Are,
Nice you are experimenting and willing to make your changes. That is one of the main reasons to start the radioberry; learning by doing.
Please look into the install script.
when you use this script with some small mods
sudo make install
if [ ! -d "/home/pi/.pihpsdr" ]; then
mkdir /home/pi/.pihpsdr
fi
cp release/pihpsdr/hpsdr.png /home/pi/.pihpsdr
cd ..
rm -rf pihpsdr
in the folder :cd /tmp/pihpsdryou will find the code.
do your changes and us the make command.
Have fun.
73 JohanPA3GSB