The following install guide details the steps from a fresh Ubuntu 20.04 install to a fully running GNU Radio + USRP B200 frequency hopping spread spectrum setup needed to capture smart meter data. The guide will be updated/broken out as additional SDR's like the HackRF and RTL-SDR are added.
Install Ubuntu 20.04
There is nothing special about Ubuntu, it was chosen because it works well across different computers and has a familiar interface. Likely these instructions can be used as a rough guide for what is needed with other distro's.
For now, this step is to install a base version of Ubuntu 20.04, mine was a minimal install. After finishing your install ensure you update everything.
sudo apt update
sudo apt upg
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
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