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Install rtl-sdr on Raspian on Raspberry Pi
jamesmead@floehopper.local:~$ sudo dd bs=1m if=/Users/jamesmead/Downloads/2015-02-16-raspbian-wheezy.img of=/dev/disk2
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo raspi-config
# Choose option 1 to "Expand Filesystem" - Ensures that all of the SD card storage is available to the OS
# Choose Finish & reboot

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get update
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get upgrade
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cat <<EOF >no-rtl.conf
blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu
blacklist rtl2832
blacklist rtl2830
EOF
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo mv no-rtl.conf /etc/modprobe.d/

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install git-core
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install git
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install cmake
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install build-essential

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd rtl-sdr/
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr $ mkdir build
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr $ cd build
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr/build $ cmake ../ -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr/build $ make
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr/build $ sudo make install
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr/build $ sudo ldconfig
pi@raspberrypi ~/rtl-sdr/build $ cd ~
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo cp ./rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo reboot

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ rtl_test
Found 1 device(s):
  0:  Generic, RTL2832U, SN: 77771111153705700

Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U
Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner
Supported gain values (29): 0.0 0.9 1.4 2.7 3.7 7.7 8.7 12.5 14.4 15.7 16.6 19.7 20.7 22.9 25.4 28.0 29.7 32.8 33.8 36.4 37.2 38.6 40.2 42.1 43.4 43.9 44.5 48.0 49.6
Sampling at 2048000 S/s.

Info: This tool will continuously read from the device, and report if
samples get lost. If you observe no further output, everything is fine.

Reading samples in async mode...

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install libasound-dev
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ sudo apt-get install libpulse-dev

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ wget  http://www.aishub.net/downloads/aisdecoder-1.0.0.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ tar zxvf aisdecoder-1.0.0.tar.gz
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd aisdecoder-1.0.0/
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0 $ mkdir build
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0 $ cd build/
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0/build $ cmake ../ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0/build $ make
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0/build $ sudo cp aisdecoder /usr/local/bin
pi@raspberrypi ~/aisdecoder-1.0.0/build $ cd ~
pi@raspberrypi ~ $

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