# Error Building OsmoTRX for LimeSDR from source

**URL:** <https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839>\
**Category:** LimeSDR\
**Created:** [12 December 2018 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839 "2018-12-12T18:16:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![limda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@limda](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/limda)\
**Post date:** [12 December 2018 18:16 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/1 "2018-12-12T18:16:35Z")

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following @andrewback suggestion to compile/build from source.

running Ubuntu 18.04 on a vm.  
following this link [Making sure you're not a bot!](https://osmocom.org/projects/osmotrx/wiki/LimeSDR_Build_From_Source)

(other errors/warning happen when installing , missing dependencies and repos.  
to be able to follow the first 2 stage u need sudo apt install autoconf-archive pkg-config libboost-all-dev libfftw3-dev libtalloc-dev libusrp-dev libpcsclite-dev libgnutls28-dev libgnutls-dev )

error comes when trying to follow  
stage

### Build osmo-trx-lms

make -j5

> sdr@ubuntu:~/osmo-trx$ make -j5  
> make all-recursive  
> make[1]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx’  
> Making all in doc  
> make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc’  
> Making all in examples  
> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc/examples’  
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc/examples’  
> Making all in manuals  
> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc/manuals’  
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc/manuals’  
> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc’  
> make[3]: Nothing to be done for ‘all-am’.  
> make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc’  
> make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/doc’  
> Making all in CommonLibs  
> make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/CommonLibs’  
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/CommonLibs’  
> Making all in GSM  
> make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/GSM’  
> make[2]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/GSM’  
> Making all in Transceiver52M  
> make[2]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M’  
> Making all in arch  
> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch’  
> Making all in common  
> make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch/common’  
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch/common’  
> Making all in x86  
> make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch/x86’  
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for ‘all’.  
> make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch/x86’  
> make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch’  
> make[4]: Nothing to be done for ‘all-am’.  
> make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch’  
> make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/arch’  
> Making all in device  
> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/device’  
> Making all in lms  
> make[4]: Entering directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/device/lms’  
> CXX LMSDevice.lo  
> LMSDevice.cpp: In member function ‘virtual int LMSDevice::open(const string&, int, bool)’:  
> LMSDevice.cpp:160:41: error: too few arguments to function ‘int LMS\_VCTCXORead(lms\_device\_t\*, uint16\_t\*, bool)’  
> if (LMS\_VCTCXORead(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val) \< 0)  
> ^  
> In file included from LMSDevice.h:29:0,  
> from LMSDevice.cpp:23:  
> /usr/local/include/lime/LimeSuite.h:993:26: note: declared here  
> API\_EXPORT int CALL\_CONV LMS\_VCTCXORead(lms\_device\_t \* dev, uint16\_t _val, bool memory);  
> ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
> LMSDevice.cpp:163:41: error: too few arguments to function ‘int LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(lms\_device\_t_, uint16\_t, bool)’  
> if (LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(m\_lms\_dev, dac\_val) \< 0)  
> ^  
> In file included from LMSDevice.h:29:0,  
> from LMSDevice.cpp:23:  
> /usr/local/include/lime/LimeSuite.h:982:26: note: declared here  
> API\_EXPORT int CALL\_CONV LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(lms\_device\_t \* dev, uint16\_t val, bool memoty);  
> ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
> Makefile:449: recipe for target ‘LMSDevice.lo’ failed  
> make[4]: \*\*\* [LMSDevice.lo] Error 1  
> make[4]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/device/lms’  
> Makefile:432: recipe for target ‘all-recursive’ failed  
> make[3]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1  
> make[3]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/device’  
> Makefile:833: recipe for target ‘all-recursive’ failed  
> make[2]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1  
> make[2]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx/Transceiver52M’  
> Makefile:516: recipe for target ‘all-recursive’ failed  
> make[1]: \*\*\* [all-recursive] Error 1  
> make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/sdr/osmo-trx’  
> Makefile:447: recipe for target ‘all’ failed  
> make: \*\*\* [all] Error 2

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**Author:** ![IgnasJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/278dde/32.png) [@IgnasJ](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/IgnasJ)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2018 07:32 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/2 "2018-12-13T07:32:16Z")

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Additional parameter has been added to LMS\_VCTCXORead(), LMS\_VCTCXOWrite() functions for saving value to non-volatile storage. So either dont’t use the latest LimeSuite master(e.g. use stable branch or release v18.10.0 tag) or modify osmo-trx/Transceiver52M/device/lms/LMSDevice.cpp:  
replace :

> if (LMS\_VCTCXORead(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val) \<0)  
> with:  
> if (LMS\_VCTCXORead(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val, false) \<0)

and

> if (LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val) \< 0)  
> with:  
> if (LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val, false) \< 0)

Edit: fixed LMS\_VCTCXORead instead of LMS\_VCTCXOWrite

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**Author:** ![limda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@limda](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/limda)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2018 09:30 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/3 "2018-12-13T09:30:07Z")

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the latest " release " (v4.0) does not recognize --with-lms

and u meant

> if (LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val) \< 0)  
> with:  
> if (LMS\_VCTCXOWrite(m\_lms\_dev, &dac\_val, false) \< 0)

😃  
thanks that worked !

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**Author:** ![pespin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@pespin](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/pespin)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2018 10:46 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/4 "2018-12-13T10:46:31Z")

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Hi,

I created a ticket upstream in osmo-trx: [https://osmocom.org/issues/3729](https://osmocom.org/issues/3729)

I’ll work on it sooon so both \>18.10 and \<=18.10 are supported (API change detected through autotools).

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**Author:** ![limda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/47e85d/32.png) [@limda](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/limda)\
**Post date:** [13 December 2018 13:15 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/5 "2018-12-13T13:15:51Z")

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good job .

i were looking to report that issue , but they had no place in github to do that …

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**Author:** ![pespin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@pespin](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/u/pespin)\
**Post date:** [14 December 2018 15:22 UTC](https://discourse.myriadrf.org/t/error-building-osmotrx-for-limesdr-from-source/3839/6 "2018-12-14T15:22:48Z")

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Hi,

fixed in osmo-trx 03b11620d9314465f8482ff234b78441496111a0 (current master).