Hi Marcus,

Thanks for the explanation, I was mistaken about removing the install
option.

My specific situation was that I wanted to test my project in the latest
GnuRadio. This version was released but not in the Ubuntu repo. I was
worried about breaking my current setup trying to upgrade or install two
instances of GnuRadio. The Live DVD wasn't a good option for me because is
not persistent. I solved this creating a VirtualBox and installing GnuRadio
after. As you said, it wasn't hard, but it took me a while to do and I did
had some problems with PyBOMBS (it was my first attempt ;).

It would be nice to have a VirtualBox image that a new user can import and
start using, specially for Windows users.

Just as a related note, this maybe interesting for someone that wants to
create an iso from a working system and then install it in a different
machine:
http://pinguyos.com/2015/09/pinguy-builder-an-app-to-backupremix-buntu/

Kind Regards,
Murray


On 7 September 2017 at 11:53, Marcus Müller <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Murray,
>
> technically, corganlabs (who's designing that liveDVD) didn't *remove* the
> install option – it's just that the Ubuntu doesn't come with a solution to
> install stuff like it's installed on the DVD to disk. You just end up with
> a default Ubuntu.
>
> That's why it's kinda hard to do this right.
>
> I do have a live system of my own, Fedora-based, which comes with a lot
> less modules than the official live DVD. But: Fedora does package a lot of
> the popular OOT modules. Also, when you start with a working GNU Radio
> installation, building OOTs from source shouldn't be all that hard, even
> without tools like PyBOMBS.
>
> So, maybe this is the point to actually specifically ask you: what did you
> try to do? Is there something that we can make better about the ecosystem
> (and we actually intentionally carry "ecosystem" in the logo!) so that
> things are less of a hassle for you?
>
> Best regards,
> Marcus
>
> On 09/07/2017 12:47 AM, Murray Thomson wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> In the last couple of years I have read this same request from different
> people, including myself. It iss true that installing GnuRadio on top of a
> fresh Ubuntu install is not hard, but it does take time. Sometimes, being
> able to create an quick installation with a known to work setup is useful.
> In my case, I just wanted to create a Virtualbox to test the latest
> GnuRadio.
>
> I see no benefit on removing the install option and I would appreciate if
> this is considered for the next Live DVD.
>
> Regards,
> Murray
>
> On 6 September 2017 at 19:41, Marcus Müller <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Srinivasan,
>>
>> please try to keep discussions on-list!
>>
>> Regarding your question: I don't understand. My email says exactly that
>> you can't
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Marcus
>>
>> On 09/06/2017 05:34 PM, Srinivasan wrote:
>>
>> Thanks. The problems , installing each module introduce another problems.
>> Looks like Live CD is working fine with all modules.
>> Any way , can we install in HD using iso image ? anything you can suggest
>> !
>>
>>
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>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Install GNU Radio Live CD to Hard Disk
>> Local Time: September 6, 2017 9:57 PM
>> UTC Time: September 6, 2017 2:57 PM
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>>
>> As far as I'm aware of, there's no direct way.
>>
>> Also, little benefit, as with modern Ubuntu, you can also use Ubuntu's
>> gnuradio package (unless you /want/ to build GNU Radio from source or use a
>> specific version of a dependency of GNU Radio, but neither are use cases
>> for users of the live DVD).
>>
>> So, instead, just install Ubuntu 16.04, or Fedora 26, or Gentoo, or Arch
>> Linux, or the most recent Debian, on your hard drive using their
>> installation methods, and then install GNU Radio using the respective
>> package manager.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Marcus Müller
>>
>> On 09/06/2017 04:24 PM, Srinivasan wrote:
>>
>> Hi There,
>>
>> I want to install and run gnuradio live CD from HardDisk.
>> I tried various ways and did not work.
>>
>> Any idea ?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Srinivasan
>>
>>
>>
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