How To Install xtrx-dkms on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtrx-dkms
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is xtrx-dkms
xtrx-dkms is:
XTRX is the smallest easily embeddable software-defined radio (SDR). It is both affordable and high-performance. XTRX is designed to enable the next generation of wireless solutions, from prototype to production.
This package contains the source for the XTRX kernel module.
There are three methods to install xtrx-dkms
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xtrx-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xtrx-dkms
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xtrx-dkms
Install xtrx-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xtrx-dkms
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xtrx-dkms
Install xtrx-dkms 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 xtrx-dkms
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xtrx-dkms
How To Uninstall xtrx-dkms on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the xtrx-dkms
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xtrx-dkms
Uninstall xtrx-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xtrx-dkms
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xtrx-dkms
Remove xtrx-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove xtrx-dkms
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xtrx-dkms
Remove xtrx-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xtrx-dkms
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xtrx-dkms
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xtrx-dkms
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.