Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Custom Blocks not being found

[Martin Braun]

On 02/25/2016 01:19 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
> When I start grc from terminal, it lists
> /usr/local/share/gnurado/grc/blocks as one of the block paths,
> ~/.grc_gnuradio being the other. This leads me to believe it knows to
> look there. The gnuradio config.conf file also lists this as the global
> blocks path.

The most common thing to cause this then is invalid XML.

M

> I'm not at the laptop giving me issues right now, but since the issue
> does not appear to be obvious to you, I'll double check everything once
> more to make sure I'm not wasting your time.
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:09 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden
> <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
> 
>     Are you sure GRC is looking for the files in
>     /usr/local/share/gnurado/grc/blocks, and not elsewhere (e.g.
>     /usr/share/gnurado/grc/blocks) ?
> 
>     M
> 
> 
>     On 02/25/2016 01:03 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     > Oh yes that's what I was trying to explain. This is an OOT module, with
>     > a properly configured .xml file that I gave a category. This xml file
>     > was installed to the gnuradio blocks tree directory as described in my
>     > first email. I checked and it is there
>     > (/usr/local/share/gnurado/grc/blocks). However, I do not see the
>     > category or the block in the grc library list. The OOT is only
>     > recognized when I use the export GRC_BLOCKS_PATH variable to point to my
>     > OOT folder. This causes other xml related errors to occur everytime I
>     > start grc, but I ignore them becaues it's the only way I can use the OOT
>     > blocks at the moment.
>     >
>     > Rich
>     >
>     > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>
>     > <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     The block tree is the data structure that holds the blocks and what 
> GRC
>     >     uses to sort them on the right-hand panel. Is this an OOT? Then you
>     >     typically put them into the block tree by having a <category> tag in
>     >     your XML.
>     >     The other option is a block tree file, which is what the in-tree
>     >     components use. You can use the block tree files in OOTs, too.
>     >
>     >     Then make sure you run gnuradio-companion in a terminal. It'll 
> print out
>     >     warning if it can't find stuff.
>     >
>     >     M
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >     On 02/25/2016 12:37 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     >     > I think I'm misunderstanding you. I thought you were just asking 
> me if I
>     >     > could find the blocks in the grc library, either manually or using
>     >     > Ctrl-F. That I cannot do.
>     >     >
>     >     > If they are not there, I don't know how to manually place them in 
> the
>     >     > block tree, as it seems your saying I should do. How do I add 
> them to
>     >     > the block tree as you say?
>     >     >
>     >     > Thanks,
>     >     > Rich
>     >     >
>     >     > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden>
>     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
>     >     > <mailto:address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden> <mailto:address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>>>> wrote:
>     >     >
>     >     >     So if you put them in the block tree, do they show up?
>     >     >
>     >     >     M
>     >     >
>     >     >     On 02/25/2016 12:19 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     >     >     > No they are not in the block tree.
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > Rich
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Martin Braun
>     <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>
>     >     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>
>     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>
>     >     >     > <mailto:address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>
>     >     <mailto:address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>> <mailto:address@hidden
>     <mailto:address@hidden>
>     >     <mailto:address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>>>>>
>     >     >     wrote:
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     Are the blocks in the block tree? Can you see them
>     by doing
>     >     >     Ctrl-F +
>     >     >     >     search?
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     M
>     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     On 02/25/2016 11:40 AM, Richard Bell wrote:
>     >     >     >     > I've noticed lately that I can't just compile and
>     >     install custom
>     >     >     >     blocks
>     >     >     >     > and have them show up in grc. I've had to add a
>     >     GRC_BLOCKS_PATH
>     >     >     >     > environment variable that points to the location
>     of my
>     >     >     custom blocks
>     >     >     >     > folder to make them discoverable.
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > Isn't the sudo make install process supposed to
>     copy the
>     >     >     required
>     >     >     >     files
>     >     >     >     > to known places that gnuradio can find them so I
>     don't
>     >     have
>     >     >     to worry
>     >     >     >     > about this? For example, I do see the custom blocks
>     >     .xmls in the
>     >     >     >     > /usr/local/share/gnurado/grc/blocks directory after
>     >     installing.
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > To make sure I'm not being silly and forgetting
>     something,
>     >     >     here is my
>     >     >     >     > process:
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > 1) Create a new block in a random directory with
>     >     gr_modtool
>     >     >     and get
>     >     >     >     > ready to compile and install
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > 2) Create a build directory and do the following
>     from
>     >     within
>     >     >     build:
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > cmake ..
>     >     >     >     > sudo make install
>     >     >     >     > sudo ldconfig
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > 3) Re-open grc and see your new blocks in the
>     library
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > Is this a bug or am I overlooking something?
>     Could it be
>     >     >     related to
>     >     >     >     > using the new pybombs?
>     >     >     >     >
>     >     >     >     > Rich
>     >     >     >     >
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