I installed GNU Radio 3.10.3 using Homebrew on my M1 MacBook Air last night. Seems to work pretty well for my needs.
Royce > On Aug 12, 2022, at 10:20 AM, Michael Dickens <michael.dick...@ettus.com> > wrote: > > I don't know if we'll have GNU Radio 3.10 as the default in MacPorts by > GRCon22. Lots of work to do there, mostly getting GR OOT modules updated to > compatible versions or removed if there isn't such a version. We'll see how > much progress we can make ... 6.5 weeks away, so not impossible ... - MLD > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:26 AM Royce Connerley <royceconner...@yahoo.com > <mailto:royceconner...@yahoo.com>> wrote: > Michael: > > I would second the vote for 3.10. Do you think this will be ready by GR > Con22? > > Royce > >> On May 25, 2022, at 10:52 AM, Price, Rodney D. <price-rod...@zai.com >> <mailto:price-rod...@zai.com>> wrote: >> >> About the version of gnuradio: speaking only for myself, I would prefer to >> see the 3.10 version packaged. I don’t use many OOT blocks. Others may have >> a different opinion. I’m not that set on 3.10, however. Packaging 3.9 would >> be fine by me if others prefer it. >> >> Thanks for doing this, >> -Rod >> >> From: Michael Dickens [mailto:michael.dick...@ettus.com >> <mailto:michael.dick...@ettus.com>] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1:55 PM >> To: Ryan Volz >> Cc: Price, Rodney D.; discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org> >> Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1 >> >> Related to this general topic -- GR on ARM64: >> >> The MacPorts maintainers of GR are soon going to update the main "gnuradio" >> port ... we're proposing to the current 3.10 release. It is a pain to >> maintain more than 1 related port, and we were waiting for many GR OOT >> modules to be updated before we did this main update. Would folks prefer GR >> 3.9 instead of GR 3.10? I think most GR OOT are ported to GR 3.9 by now ... >> more than for 3.10, but I'm sure not all have been ported yet. I'm curious >> folks thoughts here. >> >> Also: Can someone provide more details of the CMake install issue? I thought >> all of the required files were installed into the correct directory for >> CMake to find them. >> --- >> Dr Michael L Dickens >> Principal NI/Ettus Technical Support Engineer >> >> >> On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 3:23 PM Ryan Volz <ryan.v...@gmail.com >> <mailto:ryan.v...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> Hi Rod, >> >> I have a positive report from a colleague who is running radioconda on >> an M1 through rosetta with the non-arm64 build. He also reports >> instability with GRC when trying to run the native arm64 packages, so I >> think your best shot might be trying the former with rosetta. (Another >> thing to consider is that gr-qtgui does not exist yet for arm64, since >> conda-forge is still struggling to get the Qt ecosystem built. It has >> been seemingly imminent for 6 months now, so I've stopped holding my >> breath.) Miniconda vs. radioconda should not matter, except for >> convenience in reinstalling if you want to wipe away your whole conda >> installation. I'm not sure in what ways the various packaging methods >> would interfere with each other's Python installations, but removing >> anything you don't need and keeping things minimal is always a good plan. >> >> Cheers, >> Ryan >> >> On 5/24/22 12:19 PM, Price, Rodney D. wrote: >> > Ryan, >> > >> > Thanks for your reply. I looked through the Mac OS X bug reports and >> > didn't see anything that looked relevant to my case. The problem isn't >> > necessarily connected to GRC. The Macports install seems to be missing >> > some essential cmake files (i.e. GrSwig and dependencies). The conda >> > install would be preferable, anyway. I'm beginning to wonder about m=y >> > miniconda install: I have found multiple Python installs around my system, >> > and after removing all my homebrew packages and replacing some with >> > macports versions, I wonder if the Python libraries that GNU Radio uses >> > might not be the ones that GNU Radio expects. I'm considering removing >> > miniconda and replacing it with radioconda. What do you think? Is that >> > likely to work on a Mac? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > -Rod >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Ryan Volz [mailto:ryan.v...@gmail.com <mailto:ryan.v...@gmail.com>] >> > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:21 AM >> > To: Price, Rodney D.; discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> > <mailto:discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org> >> > Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1 >> > >> > Hi Rod, >> > >> > I think your experience is common, unfortunately, and part of the >> > problem is that there are multiple bugs to work through and not all of >> > them are necessarily with GRC itself. There are multiple dimensions in >> > which things are failing (new vs. old macOS version, switch to arm64, >> > standard DPI display vs. high DPI [Retina] display), so providing as >> > many details about your system as you can would be helpful. As the >> > person putting out the conda packages, it saddens me that I haven't been >> > able to sort through enough of the bugs to get something working for >> > people. >> > >> > So, what particular issues are you seeing with the conda install? There >> > are a few bugs tagged for "Mac OS X" on the GNU Radio Github: do any of >> > those apply? >> > >> > One thing a recent report has brought to my attention is a possible bug >> > in conda-forge's cairo package. If you're seeing crashes that might have >> > to do with cairo (e.g. GRC crashes), you could try installing a patched >> > cairo package that I have available on my channel: >> > >> > conda install -c ryanvolz/label/bigsur-patch cairo >> > >> > Cheers, >> > Ryan >> > >> > On 5/23/22 12:33 PM, Price, Rodney D. wrote: >> >> I've been trying to get a good install of GNU Radio on a Mac M1 (ARM64) >> >> running Monterey, using several methods. I've tried installing via >> >> Homebrew, which gave me an install that crashed GRC constantly. I've >> >> tried conda install (I have miniconda installed) without success. My >> >> latest attempt is with Macports, which gives me a working GRC, but when >> >> I attempt to run cmake in the OOT module source, cmake can't find >> >> GrSwig, so I go online to find a GrSwig.cmake, which then leads to >> >> another error on LIBTOOL. >> >> >> >> This is not to complain, but I would really like to avoid going down >> >> some rabbit hole on an install that in the end, just won't work. >> >> Macports' gnuradio is version 3.8, and I would like something more up to >> >> date. Playing nicely with conda would be nice as well. >> >> >> >> So I'm asking for advice on the current state of GNU Radio on Macs with >> >> the Apple ARM chip. Have others been able to get a working install of >> >> GNU Radio on this system? What's the current best approach for 3.9 or >> >> 3.10? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> -Rod >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to >> >> which it is addressed and may contain ZETA Associates confidential or >> >> proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, >> >> dissemination, or distribution of this communication is prohibited. If >> >> you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender >> >> and delete all copies. >> > ________________________________ >> > This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to >> > which it is addressed and may contain ZETA Associates confidential or >> > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, >> > dissemination, or distribution of this communication is prohibited. 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