-4.4 docbook-xml-4.5 docbook-xml-5.0 docbook-xsl findutils fop getopt libpaper
To report a bug, follow the instructions in the guide:
http://guide.macports.org/#project.tickets
Error: Processing of port gnuradio failed
It looks like the install got hung up installed
doxygen, which is a dependency forgnuradio. I’d try to manually installdoxygen(using the commandsudo port install doxygen, or from the source code) and see if you can get that to work. With it properly installed, you should then be able to installgnuradio.i was able to install gnuradio after installing doxygen individually. but now when I try to run “gnuradio-companion”, python keeps closing/crashing.
the error message is like this
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$ gnuradio-companion
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GMountMountFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GDriveStartFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GSocketMsgFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:57: GtkWarning: could not open display
warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/Actions.py:32: GtkWarning: gdk_keymap_get_for_display: assertion ‘GDK_IS_DISPLAY (display)’ failed
_keymap = gtk.gdk.keymap_get_default()
/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/Colors.py:24: GtkWarning: gdk_screen_get_system_colormap: assertion ‘GDK_IS_SCREEN (screen)’ failed
_COLORMAP = gtk.gdk.colormap_get_system() #create all of the colors
Unable to import Colors
Floating point exception: 8
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also tried to import it into the pthon interpreter but it says the class is not found.
I had similar problems myself. I ended up uninstalling everything and starting over a few times. Can’t say what will do it for your particular case, but that would be a good place to start. Sorry I don’t have a magic-bullet fix!
Thank you for your blogpost, but I had no luck following it.
The only result starting gnuradio-companion – after many tries – is:
mozart:~ framlin$ gnuradio-companion
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 29, in
from gnuradio.grc.main import main
ImportError: No module named main
Do you have any ideas, whats going wrong? Seems to be any Python issue, doesn’t it?
Hmm, that’s a weird one. Did you edit the
.bash_profilefile? It seems like an error finding the Python library.Aehm, I do not have a .bash_profile.
I only have a .profile.
Should I create one? What should I add to the .bash_profile?
Hmm, the step that deals with the
.bash_profilefile is to comment out (ie: remove) a line. Are you sure you don’t have the file in your user’s home folder? If you find it, you do need to complete that step. If not, the fact that it is missing might be causing the issue (though I’m not really sure how to fix it, I’m afraid!).yes, I am sure ;)
But, i have NO PYTHONPATH.
framlin$ echo $PYTHONPATH
that means there is an EMPTY-output.
May this cause the problem? Should one have a value within $PYTHONPATH?
Running
echo $PYTHONPATHwill give you a blank line (it does for me too). For more info on$PYTHONPATH, what it does and how to set it up, see here.I solved the problem of python where I get an error of importing gnuradio. In macports you should first select your python.
$ port select python
Results:
none (active)
python26-apple
python27
python27-apple
Than select the proper python, in my case it was “python27”. Not the “python27-apple”. With $”port select python python 27″ the results are:
none
python26-apple
python27 (active)
python27-apple
After that I was able to load the package gnuradio into python.
I have had the following error with OS X El Capitan: “GtkWarning: could not open display”
The problem was, that El Capitan does no longer support X11:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201341
Soultion: Install Xquartz:
https://www.xquartz.org/
It’s now possible to setup hackrf with homebrew:
https://gist.github.com/kaizensoze/7a3a73bd6924d40fedbb268efdb02c0b
Thanks Joe – I haven’t tried this recently, but when I attempted to install everything by Homebrew, it broke at the final steps and I had to start over. Did it work for you all the way through?
I followed the instructions here, but had a few problems. First, installing gnuradio failed at the point where the system was installing doxygen. I resolved that by installing doxygen manually, as someone suggested. However, after the installation of gnuradio appeared to complete successfully on my next attempt, I encountered a new problem when I typed “import gnuradio” at the Python prompt:
>>> import gnuradio
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
ImportError: No module named gnuradio
At the Terminal prompt, I typed “which python”, and I got “/usr/bin/python”. I typed “type gnuradio” and got “-bash: type: gnuradio: not found”. Back in Python, I typed “import sys” and then “sys.path” and got a series of paths that were all different from the location where I later found the gnuradio folder. The only gnuradio folder my system can find is located at “/opt/local/share”. I would also note that, at the Terminal prompt, when I typed “port select python”, it resulted in:
“Available versions for python:
none (active)
python26-apple
python27
python27-apple”
I typed “port select python27”, and I got: “Warning: Unable to get active selected version: The specified group ‘python27’ does not exist.
Error: The ‘list’ command failed: The specified group ‘python27’ does not exist.” I then tried the same command for the other two listed available versions for python, and in all cases, I the same error occurred.
Any advice on how I should proceed would be greatly appreciated.
