Docker build for gnuradio with external plugins

The docker's intended to:

• To allow a stable enviroment for GnuRadio runtime.
• To allow users a easy way to build GnuRadio OTT modules without messing with their day-to-day system.
• To allow OTT module developers a simple enviroment when porting from previous version of GnuRadio.

Uses

• Uses Ubuntu 24.04 as base.
• Gnuradio 3.10 (from ubuntu repo)

Tested SDR HW

• HackRF One.
  
  Should still work for all osmocom enabled drivers in the ubuntu 24.04 package.

Currently compiled Gnuradio modules

• gr-lora_sdr (https://github.com/tapparelj/gr-lora_sdr)
• gr-satellites (https://github.com/daniestevez/gr-satellites)
• gr-adapt (https://github.com/karel/gr-adapt)
• gr-inspector (https://github.com/radioconda/gr-inspector)
• gr-difi (https://github.com/DIFI-Consortium/gr-difi.git)
• gr-satnogs (https://gitlab.com/librespacefoundation/satnogs/gr-satnogs/-/tree/gnuradio-3.10?ref_type=heads)
• gr-ieee802-15-4 (https://github.com/bastibl/gr-ieee802-15-4.git)
• gr-iridium (https://github.com/muccc/gr-iridium.git)
  
  (Feel free to send a PR for any additions)

OTT modules included from Ubuntu repo

• gr-air-modes
• gr-fosphor
• gr-funcube
• gr-gsm
• gr-hpsdr
• gr-iqbal
• gr-limesdr
• gr-osmosdr
• gr-radar
• gr-rds

Dockerfiles

• Dockerfile-ubuntu-base - Ubuntu base and requirements
• Dockerfile-sdr-apps - SDR related packages from ubuntu-repo.
• Dockerfile-custom-builds - Source-code builds of gnuradio components.

To build docker-image

$ ./docker_build.sh

To run image

$ ./docker_run.sh

Set module path

Before starting gnuradio-companion the module path must be set manually at the moment.

$ export PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.12/dist-packages:/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH

Shared folder.

• Create /home/gnuradio on your host and have this as shared storage between container and host. Allows gnuradio settings etc to be saved between builds/sessions.
• As /home/gnuradio is setup to be shared it will make life easier if you update "Dockerfile-custom-builds" and set the uid to the same UID as your normal user.

TODO's

• Github actions to build docker images.
• GnuRadio examples
• Some type of setup to be able to run network-accessible things such as https://github.com/gnuradio/gr-bokehgui
• Split up what to be included in the docker-image and make each source-code module install it's own dependencies.