Merge pull request #403 from muellermartin/fix-host-README

Fix host readme syntax issues and typos
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Dominic Spill
2017-09-02 17:38:15 -06:00
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This repository contains host software (Linux/Windows) for HackRF, a project to
produce a low cost, open source software radio platform.
##How to build the host software on Linux:
## How to build the host software on Linux:
###Prerequisites for Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
### Prerequisites for Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
`sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config libfftw3-dev`
###Build host software on Linux:
### Build host software on Linux:
```
mkdir host/build
cd host/build
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sudo ldconfig
```
By defualt this will attempt to install a udev rule to '/etc/udev/rules.d` to
By default this will attempt to install an udev rule to `/etc/udev/rules.d` to
provide the `usb` or `plugdev` group access to HackRF. If your setup requires
the udev rule to be installed elsewhere you can modify the path with
`-DUDEV_RULES_PATH=/path/to/udev`.
Note: The udev rule is not installed for by default for PyBOMBS installs as
Note: The udev rule is not installed by default for PyBOMBS installs as
they do not ususally get installed with root privileges.
##Clean CMake temporary files/dirs:
## Clean CMake temporary files/dirs:
```
cd host/build
rm -rf *
```
##How to build host software on Windows:
###Prerequisites for cygwin, mingw, or Visual Studio:
## How to build host software on Windows:
### Prerequisites for Cygwin, MinGW, or Visual Studio:
* cmake-2.8.12.1 or later from http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html
* libusbx-1.0.18 or later from http://sourceforge.net/projects/libusbx/files/latest/download?source=files
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- If you want to use Zadig select HackRF USB device and just install/replace it with WinUSB driver.
>**Note for Windows build:**
You shall always execute hackrf-tools from Windows command shell and not from Cygwin or Mingw shell because on Cygwin/Mingw
You shall always execute hackrf-tools from Windows command shell and not from Cygwin or MinGW shell because on Cygwin/MinGW
Ctrl C is not managed correctly and especially for hackrf_transfer the Ctrl C(abort) will not stop correctly and will corrupt the file.
###For Cygwin:
### For Cygwin:
```
mkdir host/build
cd host/build
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make install
```
###For MinGW:
### For MinGW:
```
mkdir host/build
cd host/build
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make install
```
###For Visual Studio 2015 x64
### For Visual Studio 2015 x64
Create library definition for MSVC to link to
`C:\fftw-3.3.5-dll64> lib /machine:x64 /def:libfftw3f-3.def`
@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ c:\hackrf\host\build> cmake ../ -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" \
-DFFTW_LIBRARIES=C:\fftw-3.3.5-dll64\libfftw3f-3.lib
```
Cmake will produce a solution file named `HackRF.sln` and a series of
CMake will produce a solution file named `HackRF.sln` and a series of
project files which can be built with msbuild as follows:
`c:\hackrf\host\build> msbuild HackRF.sln`
##How to build host the software on FreeBSD
## How to build host the software on FreeBSD
You can use the binary package:
`# pkg install hackrf`