How To Install soapyosmo-common0.7 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyosmo-common0.7 on Kali Linux. soapyosmo-common0.7 is Use gr-osmosdr drivers with SoapySDR (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyosmo-common0.7 on Kali Linux.

What is soapyosmo-common0.7

soapyosmo-common0.7 is:

The SoapyOsmo project provides SoapySDR hardware support modules using drivers in gr-osmosdr. Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software defined radio hardware can make use of OsmoSDR, Mirics SDR, and RFSpace SDR devices.

This package contains common files used by the individual driver modules.

There are three methods to install soapyosmo-common0.7 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install soapyosmo-common0.7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install soapyosmo-common0.7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install soapyosmo-common0.7

Install soapyosmo-common0.7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install soapyosmo-common0.7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install soapyosmo-common0.7

Install soapyosmo-common0.7 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install soapyosmo-common0.7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soapyosmo-common0.7

How To Uninstall soapyosmo-common0.7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the soapyosmo-common0.7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove soapyosmo-common0.7

Uninstall soapyosmo-common0.7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall soapyosmo-common0.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapyosmo-common0.7

Remove soapyosmo-common0.7 Configurations and Data

To remove soapyosmo-common0.7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge soapyosmo-common0.7

Remove soapyosmo-common0.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove soapyosmo-common0.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapyosmo-common0.7

Dependencies

soapyosmo-common0.7 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyosmo-common0.7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.