Compile rtl_433 on Kali LInux

[Roberto Vinciguerra]

This is the output when i try to compile rtl_433 on kali linux:

root@kali:~# cd rtl_433/

root@kali:~/rtl_433# mkdir buid

root@kali:~/rtl_433# cd buid

root@kali:~/rtl_433/buid# cmake ../

-- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.7.2

-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc

-- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/gcc -- works

-- Detecting C compiler ABI info

-- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done

-- Build type not specified: defaulting to release.

-- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.26") 

-- checking for module 'librtlsdr'

--   package 'librtlsdr' not found

-- librtlsdr not found.

CMake Error: The following variables are used in this project, but they are set to NOTFOUND.

Please set them or make sure they are set and tested correctly in the CMake files:

LIBRTLSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS (ADVANCED)

   used as include directory in directory /root/rtl_433

   used as include directory in directory /root/rtl_433/src

   used as include directory in directory /root/rtl_433/src

   used as include directory in directory /root/rtl_433/tests

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!

But rtl_sdr in preinstalled on kali linux, i saw librtlsdr files on usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu.

Anyone had the same problem?

[Iluta V]

I had mine rtl_433 installed with the latest GNU Radio and with PyBombs (Python Build Overlay Managed Bundle System):

https://github.com/gnuradio/recipes/blob/master/rtl_433.lwr

Then you have rtl_433 together with GNU Radio applications and software. :)

It runs on my Ubuntu 15.10 very well, yours should do well also.

I hope it helps!

Sincerely,

Iluta

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[Eric Harris]

I am having this same problem on Kali 2.0. have not found a solution yet. 

[Eric Harris]

I got it to work right after I posted this. I had to delete the 433 dir 

then 

git clone https://github.com/keenerd/rtl-sdr 
cd rtl-sdr 
mkdir build 
cd build 
cmake ../ 
make 
make install 

then i did this to compile rtl_433: 

git clone https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 
cd rtl_433 
mkdir build 
cd build 
cmake ../ 
make 
make install

On Monday, January 18, 2016 at 3:52:39 PM UTC-7, Roberto Vinciguerra wrote:

[Robert Terzi]

IIRC, I wound up doing the same thing, namely building and installing keenerd/rtl-sdr, in order to compile on both Ubuntu and Raspian.

I think in both cases there was a package for the rtl-sdr libs (devel), but they lacked the package config bits for CMake to be able to find the libraries/headers.  Rather then try and  figure it out I just built rtl-sdr from keenerd's repo which did the right thing.    (I also have a vague recollection of getting it built using the osmocom rtl-sdr code at some point after having to play with pkg-config.)

It would help if someone contributed build instructions for the various platforms.

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[NiK NIK]

You should install librtlsdr-dev (tested a minute ago on kali linux 2.0 64 bit).
Anyway the best way to have rtl-sdr libs installed into your system is by compiling yourself:

git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git

cd rtl-sdr

mkdir build

cd build

cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON

make

sudo make install

sudo reboot

The "cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON" command is particularly useful, because it installs particular rules to the system so a normal user can run rtl_433, and also it automatically detachs the "normal" kernel module used by the DVB-T dongle to watch TV.

I doubt that the kali's librtlsdr-dev package has been compiled with those useful options, so if you don't want to compile rtl-sdr by yourself, you will have to disable the "normal" kernel module manually every time you start rtl_433 (or blacklist the kernel module).

[Airhead Bit]

git clone https://github.com/merbanan/rtl_433 

fails with not git command