Error when following installation procedure

[MaxenceCrvlh]

Hello I am trying to build gr-BladeRF for the source by following the procedure on the github:
git clone https://github.com/Nuand/gr-bladeRF.git
cd gr-bladeRF
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j4
sudo make install

However I am running into some error and the overall blocks (Source and Sink from BladeRF are not existing in the grc files)
Here is what shows up in my terminal:

MyComputer:~$ git clone https://github.com/Nuand/gr-bladeRF.git
Cloning into 'gr-bladeRF'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 673, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (255/255), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (93/93), done.
remote: Total 673 (delta 204), reused 199 (delta 162), pack-reused 418
Receiving objects: 100% (673/673), 245.17 KiB | 2.21 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (432/432), done.
MyComputer:~$ cd gr-bladeRF/
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF$ mkdir build
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF$ cd build
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ cmake ..
-- The CXX compiler identification is GNU 11.3.0
-- The C compiler identification is GNU 11.3.0
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info
-- Detecting CXX compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working CXX compiler: /usr/bin/c++ - skipped
-- Detecting CXX compile features
-- Detecting CXX compile features - done
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info
-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc - skipped
-- Detecting C compile features
-- Detecting C compile features - done
-- Build type not specified: defaulting to release.
-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.29.2")
-- Looking for pthread.h
-- Looking for pthread.h - found
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD
-- Performing Test CMAKE_HAVE_LIBC_PTHREAD - Success
-- Found Threads: TRUE
-- Checking for module 'gmp'
-- Found gmp, version 6.2.1
-- Found GMP: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmpxx.so
-- Using GMP.
-- Found MPLIB: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgmpxx.so
-- Found Boost: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/Boost-1.74.0/BoostConfig.cmake (found suitable version "1.74.0", minimum required is "1.74.0") found components: date_time program_options system regex thread unit_test_framework
-- Found Volk: Volk::volk
-- User set python executable /usr/bin/python3
-- Found PythonInterp: /usr/bin/python3 (found version "3.10.6")
-- Found PythonLibs: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.10.so (found suitable exact version "3.10.6")
-- Found Git: /usr/bin/git
-- Extracting version information from git describe...

-- The build system will automatically enable all components.
-- Use -DENABLE_DEFAULT=OFF to disable components by default.
-- Checking for module 'libbladeRF'
-- Found libbladeRF, version 2.4.1-git-unknown
-- Found libbladeRF: /usr/include, /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbladeRF.so
-- Could NOT find Doxygen (missing: DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE)
-- Found PythonLibs: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.10.so
-- Performing Test HAS_FLTO
-- Performing Test HAS_FLTO - Success
-- Found pybind11: /usr/include (found version "2.9.1")

--
-- Configuring high resolution timing...
-- Performing Test HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME
-- Performing Test HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME - Success
-- Performing Test HAVE_MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME
-- Performing Test HAVE_MACH_ABSOLUTE_TIME - Failed
-- Performing Test HAVE_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_COUNTER
-- Performing Test HAVE_QUERY_PERFORMANCE_COUNTER - Failed
-- High resolution timing supported through clock_gettime.

