Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Multiple Installs using Pybombs

[Vasil Velichkov]

Hi Richard,

On 10/10/2019 17.28, Richard Bell wrote:
> Hello list,
> 
> I'm trying to get gnuradio 3.7 and gnuradio 3.8 installed side by side on
> my ubuntu18.04 virtual box. I think I'm missing a command because I'm
> having trouble with this.
> 
> I start by installing the 3.7 version as:
> pybombs config --package gnuradio gitrev v3.7.13.5
> pybombs prefix init /home/rbell/Documents/gnuradio/gr37 -a gr37 -R
> gnuradio-default
> 
> (note: pybombs fails at installing all required packages, I have to install
> cppunit manually and then it makes it through)
> 
> Then I try installing the 3.8 version as:
> pybombs config --package gnuradio gitrev v3.8.0.0
>   pybombs prefix init /home/rbell/Documents/gnuradio/gr38 -a gr38 -R
> gnuradio-default
> 
> Pybombs has some trouble installing required dependencies again at this
> point, the configuration fails. I see from the terminal output swift is
> missing, so I try installing it using
> 
> pybombs install apache-thrift
> 
> but I noticed that this package was installed to my gr37 prefix directory
> instead of the gr38 one. How do I fix this?

The first prefix you create becomes the default one and when you want to 
install to another prefix you need to explicitly specify it

pybombs install --prefix gr38 apache-thrift

Regards,
Vasil