osmocom_fft command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix osmocom_fft command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

osmocom_fft: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: osmocom_fft: command not found

Solutions to osmocom_fft: command not found

How To Fix osmocom_fft: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu osmocom_fft is provided by gr-osmosdr package.

gr-osmosdr is:

The Osmocom project is a family of projects regarding Open source mobile communications.

While primarily being developed for the OsmoSDR hardware, this block as well supports:

  • FUNcube Dongle through gr-fcdproplus
  • FUNcube Dongle Pro+ through gr-fcdproplus
  • RTL2832U based DVB-T dongles through librtlsdr
  • RTL-TCP spectrum server (see librtlsdr project)
  • gnuradio .cfile input through libgnuradio-blocks
  • RFSPACE SDR-IQ, SDR-IP, NetSDR (incl. X2 option)
  • Great Scott Gadgets HackRF through libhackrf
  • Nuand LLC bladeRF through libbladeRF library
  • Ettus USRP Devices through Ettus UHD library
  • Fairwaves UmTRX through Fairwaves’ fork of UHD
  • AIRSPY Receiver
  • AIRSPY HF+ Receiver
  • SoapySDR support
  • Red Pitaya SDR transceiver (http://bazaar.redpitaya.com)
  • FreeSRP through libfreesrp

Example applications include osmocom_fft, osmocom_siggen, and osmocom_spectrum_sense.

By using the OsmoSDR block you can take advantage of a common software API in your application(s) independent of the underlying radio hardware. This package provides C++ header files, documentation, and Python3 wrappers to the library.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gr-osmosdr

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gr-osmosdr.

sudo apt -y install gr-osmosdr

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gr-osmosdr

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix osmocom_fft command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.