A script to download and install GnuRadio 3.8 on MacOS (works on Catalina)

install_gnuradio.sh

#!/bin/bash
# This script installs gnuradio 3.8
# Assuming homebrew is installed
# TODO: also install other modules (e.g gr-osmocomm)
# 

# Step 1: Install Homebrew packages
echo "Installing necessary packages from Homebrew"

BREW_PACKAGES_LIST=(
	"python" 
	"pkg-config" 
	"boost"
	"swig"
	"cmake"
	"orc"
	"mpir"
	"gmp"
	"cairo"
	"pygobject3"
	"gtk+3"
	"gsl"
	"qt"
	"qwt"
	"zeromq"
	"adwaita-icon-theme"
)

PIP_PACKAGES_LIST=(
	"click"
	"click-plugins"
	"numpy"
	"bokeh"
)

for pkg in ${BREW_PACKAGES_LIST[@]}; do
    brew install $pkg	  
done

# this is installed in order to support zeromq compilation
brew tap dholm/homebrew-sdr
brew update
brew cppzmq 

# Step 2 - pip3 packages install
echo "Installing necessary packages from pip"
echo "Using" $(which pip3)

for pkg in ${PIP_PACKAGES_LIST[@]}; do
    pip3 install $pkg	  
done

# Step 3 - download gnuradio 
GR_URL="https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio.git"
GR_BRANCH="maint-3.8"

git clone $(GR_URL) ~/gnuradio_cloned_rep
cd ~/gnuradio_cloned_rep
git checkout $(GR_BRANCH)

# Step 4 - compile and install
mkdir build && cd build

CMAKE_FLAGS=""
CMAKE_FLAGS+="-DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PREFIX_PATH="/usr/local/;/usr/local/Cellar/;/usr/local/opt/qt;/usr/local/lib""
CMAKE_FLAGS+="-DQT_INCLUDE_DIRS="/usr/local/Cellar/qt/5.13.2/lib/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/Headers"" 
CMAKE_FLGAS+="-DQWT_INCLUDE_DIRS="/usr/local/Cellar/qwt/6.1.4/lib/qwt.framework/Versions/6/Headers""
# This will put gnuradio in ~/bin/ when the script runs make install. You may change it to your preferred location 
CMAKE_FLAGS+="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="~/bin/gnuradio""

cmake .. $(CMAKE_FLAGS)

# this will take time...
make -j2 

make install

echo "Gnuradio install completed! you can now run gnuradio binaries from the installed folder (e.g ~/bin/gnuradio/bin)"
echo "Please make sure your PYTHONPATH points to the dist-packages folder in the gnuradio folder. You can do it tomporarily by adding to the environment variable like this:
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:~/bin/gnuradio/lib/python4.7/dist-packages"
echo "After verifying thet everything is working correctly, you can safely delete ~/gnuradio_cloned_rep"  
echo "Happy wi-cking!"