Re: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
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 > 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 <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. > <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 > <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 >>
Re: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
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 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. > 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 > ] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1:55 PM > *To:* Ryan Volz > *Cc:* Price, Rodney D.; 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 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] > > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:21 AM > > To: Price, Rodney D.; 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&quo
RE: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
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] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1:55 PM To: Ryan Volz Cc: Price, Rodney D.; 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 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
RE: EXTERNAL: Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
About the CMake install issue: macports installed gnuradio without apparent problems on my Mac Mini, which is running Monterey on the ARM64. I can vreate and run flow graphs in GRC without any problems. The issue came up when I was working on a C++ OOT block. At first, all ran well. I spent a couple days developing the block, running make clean, make install, etc. The problem came up when I decided, for some reason I can’t remember, to remove the build directory, make a new one, and run the following CMake command: cmake –DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug –DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/Users/rod/working/experimental ../ where “experimental” is the name of my OOT module. That’s when I got the error, something like “can’t find GrSwig”. I googled around a bit and found a GrSwig.cmake, and put it in my cmske modules directory. Removing and recreating the build directory, and running the above cmake command again, resulted in another error about LIBTOOL that wasn’t found. (I’m writing this at work, and I did this at home, so I can’t recall exact error messages.) At that point, I decided not to go any further, as I imagined that the GrSwig.cmake file I had found might have been from another version of gnuradio. This morning I recreated a new module and Python block from scratch, which appeared to work without problems. I also discovered that I had been running earlier in a conda environment, so the Python version it ran was different from, perhaps, the one that gnuradio was expecting. All this is to say that I can’t give you a specific bug report right now. I apologize for the lack of details here. When I get time, I’m planning on reinstalling gnuradio running under Rosetta, with a newer version than 3.8. -Rod From: Michael Dickens [mailto:michael.dick...@ettus.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2022 1:55 PM To: Ryan Volz Cc: Price, Rodney D.; 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 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 t
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 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] > > Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:21 AM > > To: Price, Rodney D.; 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
Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
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] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:21 AM To: Price, Rodney D.; 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. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies.
Re: GNU Radio on Mac M1
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] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 11:21 AM To: Price, Rodney D.; 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. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies.
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.
GNU Radio on Mac M1
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.
