SoapySDRPlay CMake error on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS about soapysdrplay2 HOT 6 CLOSED

I downloaded the prebuilt SoapySDR packages as described in this URL. https://github.com/pothosware/pothos/wiki/Ubuntu

In that case you just need the development files as well:
sudo apt-get install libsoapysdr-dev

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Primarily, that error means that the SoapySDRPlay cmake files cant find the cmake development files installed by SoapySDR. Can you share the output of make install for SoapySDR? Usually it will install files to: /usr/local/share/cmake/SoapySDR/ by default

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@garytagg This might be related to this issue: pothosware/PothosCore#110 So my other suggestion is to move git cloned directories into a subdirectory (not home). It happens to confuse the build in this case. Sorry about that.

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Thank you for helping. I created a directory /home/gary/SDR and moved SoapySDRPlay under that. I deleted the existing build directory but cmake still gives the same error, so I don't think this is related to #110. There is no cmake directory in /usr/local/share. I downloaded the prebuilt SoapySDR packages as described in this URL. https://github.com/pothosware/pothos/wiki/Ubuntu. The only packages not downloaded were the SDR Hardware packages as my hardware is SDRPlay. Do I need to uninstall the prebuilt packages and build SoapySDR manually?

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issue solved - thank you

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Edit - I somehow skipped initial installation of SoapySDR - https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki/BuildGuide. All working now.

The suggestion above to install the development files solved this same problem for me today. I was following the build instructions here: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRTLSDR/wiki
Installing on an RPI4 w Raspbian.

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