Yikes, not sure I can help. But one thing at a time:
First, running
type gnuradioin the Terminal will give you that error –gnuradiois not a command line command.Second, did you update the
.bash_profilefile as in Step 5? If not, that could well be the problem.Finally, when I type in
gnuradio.__file__(which tells me where it’s installed), I see/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gnuradio. Then, when I look in thesys.pathlist, I see that/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packagesis listed. So, if you don’t see that location yourself, you could try adding it to yourPYTHONPATH.Hope that works!
Hi there. Thanks for the post. I tried it and got the same result as Jay. I.e.:
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GMountMountFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GDriveStartFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:51425): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GSocketMsgFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags
I would like to uninstall everything, but am such a newb that I don’t know how. Can anyone help?
Thanks.
Hi to everyone, I installed xcode, macports then gnuradio. When i tried to import it said something like “can’t import”, I choose the python27 then the import command didn’t return any errors. When I tried to run gnuradio-companion from the terminal…ops…
** (process:30507): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GMountMountFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:30507): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GDriveStartFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:30507): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GSocketMsgFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
(process:30507): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Using the fallback ‘C’ locale.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 97, in
check_gtk()
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 64, in check_gtk
die(err, “Failed to initialize GTK. If you are running over ssh, ”
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 42, in die
import gtk
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py”, line 69, in
_init()
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py”, line 57, in _init
warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
gtk.GtkWarning: could not open display
Some ideas?
I looked into the gnuradio.org install guide for mac:
Prerequisite: X11.app, recommended via XQuartz
Running almost any GNU Radio graphical interface (GUI) will require downloading and installing X11/XQuartz first.
Works perfect right now!!!
Im very new at this and could use some help. I have a Hackrf on the way. Trying to setup the software. Your page has been the easiest to get this far but I’m stuck now. It seems to have installed ok at the beginning but I can’t get past the testing. What am I missing?
Thanks for your help.
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$ gnuradio
-bash: gnuradio: command not found
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$ import gnuradio
-bash: import: command not found
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$ gnuradio-companion
** (process:83590): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GMountMountFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:83590): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GDriveStartFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
** (process:83590): WARNING **: Trying to register gtype ‘GSocketMsgFlags’ as enum when in fact it is of type ‘GFlags’
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 97, in
check_gtk()
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 64, in check_gtk
die(err, “Failed to initialize GTK. If you are running over ssh, ”
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 42, in die
import gtk
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py”, line 69, in
_init()
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py”, line 57, in _init
warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
gtk.GtkWarning: could not open display
@Jeffrey – this has already been solved in a comment above: http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2015/10/11/sdrhackrf-one-mac-setup-and-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-275664
update for me. Looking at the other comments I decided to uninstall gnu radio.
I then installed the 11Xquartz
installed gnu radio thru that.
If I go to python no problem but if I try to import gnuradio it doesn’t work.
If I go to gnuradio-companion it gives some warning errors but then it opens the GUI screen to start.
Im still waiting on my hardware to arrive and see what happens.
I still can not select any python port
Any info would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Jeffrey
@Jeffrey – see Step 5 for the import error. I found that you really have to do everything perfectly in order, otherwise it doesn’t seem to work. You may have to uninstall and start over, knowing what steps you’ll need.
Hi Jeff. I made all the step above in my mac (macOS Sierra), the gnuradio-companion works perfectly, the hackerf_info works fine too but I can’t find the Osmocom Source block in the gnu, I installed the gr-osmosdr and gr-fosphor as described but no block. Any ideas?
I have tried a couple of times. I uninstall gnuradio. Reinstall step by step and when I look for the bash_profile in terminal window it blank. The only thing working is gnuradio-companion. it opens ok.
Last login: Wed May 24 11:05:38 on ttys000
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$ port select python
Available versions for python:
none (active)
python26-apple
python27
python27-apple
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$ port select python python27
Selecting ‘python27’ for ‘python’ failed: could not create new link “/opt/local/bin/python” pointing to “/opt/local/bin/python2.7”: permission denied
Jeffreys-MacBook-Pro:~ jeffreystitt$
Sorry for all the questions but I’m new and I’m very interested in this to work.
So even though it opens gnuradio-companion it still is not going to function correct?
Thanks again for your help.
@Jeffrey – you need to use
sudoin front of the command (iesudo port select python python27) and enter your password. Only root users can make changes like that.@Arturo – sorry, no idea! Did you try a restart? (Dumb, I know, but maybe?) Otherwise, you might have to ask on a gnuradio-companion or HackRF forum.
Thanks Jeff
Thanks much for this set of instructions. Without it, I’m not sure where we’d get started.
A few comments from my experience —
– The Python ‘import gnuradio’ didn’t work first time around. I didn’t have the .bash files mentioned so I thought I was stuck. I tried an uninstall, a ‘sudo port python select python python27’ and a reattempt at the install. This did the trick. So perhaps the python version needs to be set *before* the port utility does the installation.
– The gnuradio-companion is a command-line executable. I got stuck because I thought it ran in the python interpreter.
