UHD Software Installation (Linux)

UHD Software Installation (Linux)¶

We provide UHD binary installers for Ubuntu and Fedora users. There are two choices:

Unstable: based off of the master branch. Includes new features and bugfixes.
Stable: based off of the maint branch. Only includes releases and bugfixes.

We only support versions of Ubuntu and Fedora that are officially maintained and supported. Currently supported platforms are:

Ubuntu 12.04-12.10
Fedora 17-18

The three methods of installing UHD software are described below.

Install with Apt/Yum¶

Binaries generated from the unstable and bugfix branches can be installed using our Ubuntu and Fedora repositories. Follow these instructions to install UHD software and receive package updates.

Ubuntu¶

NOTE: Only follow one set of these instructions at a time. Our unstable and stable repositories will conflict.

Master/Unstable

Copy and paste these commands into your terminal. This will install UHD as well as allow you to receive package updates.

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://files.ettus.com/binaries/uhd_unstable/repo/uhd/ubuntu/`lsb_release -cs` `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ettus.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -t `lsb_release -cs` uhd

Releases/Bugfixes

Copy and paste these commands into your terminal. This will install UHD software as well as allow you to receive package updates.

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://files.ettus.com/binaries/uhd_stable/repo/uhd/ubuntu/`lsb_release -cs` `lsb_release -cs` main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ettus.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -t `lsb_release -cs` uhd

Fedora¶

NOTE: Only follow one set of these instructions at a time. Our unstable and stable repositories will conflict. If you are switching between our unstable and stable repositories, run the following command before doing so:

yum clean metadata all

Master/Unstable

Follow these instructions to install UHD software and receive package updates.

Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/ettus.repo. Copy this into the file:

[ettus-uhd-master-repo]
name=Ettus Research - UHD Master $releasever-$basearch
baseurl=http://files.ettus.com/binaries/uhd_unstable/repo/uhd/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
gpgcheck=0

Run the following commands:

sudo yum --enablerepo='ettus-uhd-master-repo' install uhd

Releases/Bugfixes

Follow these instructions to install UHD software and receive package updates.

Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/ettus.repo. Copy this into the file:

[ettus-uhd-stable-repo]
name=Ettus Research - UHD Stable $releasever-$basearch
baseurl=http://files.ettus.com/binaries/uhd_stable/repo/uhd/fedora/$releasever/$basearch
gpgcheck=0

Run the following commands:

sudo yum --enablerepo='ettus-uhd-stable-repo' install uhd

Installer Packages¶

We provide standalone binaries for all supported platforms.

With the release of a new binary, we provide the following:

UHD binary
Tarball of the UHD images used when forming the binary

NOTE: Installing packages with this method will not install all necessary runtime dependencies. Run the following command to install runtime dependencies:

Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install python libboost-all-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev

Fedora

sudo yum install python boost-devel libusb1-devel

Follow these links for easy access to the latest binaries:

Binaries of all previous releases can be downloaded below:

<Newest>
003.005.002 - 2013/03/26
003.005.001 - 2013/01/16
003.005.000 - 2012/10/19

003.004.005 - 2013/01/16
003.004.004 - 2012/10/19
003.004.003 - 2012/07/30
003.004.002 - 2012/05/24
003.004.001 - 2012/04/12
003.004.000 - 2012/03/21

003.003.002 - 2012/01/09
003.003.001 - 2011/11/01
003.003.000 - 2011/10/14
003.002.004 - 2011/09/23
003.002.003 - 2011/08/31
003.002.002 - 2011/08/16
003.002.001 - 2011/07/29
003.002.000 - 2011/07/28
003.001.002 - 2011/06/15
003.001.001 - 2011/06/06
003.001.000 - 2011/05/18
003.000.001 - 2011/04/01
003.000.000 - 2011/03/28
<Oldest>

Source Code¶

Or you can build UHD software from source. Follow the Build Instructions.

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