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h1. GNU Radio+UHD Installation (Windows)

On this page you can find pre-built installers for GNU Radio on Windows. Supported versions of Windows OS: XP, Vista, 7.

h2. Unofficial Installer Packages

These binaries are generated and uploaded every weekend.

* "**Latest GNU Radio installer**":http://files.ettus.com/binaries/gnuradio/latest

* "**Older GNU Radio installers**":http://files.ettus.com/binaries/gnuradio

h2. Installation Tasks

**Step 1) Install UHD and GNU Radio from installers**

* Install UHD win32, see the [[UHD_Windows| Windows instruction page]].

** In the installer wizard, choose to add uhd to the system path.

* Install GNU Radio win32 from the "installer package":http://files.ettus.com/binaries/gnuradio/latest

** In the installer wizard, choose to add uhd to the system path.

* Set the %25PYTHONPATH%25 environment variable for your gnuradio install, this is usually:

** c:\program files (x86)\gnuradio\lib\site-packages

** I highly recommend using "Rapid Environment Editor":http://www.rapidee.com/en/download

**Step 2) Install python dependencies**

All dependencies are available in .exe format, with the exception of the easy_install stuff.

**Note:** dependencies are optional, they can be installed on a need-to-use basis.

* Install the python interpreter: http://www.python.org/download/

* Install numpy: http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/files/NumPy/

* Install pygtk (all-in-one installer): http://www.pygtk.org/downloads.html

* Install pyqt: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download

* Install pyqwt: http://pyqwt.sourceforge.net/download.html

* Install wxPython: http://www.wxpython.org/download.php

* Install setup tools: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools

** Use easy_install.exe from setup tools to install Cheetah

** Use easy_install.exe from setup tools to install lxml

h2. Getting started

Now it should work! Open a command window (cmd.exe) and enter:

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gnuradio-companion.py

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