Linux

This page describes how to build/install the sigrok subprojects on Linux.

Binaries

Distribution packages

Many Linux distributions ship with sigrok packages, see Downloads.

If the sigrok packages in your distro are rather old, you can also use the AppImage we provide (see below).

AppImage

We provide AppImages (see appimage.org for details) for sigrok-cli and PulseView which make it very easy and convenient to use sigrok on somewhat recent Linux distributions (most distros newer than Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) from around 2016 should work fine).

After downloading the AppImage (see Downloads) you can run it by simply making it executable and executing it, for example:

$ chmod u+x PulseView-NIGHTLY-x86_64.AppImage
$ ./PulseView-NIGHTLY-x86_64.AppImage

You might need to install the libsigrok udev rules files to be able to access some devices. See Cannot access USB / serial / other device for details.

Building (script, recommended)

The most convenient method to build all of the sigrok subprojects from source is to use the sigrok-cross-linux script from the sigrok-util repo. Despite the name, this script also does native builds out of the box.

The script assumes that you have installed all requirements of all sigrok subprojects. Please check Build requirements for details.

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/sigrok-util
$ cd sigrok-util/cross-compile/linux
$ ./sigrok-cross-linux

This will download the current git version of all required sigrok subprojects and build them, installing the results in $HOME/sr. You may want to check out the README and/or adapt the script to your needs (e.g., if you want to install elsewhere).

You can use the files from $HOME/sr using (for example) the LD_LIBRARY_PATH method.

Building (manually)

IMPORTANT: The following sections on installing build requirements are distro-specific examples and may or may not be out of date, depending on which distro you use. Please check the official build requirements list in the wiki or the README/INSTALL file (of the subproject you want to build) for the full list of requirements.

libserialport

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gcc make autoconf automake libtool

Fedora

$ sudo yum install git-core gcc make autoconf automake libtool

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make autoconf automake libtool

Building

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/libserialport
$ cd libserialport
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

libsigrok

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gcc g++ make autoconf autoconf-archive \
  automake libtool pkg-config libglib2.0-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libzip-dev \
  libusb-1.0-0-dev libftdi1-dev libieee1284-3-dev libvisa-dev nettle-dev libavahi-client-dev \
  libhidapi-dev check doxygen python-numpy python-dev python-gi-dev python-setuptools swig default-jdk

Fedora (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)

$ sudo yum install git gcc make autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool pkgconfig \
  glib2-devel libzip-devel libusb1-devel libftdi-devel libieee1284-devel nettle-devel \
  hidapi-devel check-devel doxygen

For C++ bindings, add sudo yum install gcc-c++ glibmm24-devel

For Python bindings, add sudo yum install python-devel numpy pygobject3-devel swig

For Fedora 23, you need as well: redhat-rpm-config and note that libusb1-devel is now libusbx-devel

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make autoconf autoconf-archive automake libtool \
  pkg-config glib2 glibmm libzip libusb libftdi libieee1284 nettle hidapi check \
  doxygen python-numpy python-setuptools swig jdk8-openjdk

Building

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/libsigrok
$ cd libsigrok
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

Device access

Please read this FAQ entry for any extra steps you may need to take to get your specific device working.

Please see Building#FAQ if you are sure that you installed all requirements properly but still encounter some issues.

libsigrokdecode

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libglib2.0-dev python3-dev

Fedora (18, 19, 20)

$ sudo yum install git gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib2-devel python3-devel check-devel

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib2 python check

Building

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/libsigrokdecode
$ cd libsigrokdecode
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

sigrok-cli

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libglib2.0-dev

Fedora (18, 19)

$ sudo yum install git gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib2-devel

OpenSuse

$ sudo zypper install git gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib2-devel

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig glib2

Building

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/sigrok-cli
$ cd sigrok-cli
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

PulseView

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core g++ make cmake libtool pkg-config \
  libglib2.0-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-serialization-dev \
  libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-system-dev libqt5svg5-dev qtbase5-dev\
  qttools5-dev

Fedora (18, 19, 23, 27)

$ sudo yum install git gcc cmake libtool pkgconfig glib2-devel \
  boost-devel qt5-devel

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make cmake libtool pkgconfig glib2 boost qt5 \
  qt5-base qt5-svg

Building

$ git clone git://sigrok.org/pulseview
$ cd pulseview
$ cmake .
$ make
$ sudo make install

Troubleshooting

See PulseView#Building for more tips and FAQs.

SmuView

Installing the requirements

Debian/Ubuntu/Mint

$ sudo apt-get install git-core g++ make cmake libtool pkg-config \
  libglib2.0-dev libboost-dev python3-dev libqt5svg5-dev qtbase5-dev \
  libqwt-qt5-dev

Fedora (18, 19, 23, 27, 32)

$ sudo yum install git gcc cmake libtool pkgconfig glib2-devel boost-devel\
  python3-devel qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtsvg-devel qwt-qt5-devel

Arch

$ sudo pacman -S git gcc make cmake libtool pkgconfig glib2 boost \
  python qt5 qt5-base qt5-svg qwt

Building

$ git clone https://github.com/knarfS/smuview
$ cd smuview
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake ../
$ make
$ sudo make install

Troubleshooting

See SmuView#Building for more tips and FAQs.

FAQ

Make sure to also see the Building FAQ for subjects that are not specific to Linux.

Cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

See here.

TEST FAILED: .../lib/python2.7/site-packages/ does NOT support .pth files

See here.

Cannot access USB / serial / other device

See here.

Required library not found

See here.