Download and unzip (using 7-zip) this microSD image:
Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.06.20.img.xz. Then copy this unzipped image using Win32 Disk Imager to a microSD card.
2. Insert the microSD card to your BBB and power it on.
3. After you are logged in, open a terminal, then disable X Windows autostart using the command:
systemctl disable gdm
4. Reboot:
/sbin/shutdown -r now
5. At the console, login as root, then calibrate the touchscreen
ts_calibrate
6. Install these Angstrom packages:
opkg update
opkg install qt4-embedded --force-depends
opkg install libqtsvge-dev --force-depends
opkg install libqtguie-dev --force-depends
opkg install qt4-embedded-dev --force-depends
7. Set the following environment variables:
export OE_QMAKE_CXX=/usr/bin/gcc
export OE_QMAKE_CXX=/usr/bin/g++
export OE_QMAKE_LINK=/usr/bin/gcc
export OE_QMAKE_INCDIR_QT=/usr/include/qtopia
export OE_QMAKE_MOC=/usr/bin/moc
8.Download, compile and install QWT:
wget
http://jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/project/qwt/qwt/6.1.0/qwt-6.1.0.tar.bz2 tar -xjvf qwt-6.1.0.tar.bz2
cd qwt-6.1.0
Edit qwtconfig.pri, remove QwtOpenGL, QwtDesigner
Edit ./src/src.pro, change TARGET to:
TARGET = $$qwtLibraryTarget(qwt$$QT_LIBINFIX)
Continue with the compilation process:
qmake
make
make install
9.Download, compile and install RTL-SDR library:
cd
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
cd rtl-sdr
autoreconf -i
./configure --enable-driver-detach
make
make install
make install-udev-rules
10. Edit /etc/profile, add the line:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/usr/local/qwt-6.1.0/lib
11. Edit /etc/profile.d/qte.sh, if using touchscreen add the line:
export QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=LinuxInput:/dev/input/touchscreen0
or if using a mouse, add the line:
export QWS_MOUSE_PROTO=MouseMan:/dev/psaux
Logout, then log back in again.
12. Download and run ViewRF software
cd
git clone git://github.com/stephenong/ViewRF.git
cd ViewRF
13. To run the pre-built binary (don’t run the git checkout command if you are building from source)
git checkout 9b4d425331
./ViewRF -qws
