UbuntuVM

An Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine image with GNU Radio 3.8.2.0, Fosphor, GQRX, and several other useful pieces of software.

The images are available at: https://www.gnuradio.org/releases/

The most recent image is instant-gnuradio-3.8.2.0-1.0.0.ova and is a 3.4 GB download and 11 GB once installed and launched.

There is also a torrent available: https://gnuradio.inpha.se/instant-gnuradio-3.8.2.0-1.0.0.ova.torrent

Using VirtualBox

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

Installing the VirtualBox Extension Pack

This is needed for USB 3 and is a requirement for running the VM, even if you are not actually going to use USB 3.

Assuming your host is running Ubuntu,

 sudo apt install virtualbox-ext-pack

Or available via https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads. If downloading manually, make sure the extension pack version number matches the VirtualBox version number. Distributions do not always use the latest version. Installation is under File/Preferences/Extensions.