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Install Quickstart
(Refer to the rest of this page for more OS and installation options)

Ubuntu 22.04	sudo apt-get install gnuradio	v3.10.1
Ubuntu 20.04	sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuradio/gnuradio-releases sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnuradio python3-packaging	v3.10.4
Windows	Install the latest Radioconda installer Launch "GNU Radio Companion" from the Start menu	v3.10.4
macOS	Install Homebrew brew install gnuradio	v3.10.4

Types of Installation Methods

The recommended way to install GNU Radio on most platforms is using already available binary packages. Find your platform below in the From Binaries section for instructions on how to get GNU Radio through your regular package manager (e.g. Ubuntu PPA Installation), or visit the Conda Installation page for instructions on how to use the Conda package manager to install GNU Radio on any Linux distribution, macOS, or Windows. For some platforms there are no binaries provided by available package managers or the GNU Radio project. In these cases please contact the maintainer of the package manager or the GNU Radio project to find a sensible way to provide binaries for your platform.

In addition to using binaries, GNU Radio can be installed:

1. From source (for those who want full control)
2. Using PyBOMBS (for those who want it built from source and/or installed to a specific directory using a script)

Linux

See the Linux install guide

Windows

See the Conda install guide or radioconda to install GNU Radio 3.8 or newer on Windows.

If you need to install GNU Radio from source refer to the Windows install guide.

Note: GNU Radio support on Windows is improving significantly but remains less tested and there are known problems and even significant bugs which affect regular usage of GNU Radio Companion. Please report bugs on the GitHub Issues page and if you have Windows development experience please consider investigating some of the known issues.

Mac OS X

Refer to the Mac OS X install guide page.

Using PyBOMBS

PyBOMBS used to be the go-to method for building GNU Radio, UHD, and various Out of Tree (OOT) modules from source and then installing them into an isolated directory rather than system-wide, not unlike a Python virtualenv. We are no longer including PyBOMBS as a recommended method of installing GNU Radio, unless you want to play around with old versions (e.g. GR 3.7, 3.8, and OOTs of matching version). The PyBOMBS documentation is in the PyBOMBS README.

VMs and Live Images

Over the years a number of Live Images and VMs have been created. There are currently no official versions but here are some current options:

• Instant GNU Radio A customizable, programmatically generated VM and live environment for GNU Radio.
• UbuntuVM An Ubuntu 20.04 virtual machine image with GNU Radio 3.8.2.0, Fosphor, GQRX, and several other useful pieces of software. (Created using Instant GNU Radio)

OK, it's installed, what now?

If the installation worked without any trouble, you're ready to use GNU Radio! If you have no idea how to do that, the best place to start is with the Tutorials.

Optionally, you may run volk_profile on your terminal to help libvolk to determine the optimal kernels (may speed up GNU Radio).