UHD Installation (Linux)¶

Linux users have three options for downloading and installing UHD, as described below. Currently supported platforms are:

Ubuntu 10.04-11.10
Fedora 15-16

Install with Apt/Yum¶

Binaries generated from UHD's unstable and bugfix branches can also be installed using our Ubuntu and Fedora repositories. If you want your UHD install to update every week, follow the instructions below:

Ubuntu¶

Master/Unstable

Copy and paste these commands into your terminal. This will install UHD as well as place our repository into the list of sources Ubuntu uses to check for package updates.

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://files.ettus.com/binaries/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 uhd

Releases/Bugfixes

Copy and paste these commands into your terminal. This will install UHD as well as place our repository into the list of sources Ubuntu uses to check for package updates.

sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://files.ettus.com/binaries/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 uhd

Fedora¶

Master/Unstable
- Follow these instructions to install UHD and place our repository into the list of sources Fedora uses to check for 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 update
sudo yum install uhd
```

Releases/Bugfixes
- Follow these instructions to install UHD and place our repository into the list of sources Fedora uses to check for 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 update
sudo yum install uhd
```

Installer Packages¶

We provide standalone binaries for all supported platforms.

These binaries are generated every weekend, and we provide the following:

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

Binaries of all previous releases can be downloaded below:

<Newest>
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>

Along with binaries of all UHD releases, we host binaries of the latest bug fixes, which can be downloaded here

Source Code¶

Or you can build UHD from source. Follow the Build instructions.

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