-- Configuring nuand bladeRF support...
-- Dependency LIBBLADERF_FOUND = TRUE
-- Enabling nuand bladeRF support.
-- Override with -DENABLE_BLADERF=ON/OFF
-- Using install prefix: /usr/local
-- Building for version: 92ecd5c / 1.0.0git
-- No C++ unit tests... skipping
-- Could NOT find Doxygen (missing: DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE)
-- PYTHON and GRC components are enabled
-- Python checking for pygccxml - found
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/build
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ make -j4
[ 6%] Generating init.pyc
[ 12%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
[ 12%] Built target pygen_apps_9a6dd
[ 18%] Copying bladeRF docstring templates as pybind headers ...
[ 25%] Generating bladeRF_source.block.yml
[ 31%] Generating init.pyo
[ 37%] Generating bladeRF_sink.block.yml
[ 37%] Built target pygen_python_464ee
copy docstrings to /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/build/python/bindings/source_pydoc.h
copy docstrings to /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/build/python/bindings/sink_pydoc.h
[ 43%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o
[ 43%] Built target bladeRF_docstrings
[ 50%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/ranges.cc.o
[ 50%] Built target bladeRF_grc_yaml_blocks
[ 56%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o
[ 62%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc.o
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:12,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:293:3: error: ‘bladerf_feature’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘bladerf_sptr’?
293 | bladerf_feature _feature;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| bladerf_sptr
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.h:5,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:293:3: error: ‘bladerf_feature’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘bladerf_sptr’?
293 | bladerf_feature _feature;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| bladerf_sptr
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc:42:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:293:3: error: ‘bladerf_feature’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘bladerf_sptr’?
293 | bladerf_feature _feature;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| bladerf_sptr
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc: In member function ‘virtual int bladerf_source_c::work(int, gr_vector_const_void_star&, gr_vector_void_star&)’:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc:286:18: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11’?
286 | if (_format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7 || _format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc:286:54: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META’?
286 | if (_format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7 || _format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:76: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:90: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:118: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:42:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:293:3: error: ‘bladerf_feature’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘bladerf_sptr’?
293 | bladerf_feature _feature;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| bladerf_sptr
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc: In member function ‘virtual int bladerf_sink_c::work(int, gr_vector_const_void_star&, gr_vector_void_star&)’:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:259:18: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11’?
259 | if (_format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:269:61: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META’?
269 | if (BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META == _format || _format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc: In member function ‘int bladerf_sink_c::transmit_with_tags(const void*, int)’:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:380:12: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11’?
380 | case BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:381:12: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META’?
381 | case BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META:
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:434:20: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11’?
434 | if (_format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7 || _format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc:434:56: error: ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META’ was not declared in this scope; did you mean ‘BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META’?
434 | if (_format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7 || _format == BLADERF_FORMAT_SC8_Q7_META) {
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| BLADERF_FORMAT_SC16_Q11_META
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:132: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_sink_c.cc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:251: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ sudo make install
[sudo] password for MyName:
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target gnuradio-bladeRF
[ 6%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:12,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:293:3: error: ‘bladerf_feature’ does not name a type; did you mean ‘bladerf_sptr’?
293 | bladerf_feature _feature;
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| bladerf_sptr
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:76: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:251: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

Any idea of what I could be doing wrong ? I am quite new to these kind of problems. Thanks ! Best, Max

[terminalrally]

I'm also receiving the same error message on Ubuntu 20.04 with GRC 3.10

[MaxenceCrvlh]

Hi @hardcidr I was able to go around this problem at least and by building BladeRF from the source at this link https://github.com/Nuand/bladeRF. I previsouly uninstalled BladeRF cli.

However now I get a different error.

When building gr-bladeRF from the source:
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ make -j4

[ 16%] Built target doxygen_target
[ 16%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
[ 16%] Built target pygen_apps_9a6dd
[ 22%] Built target pygen_python_464ee
[ 33%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/ranges.cc.o
[ 33%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/ranges.cc:18:10: fatal error: osmosdr/ranges.h: No such file or directory
18 | #include <osmosdr/ranges.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/sink.h:6,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.h:4,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
[ 44%] Built target bladeRF_grc_yaml_blocks
[ 50%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:90: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:104: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/ranges.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/source.h:13,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:11,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:76: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:34,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc:42:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:118: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:268: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ sudo make install

[ 5%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/source.h:13,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:11,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ make -j4

[ 16%] Built target doxygen_target
[ 16%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
[ 16%] Built target pygen_apps_9a6dd
[ 22%] Built target pygen_python_464ee
[ 33%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/ranges.cc.o
[ 33%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/ranges.cc:18:10: fatal error: osmosdr/ranges.h: No such file or directory
18 | #include <osmosdr/ranges.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/sink.h:6,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.h:4,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/sink_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
[ 44%] Built target bladeRF_grc_yaml_blocks
[ 50%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:90: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/sink_impl.cc.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:104: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/ranges.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/source.h:13,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:11,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:76: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o] Error 1
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_common.h:34,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/common_sync_block.h:3,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.h:24,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc:42:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/build.make:118: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/bladerf/bladerf_source_c.cc.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:268: lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2
MyComputer:~/gr-bladeRF/build$ sudo make install
[ 5%] Building CXX object lib/CMakeFiles/gnuradio-bladeRF.dir/source_impl.cc.o
In file included from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/source.h:13,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.h:11,
from /home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/source_impl.cc:8:
/home/MyName/gr-bladeRF/lib/../include/bladeRF/ranges.h:21:10: fatal error: osmosdr/api.h: No such file or directory
21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So I figured I would build gr-osmosdr from source but I am also running into some errors:

So I figured I would build gr-osmosdr from source but I am also running into some errors:

I am using the following commands from the gr-osmosdr github

"git clone git://git.osmocom.org/gr-osmosdr
cd gr-osmosdr/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ../
make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig"

An this is what I get at the cmake part:

CMake Error at /usr/lib/cmake/pybind11/pybind11Tools.cmake:165 (add_library):
Target "osmosdr_python" links to target "sndfile::sndfile" but the target
was not found. Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED
target, or an ALIAS target is missing?
Call Stack (most recent call first):
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/cmake/gnuradio/GrPybind.cmake:261 (pybind11_add_module)
python/bindings/CMakeLists.txt:28 (GR_PYBIND_MAKE_OOT)

CMake Error at lib/CMakeLists.txt:51 (add_library):
Target "gnuradio-osmosdr" links to target "sndfile::sndfile" but the target
was not found. Perhaps a find_package() call is missing for an IMPORTED
target, or an ALIAS target is missing?

I am going to check for similar errors on the osmosdr git and post it here if I fix the issue !

Best,
Maxence

[MaxenceCrvlh]

@hardcidr I fixed the issue !
I installed libsndfile using: sudo apt-get install -y libsndfile-dev
which allowed me to build gr-osmosdr from source
WHICH allowed me to build gr-BladeRF from source.

I now have access the the bladeRF blocks in GnuRadio !

Please let me know if you need extra help !

Best,
Maxence

[muelli]

21 | #include <osmosdr/api.h>

shouldn't CMake be configured to detect that header and bail out if it's not available?

[andreamassetti]

I had the same problem, the proposed solution did not work for me.
I solved it by modifying the libbladeRF.h file in /usr/include, for some reason my file was from a previous installation of an older version and the bladerf_feature definition was missing.
I was lucky to have a newer libbladeRF.h from a working installation on a different pc so I just replaced the file and it worked.
Hope this helps someone!

[ThunderBolt84]

I had this issue as well - in my case it was in a Ubuntu 22 Docker container. Thanks to @MaxenceCrvlh and @andreamassetti I found the actual cause, which I've formalized below. It should be useful to project devs and anyone who has this issue in the future.

Problem Description

The version of libbladeRF.h (LIBBLADERF_API_VERSION (0x02040100) ) included with the apt PPA for Ubuntu 22 Jammy does not have definitions such as bladeRF_feature required to build gr-bladeRF. This results in several "does not name a type" errors when running

make -j$

in the gr-bladeRF build from source instructions.

Temporary Fixes

Building bladeRF from source instead of the apt PPA uses the latest LIBBLADERF_API_VERSION (0x02060000), which contains the required definitions and allows gr-bladeRF to build. This definitely works on Ubuntu 22 but should work on other versions as well.

Alternatively, the apt PPA for Ubuntu 24 Noble has #define LIBBLADERF_API_VERSION (0x02050000), which contains the definitions such as bladeRF_feature. Using Ubuntu 24 should install a PPA with the correct defintions.

Obviously, you'll still need the other gr-bladeRF dependencies such as gr-osmosdr and libsndfile-dev.

Potential Solutions

The current source appears to work fine on Ubuntu 22, so update the Ubuntu 22 Jammy apt PPA to use libbladeRF.h with LIBBLADERF_API_VERSION >= 0x02050000. This version of the file includes the definitions required to build gr-bladeRF.

From @andreamassetti's comment, libbladeRF.h seems to be the only file causing the issue.