How To Install soapyremote-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyremote-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is soapyremote-server
soapyremote-server is:
The SoapyRemote project provides a client module and a server that make it possible on the client side to list and access hardware supported by SoapySDR modules on the server as if they were local modules.
This package contains the server.
There are three methods to install soapyremote-server on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install soapyremote-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soapyremote-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapyremote-server
Install soapyremote-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapyremote-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapyremote-server
Install soapyremote-server Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install soapyremote-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapyremote-server
How To Uninstall soapyremote-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the soapyremote-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapyremote-server
Uninstall soapyremote-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapyremote-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapyremote-server
Remove soapyremote-server Configurations and Data
To remove soapyremote-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapyremote-server
Remove soapyremote-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapyremote-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapyremote-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyremote-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
