I'm trying to get Trunk Recorder installed on Big Sur but I get an error saying sdk 11.2 is not installed. I do have Xcode 12.2 installed. Suggestion please? I'm trying to use MacPorts. Should I switch to Homebrew?
Trunk Recorder won't install on macOS Big Sur
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Don't know specifically, but just checking the instructions on the github wiki provides these instructions for macs.
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There is also a link in there that mentions getting macports up and running, but it seems you can use macports or homebrew to compile and/or install if you want to.
Other than that, I don't have any specific experience ever doing this on a Mac since I don't own one, and YouTube didn't have anything specific to isntalling trunk recorder on Big Sur either, but there is a tutorial on installing MacPorts on Big Sur, so maybe you need to check to make sure you have an up to date version of that, I'm assuming that sdk 11.2 is referring to which version of MacPorts is required.
Also, is that an Intel Mac, or the new M1 chip Mac?
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Records calls from a Trunked Radio System (P25 & SmartNet) - TrunkRecorder/trunk-recorder
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There is also a link in there that mentions getting macports up and running, but it seems you can use macports or homebrew to compile and/or install if you want to.
The MacPorts Project -- Download & Installation
The MacPorts Project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based open-source software on the Mac OS X operating system.
www.macports.org
Other than that, I don't have any specific experience ever doing this on a Mac since I don't own one, and YouTube didn't have anything specific to isntalling trunk recorder on Big Sur either, but there is a tutorial on installing MacPorts on Big Sur, so maybe you need to check to make sure you have an up to date version of that, I'm assuming that sdk 11.2 is referring to which version of MacPorts is required.
Also, is that an Intel Mac, or the new M1 chip Mac?
Thanks for the reply. I followed the instructions and loaded MacPorts. When making GNURadio it said it couldn't find the correct version of the SDK which is loaded by installing Xcode. The processor is 2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7 so should be good. Probably the newer version of Xcode is the problem. I'll take a look at the youTube video.
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I've tried using Ubuntu version 16 18 and 20 in VirtualBox with no luck. I've tried with Docker with no luck, I've tried with HomeBrew with no luck. I got the farthest with Ubuntu 18 but it quit with the Make command. I've about given up on the MAC
I've tried using Ubuntu version 16 18 and 20 in VirtualBox with no luck. I've tried with Docker with no luck, I've tried with HomeBrew with no luck. I got the farthest with Ubuntu 18 but it quit with the Make command. I've about given up on the MAC
Probably because you're trying to run it on a version of MacOS which Trunk Recorder may not work on. I've been a Mac user for years and it works great, but keep in mind that most of the software authors out there don't really cater to Mac users. Trunk Recorder hasn't been confirmed to work on Big Sur (11.1) or Catalina (10.15); the last confirmed version of MacOS is Mojave (10.14).
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Trunk Recorder has been tested on Ubuntu (14.04, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04 & 20.04), Arch Linux (2017.03.01), Debian 9.x and macOS (10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13, 10.14). It has been successfully used with several SDRs including the Ettus USRP B200, B210, B205, a bank of 3 RTL-SDR dongles, and the HackRF Jawbreaker.
If you're trying to run it on one of the newer Macs with the M1 processor you're probably getting a double whammy; that's an ARM processor rather than Intel, and the software may not work on the M1 processor. If you've tried all those distros on your Mac without success that would be my guess; before I settled on R-Pi for my streams I had Trunk Recorder installed on an Intel Mac running Mojave as an experiment with no problems, I just followed the instructions in the Wiki.
However, I've given up trying to keep up with the changes, so for stuff like this I just use a micro desktop PC running either Windows or Linux; for my streams I'm using Raspberry Pi boxes. The Mac does all the stuff that matters (ie earning a living, email, web etc) while the Windoze boxes run the software that must run on Windoze, and the Linux boxes do the stuff that requires tinkering and tweaking.
Lately I've been getting to be a fan of the Raspberry Pi; a whole computer for $50 or so gives all kinds of options for playing around at minimal cost, and the free HamPi image has all kinds of stuff already installed (although I don't know about Trunk Recorder).
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Tom, Thanks for the thorough description. I think you are right about the OS. I do have an intel processor (2.6 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i7).
Relatively easy way to find out (assuming you have a way to run virtual machines) is to create a virtual machine using Mojave and try to install Trunk Recorder on that; if it works you'll have your answer.
I'll give it a try! I've got Parallels. I put Ubuntu on it with now luck. I'll try Mojave!
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