Brew tap godber/godber brew update # install some dependencies just in case brew install gnuradio brew install rtl-sdr brew install hackrf # install osmosdr and gqrx from my tap brew install gnuradio-osmosdr brew install gqrx brew linkapps gqrx Installing the Homebrew packages above are all I had to do to get both my HackRF and NooElec RTL-SDR working with GQRX on El Capitan. Below is a screenshot of GQRX running with my HackRF. Unfortunately neither GQRX nor Gr-OsmoSDR can be included in Homebrew directly. Since GQRX generates and installs an OS X.app it cannot be included. Install vmware player mac os x. Perhaps it should be made a Cask, but I can’t find an official release of that.app so I will stick with the formula for now.

As for gr-osmosdr, apparently Homebrew audits the packages they include and gr-osmosdr lacks enough GitHub “watches” and “stars”. See this for reference.

Software defined radio for Linux and Mac. Gqrx is a software defined radio receiver powered by GNU Radio and the Qt GUI toolkit. It can process I/Q data from many types of input devices, including Funcube Dongle Pro/Pro+, rtl-sdr, HackRF, and Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) devices.