Is it possible to compile SDRPlusPlus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

Currently new SDR related software named SDRPlusPlus is available as deb-packages only for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and newer versions.

Is it possible to compile SDRPlusPlus on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

1 Answer

It is possible if one follows recommendations from GitHub issue.

Programmatically it will be possible by using the following commands:

# add PPA withe newer CMake
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scribus/ppa
sudo apt-get update
# install dependencies
sudo apt-get install git build-essential cmake libfftw3-dev libglfw3-dev libglew-dev libvolk1-dev libsoapysdr-dev libairspyhf-dev libiio-dev libad9361-dev librtaudio-dev libhackrf-dev libairspy-dev librtlsdr-dev
# clone source, patch and compile
cd ~/Downloads
git clone
cd SDRPlusPlus
git reset --hard b2ce47d
cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-lstdc++fs" -D OPT_OVERRIDE_STD_FILESYSTEM=ON -DOPT_BUILD_AIRSPYHF_SOURCE=OFF .
sed -i "s|^cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)|cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)\nadd_compile_options(-fpermissive)|" CMakeLists.txt core/CMakeLists.txt
make -j$(nproc)
sh make_debian_package.sh .
sudo apt-get install ./sdrpp_debian_amd64.deb

Then one can launch SDRPlusPlus by sdrpp command or using SDR++ icon in the menus.