How To Install uhd on CentOS 8
uhd is Universal Hardware Driver for Ettus Research products
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd on CentOS 8.
What is uhd
The UHD is the universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products. The goal of the UHD is to provide a host driver and API for current and future Ettus Research products. It can be used standalone without GNU Radio.
We can use yum or dnf to install uhd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install uhd.
Install uhd on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install uhd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install uhd
Install uhd on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install uhd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install uhd
How To Uninstall uhd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the uhd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove uhd
uhd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/security/limits.d/99-usrp.conf
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance
/usr/bin/uhd_config_info
/usr/bin/uhd_find_devices
/usr/bin/uhd_image_loader
/usr/bin/uhd_images_downloader
/usr/bin/uhd_usrp_probe
/usr/bin/usrp2_card_burner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/a653b691b4c69e5af896ab64260b39e5e6f115
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/511c5ff7816300f78e76f8629fa790f165dbc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/98aa7eb9b9c6a7d9df49865e97bfc7b1213329
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/dcf3eaef9cf55cc5b95420fab84133d25ef930
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/ae9d2bbab1e94890fe7c1b125e8994613eff34
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/b8ba3967d9c7700066a3ac110b732c0e49b267
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/19b7d9ea2f1910319de173b17e556c68a8e7ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/773e55ebb5991350e89209577a9f90a0b61e5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/e2c312de358fe84b81fba3782bf023b997b723
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/d9d121aa8eac518b59b006e184790721a142c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/5d688545dd9ee1cd4ecf0e65bbfae223d1c600
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/55c52a1e8b21b7cdb0d182aacd880bbc633725
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/5ce3d37ab4718aaa58d5a5532bae79d3eb4954
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/b381afe4cfb2cb1bd9b2e5da5e3fc19215f41a
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/02b630fcfd0cc68b631ce09d9a8501dad24c99
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/ab685c506dedfbbc855474b4d4f5bee9e4ff8e
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-usrp-uhd.rules
/usr/lib64/libuhd.so.3.15.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/filters.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/filters.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/usrp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/usrp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/filters.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/libpyuhd.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/types.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/usrp.py
/usr/libexec/uhd
/usr/libexec/uhd/b2xx_fx3_utils
/usr/libexec/uhd/converter_benchmark
/usr/libexec/uhd/converter_benchmark.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/fx2_init_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/graph.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/responder
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/run_tests.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/octoclock_burn_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/query_gpsdo_sensors
/usr/libexec/uhd/uhd_images_downloader.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp2_card_burner.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp2_recovery.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp_burn_db_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp_burn_mb_eeprom
/usr/share/doc/uhd
/usr/share/doc/uhd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/uhd/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/octoclock_firmware_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_config_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_find_devices.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_image_loader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_images_downloader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_usrp_probe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp2_card_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp_x3xx_fpga_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/uhd
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/addsub.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/block.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc_eiscat.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc_single.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/debug.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/digital_gain.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/dma_fifo.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/dma_fifo_x4.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/duc.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/duc_single.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fft.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fifo.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fir.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fosphor.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/keep_one_in_n.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/logpwr.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/moving_avg.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/nullblock.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ofdmeq.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/packetresizer.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_e31x.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_e320.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_eiscat.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_magnesium.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_rhodium.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_x300.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay_x2.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay_x4.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/schmidlcox.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/serialdemod.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/siggen.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/splitstream.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/vector_iir.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/window.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.