Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Unable to build GNU Radio on Mac OS X 10.6.4 for USRP2

[Harley Myler]

On Jul 12, 2010, at 10:03 PM, Elvis Dowson wrote:

> Hi,
>      I'm using Mac OS X 10.6.4 and I'm unable to build the USRP2 component on 
> Mac OS X 10.6.4. I get the following error message when running ./configure
> 
> checking whether host_os is linux*... no
> configure: USRP2 currently requires Linux host OS, not found
> Not building component usrp2.
> 
> Elvis Dowson
> 

You will hear it all here or read it in the archive, but understand that 
Gnuradio is not Mac friendly--or perhaps the Mac is not friendly to Gnuradio.

I went through your same pain a few months ago, my solution: Parallels running 
Ubuntu.

One of the major hurdles, even for the PC hardware + Linux drones, is the 
Ethernet board. I have a pair of Ethernet ports that was standard on the 
machine and the extra one works great with the exception of the little dance 
that has to be done using the System Preferences app each time the system is 
rebooted. In that app under Network, I have to go in and turn flow-control off 
under the duplex pull-down in the advanced settings. Other than that little 
issue it runs great. Of course, I have a dual Quad core and Parallels is very 
good at letting the VM run almost native.

If you get a different config working post it here, or better yet you find the 
YBR to a Mac compilation. Most of us Mac users just lurk until we see something.

Harley Myler




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