# if you haven't installed gnuradio and uhd, install them
./build_gnuradio
# make the beacon receiver program
make

# required ubuntu packages
apt-get install sendmail openntpd r-recommended python-pip

#required r-packages
sudo R CMD INSTALL stuffr physconstr beaconr sendmailR

#required python packages
easy_install pyephem

# Celestrak is the #1 place to go for satellite ephemerides. However, the DMSP F15 epheremis is classified, but it is possible to obtain this from Mike McCants's classfd.tle file. 
http://www.prismnet.com/~mmccants/tles/

# beacon user requires admin priviliges and preferably this on the /etc/sudoers file
%admin ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL