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Preparing the computer

1 min readUpdated on 5 November 2026 Also available in Italiano

Operating system

The dedicated PC runs Linux (Ubuntu LTS). Install the basic tools:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install gnuradio python3-pip python3-venv
python3 -m venv ~/argh && source ~/argh/bin/activate
pip install numpy scipy matplotlib astropy jupyter

Check

Connect the SDR via USB and check that the system recognises it with lsusb.

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