Setting up gnss-sdr in Kali Linux

Here's instructions on how to set up gnss-sdr in Kali Linux virtual machine. Kali Linux is

... an open source project that is maintained and funded by Offensive Security, a provider of world-class information security training and penetration testing services. In addition to Kali Linux, Offensive Security also maintains the Exploit Database and the free online course, Metasploit Unleashed.

Most importantly, it comes with a modern version of GNURadio and up to date versions of nearly all the dependencies, making getting gnss-sdr installed quite easy.

Installation Instructions

1. Download the Kali Linux VM, or install Kali Linux from ISO.

2. Create a user account and home directory

3. Update apt-get

sudo apt-get update

4. Install cmake

sudo apt-get install cmake

5. Install gnss-sdr dependancies

sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev gnuradio-dev liblapack-dev libgnutls-openssl-dev libgoogle-glog-dev liblog4cpp5 liblog4cpp5-dev liblog4cpp-doc

6. Install Doxygen

sudo apt-get install doxygen doxygen-gui graphviz

7. Install gnss-sdr (instructions derived from http://gnss-sdr.org/node/45)

git clone https://github.com/gnss-sdr/gnss-sdr
cd gnss-sdr/build $ cmake -DENABLE_OSMOSDR=ON ../
make
sudo make install
make doc
make pdfmanual
make doc-clean

The -DENABLE_OSMOSDR=ON is required to build the rtlsdr drivers!

You should now have a working copy of gnss-sdr; to test it out type gnss-sdr into your console and you should see something like this:

There is an error message because no configuration file was specified, and the default configuration file doesn't point to a valid signal source on my file system (and likely yours, either). No worries we'll fix that later. The message generated here indicates a good installation.