Linhpsdr on Windows 10

June 15, 2018 - WZ2Q

Install Ubuntu 18.04 from the Windows Store.  Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux if not already enabled and reboot before installing Ubuntu.  If Ubuntu 16.04 was previously installed, open a Ubuntu terminal and do:

$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Install X server for Windows 10.  I used VcXsrv: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv

Build linhpsdr from source: https://github.com/g0orx/linhpsdr

Open a Ubuntu terminal:

Make sure Ubuntu is updated:

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get-upgrade

Install prerequisites:

$ sudo apt-get install libfftw3-dev libpulse-dev libgtk-3-dev

Build and install wdsp:

$ git clone https://github.com/g0orx/wdsp.git

$ cd wdsp/

$ make

$ sudo make install

$ cd ..

Build and install linhpsdr:

$ git clone https://github.com/g0orx/linhpsdr.git

$ cd linhpsdr/

$ make

$ mkdir -p $HOME/.local/share/

$ make install

Start the X-Windows server that you previously installed on Windows 10.

Configure the display and start linhpsdr:

$ export DISPLAY=:0

$ linhpsdr