Hi,
everything went well till part 3, I typed: python and then import gnuradio and this is what my terminal says:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
ImportError: No module named gnuradio
I have no idea how to solve this, could you help me?
thanks,
Júlia
@Júlia – hmm, maybe start with this bit of the comment thread where someone else had the same problem: http://www.jeffreythompson.org/blog/2015/10/11/sdrhackrf-one-mac-setup-and-basics/#comment-286213
thanks Jeff, but that doesn’t seem to be the problem, because when I type what is written in point 5 nothing like what you say appears .
I found this: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/47922
but it is from 4 years ago and I don’t know if it will work for me, cause maybe I have a different version of python. what do you think?
@Júlia – what do you see when you type
python --versionin the Terminal? If it says you’re on Python 3 I think that would probably be the problem. If it says 2.7 or something like that, I’m really not sure. Did you get any specific errors when installinggnuradio?Hi Jeff, it says 2.7.10. No I didn’t get any errors, what I think is happening is that it was installed in a folder or somewhere and the terminal doesn’t find it, can this be possible? I’m going crazy with this, I followed every step cautiously. When I tried changing the pythonpath there wasn’t any so I created it, and still doesn’t work.
:( thanks for trying to help
@Júlia –
pythonpathwould be my next guess. Macports should install into/opt/local– if you navigate to that folder you might seegnuradioin either thebinorsbinfolders. If it’s there, you’ll want to be sure that path is listed in yourpythonpathinstead. If that doesn’t work, I think you’ll have to post in thegnuradioGithub page or try their Slack channel.Hi again Jeff, macports is installed in /opt/local/var not bin or sbin. Is that a problem?
the path for the three folders named gnuradio are the following:
opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/macports/release/tarballs/ports/science/gnuradio
opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_science_gnuradio/gnuradio
opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_science_gnuradio/gnuradio
anyway when I open the supposed pythonpath it is empty.
If you have no idea why this is I’ll post in the Github.
thanks again
It there any method to get WX widgets, at the moment I only have QT.I am trying to follow the tutorials from Greatscottgadgets and need WX widgets to follow the videos.
Took a bit of fettling but up and running on my mac with HackRF – many thanks. I do love my old linux box, but doing all my Dev work on Mac’s now, so getting this working is really beneficial. Thank you so much !
Alan / M7ALU
The below TypeError was generated when I ran to check “gnuradio-companion”. The fix was to update XQuartz.
No such schema “org.gnome.desktop.interface”
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 102, in
run_main()
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 95, in run_main
exit(main())
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/main.py”, line 73, in main
from .gui.Platform import Platform
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/Platform.py”, line 26, in
from . import canvas
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/canvas/__init__.py”, line 21, in
from .param import Param
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/canvas/param.py”, line 23, in
from .. import ParamWidgets, Utils, Constants
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/ParamWidgets.py”, line 69, in
add_style_provider()
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/ParamWidgets.py”, line 64, in add_style_provider
Gtk.StyleContext.add_provider_for_screen(
TypeError: Argument 0 does not allow None as a value
I’m hung up on step 3: after I type “python” I get this.
The default interactive shell is now zsh.
To update your account to use zsh, please run
chsh -s /bin/zsh.For more details, please visit https://support.apple.com/kb/HT208050.
MacBook-Pro:~ MYUSERNAME python
WARNING: Python 2.7 is not recommended.
This version is included in macOS for compatibility with legacy software.
Future versions of macOS will not include Python 2.7.
Instead, it is recommended that you transition to using ‘python3’ from within Terminal.
Python 2.7.16 (default, Mar 25 2021, 03:11:28)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 11.0.3 (clang-1103.0.29.20) (-macos10.15-objc- on darwin
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
>>> import gnuradio
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in
ImportError: No module named gnuradio
>>>
Yeah Python 2 is now no longer supported so it’s possible this guide (or the gnuradio module) might not work anymore
I cant get it to work. No bashprofile in my user folder.
gnuradiocompanion output:
Gtk init_check failed. GRC might not be able to start a GUI.
Geen schema ‘org.gnome.desktop.interface’
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 112, in
run_main()
File “/opt/local/bin/gnuradio-companion”, line 105, in run_main
sys.exit(main())
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/main.py”, line 73, in main
from .gui.Platform import Platform
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/Platform.py”, line 26, in
from . import canvas
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/canvas/__init__.py”, line 21, in
from .param import Param
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/canvas/param.py”, line 23, in
from .. import ParamWidgets, Utils, Constants, Actions
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/ParamWidgets.py”, line 69, in
add_style_provider()
File “/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.9/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/grc/gui/ParamWidgets.py”, line 64, in add_style_provider
Gtk.StyleContext.add_provider_for_screen(
TypeError: Argument 0 does not allow None as a value
@Ihsan you need to install xquartz server from https://www.xquartz.org/ and run it through applications and then run gnuradiocompanion from the console.
I ran into issues with the xQaurtz display (showing Black screen). I was able to download and run radioConda installer from the site below: I can now run gnuradio-companion and the GUI shows up with no issues noted:
https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/InstallingGR