Getting RTL SDR and dump1090 running on OSX El Capitan

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# RTL SDR & Dump1090 installation for OSX El Capitan
# ================================================================================================= 
# This is written as a guide for those wanting to install RTL SDR and Dump1090 for OSX El Capitan
# It may work on other versions of OSX
# I am using a R820T from Jetvision.de
# http://bit.ly/1QynTts - without antenna
# http://bit.ly/1O60IUV - with small indoor antenna
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# To follow this guide you will need to use the Terminal app
# You will need Homebrew, a package manager for OSX.
# Follow the installation instructions for it here: http://brew.sh/

# In terminal run the following commands

brew install cmake
brew install libusb
brew install pkgconfig
brew install sox
cd ~/ # or another suitable place you'd like to keep the repos
git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
cd rtl-sdr/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ../
make
sudo make install

rtl_test -t

# You should see the following output if you're using the same USB device I am from Jetvision.de
# Found 1 device(s):
#   0:  Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001
# 
# Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM
# Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
# Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7 16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1 43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6 
# [R82XX] PLL not locked!
# Sampling at 2048000 S/s.
# No E4000 tuner found, aborting.


# OK that basically means it's working :D
# Now let's install Dump1090 so we can see the data

cd ~/ # or another suitable place you'd like to keep the repos
git clone [email protected]:antirez/dump1090.git
make LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib

# it will compile the executable
# Then you can run

./dump1090 --interactive

# You'll see the output like this

Hex    Flight   Altitude  Speed   Lat       Lon       Track  Messages Seen .  
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4cab05 EIN03X   34000     413     53.415    -1.716    316   42        1 sec
400fba          24000     0       0.000     0.000     0     45        1 sec
4ca4e6 RYR5MH   7250      291     53.598    -2.309    95    268       0 sec
405a48 SHT86U   36325     385     53.369    -1.963    301   298       0 sec
40650b          37000     0       0.000     0.000     0     170       0 sec
405b6a EZY41JL  36000     432     53.642    -1.431    330   231       1 sec
4054a7 TOM31H   3975      178     53.471    -2.019    266   555       0 sec
4008fb          26000     0       0.000     0.000     0     25        1 sec
8961b9 ETD22    12800     337     53.431    -1.904    108   1673      0 sec
4ca61f RYR1HA   34000     347     53.292    -2.272    292   1212      1 sec
405d13 EZY12EG  38975     403     53.130    -2.026    156   1596      0 sec
400c5d          19900     0       0.000     0.000     0     1730      0 sec

Forked into https://gist.github.com/lambercy/065aba1ed81ffa1758fee359ce0c1b5c to add the library path to make - feel free to take this over.
Thanks for this gist.

Thanks for the update, i'll drop it in mine so people don't miss it.

You’re welcome. Let me know when done, so I’ll remove my gist. Merry Christmas from Frankfurt, Germany

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OSX home-brew lib needed to make it working on Menterey, apple M1 is:

make LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/homebrew/Cellar/libusb/1.0.24/lib

Home-brew installs itself in /opt
I did get this working on a apple m1.