Option A: Install URH like a boss

Install prerequisites

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Depending the SDR device you are going to use, you need to install the packages which manage your SDR in linux. For example, for HackRF:

sudo apt install -y hackrf libhackrf0 libhackrf-dev

For BladeRF:

sudo apt install -y libbladerf2 libbladerf-dev bladerf-firmware-fx3

Install the dependencies required by URH:

sudo apt install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel python3-dev build-essential cython3 python3-pyqt5 python3-pyqt5.qtsvg python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine

Create an python virtual environment:

python3 -m venv urhenv
source urhenv/bin/activate

Into the virtual environment, execute the following:

pip install cython setuptools wheel numpy pyrtlsdr pyhackrf pyusb psutil pyqt5

Build URH

Clone the URH Github repo and build the tool with setup.py:

git clone https://github.com/jopohl/urh/
cd urh
python setup.py install
python setup.py build_ext --inplace

Finally, open URH with the command “urh” and go to Edit -> Options. And enable the features for you SDR (in my case for HackRF and BladeRF)

And voalaa!

At the end, if do you want, you could create a Desktop launcher for URH:

With that, you can run URH from the desktop

Option B (Docker) like a fake hacker

Be a looser and just run the URH Docker (https://hub.docker.com/r/jopohl/urh/)

1. Connect your SDR device to your computer
2. Run the following commands:

docker run --rm \
       -e DISPLAY=${DISPLAY} \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       -v $HOME:/root \
       --privileged \
       jopohl/urh