Minimal install of GNU Radio without GUI, etc possible?

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Hello, I am building a Linux server running ClearOS (a CentOS and Red Hat derivative) and, among other things, want to use it to decode and record calls on a P25 trunking system. https://github.com/robotastic/trunk-recorder seems like it does what I want and uses GNU Radio. However, when I go to install GNU Radio, whether the older version that is available through YUM or by using PyBOMBS, it also wants to install a whole lot of other programs, including some GUI stuff. As this will be a server, it will not have a graphical desktop and I don't want unneeded stuff on it.

Is it possible to do a minimal install of GNU Radio with just the stuff needed to decode P25 audio using a RTL SDR and make Trunk Recorder work? Or is what I want not realistic? Thanks.
 

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Hello, I am building a Linux server running ClearOS (a CentOS and Red Hat derivative) and, among other things, want to use it to decode and record calls on a P25 trunking system. https://github.com/robotastic/trunk-recorder seems like it does what I want and uses GNU Radio. However, when I go to install GNU Radio, whether the older version that is available through YUM or by using PyBOMBS, it also wants to install a whole lot of other programs, including some GUI stuff. As this will be a server, it will not have a graphical desktop and I don't want unneeded stuff on it.



Is it possible to do a minimal install of GNU Radio with just the stuff needed to decode P25 audio using a RTL SDR and make Trunk Recorder work? Or is what I want not realistic? Thanks.



You should also State what hardware you are using as a target install. You can use anything from a Raspberry Pi to a blade server.

Later on, you can get an Arch Linux distro and install only what you need. You can also remotely run a graphic head and then slowly remove what you don't need.

Start here: http://files.ettus.com/tutorials/labs/Lab_1-5.pdf

And here. http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.co...rt-a-single-gui-application-from-command-line

Adam Kb2jpd


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Oops, I did not mention that. It is just a random Dell desktop, an Optiplex 380 to be specific. Thanks for the links, I'll take a look at them.
 
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