How To Install uhd-firmware on CentOS 8

uhd-firmware is Firmware files for UHD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-firmware on CentOS 8.

What is `uhd-firmware`

Firmware files for the Universal Hardware driver (UHD).

We can use yum or dnf to install uhd-firmware on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install uhd-firmware.

Install uhd-firmware 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-firmware using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uhd-firmware

Install uhd-firmware 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-firmware using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uhd-firmware

How To Uninstall uhd-firmware on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the uhd-firmware package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove uhd-firmware

uhd-firmware Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/uhd/images
/usr/share/uhd/images/LICENSE
/usr/share/uhd/images/bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/bit/usrp_n200_r3_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/bit/usrp_n200_r4_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/bit/usrp_n210_r3_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/bit/usrp_n210_r4_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/inventory.json
/usr/share/uhd/images/octoclock_bootloader.hex
/usr/share/uhd/images/octoclock_r4_fw.hex
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp1_fpga.rbf
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp1_fpga_4rx.rbf
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp1_fw.ihx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp2_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp2_fw.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b100_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b100_fpga_2rx.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b100_fw.ihx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b200_bl.img
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b200_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b200_fw.hex
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b200mini_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b205mini_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_b210_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga_sg3.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga_sg3.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e310_fpga_sg3.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_1G.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_1G.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_1G.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_1G.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_1G.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_AA.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_AA.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_AA.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_AA.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_AA.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_XG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_XG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_XG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e320_fpga_XG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle_sg3.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle_sg3.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_e3xx_fpga_idle_sg3.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n200_fw.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n200_r2_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n200_r3_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n200_r4_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n210_fw.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n210_r2_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n210_r3_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n210_r4_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n230_fpga.bin
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n230_fpga.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n230_fpga.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_AA.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_AA.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_AA.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_AA.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_AA.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_HG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_HG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_HG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_HG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_HG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_WX.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_WX.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_WX.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_WX.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_WX.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_XG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_XG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_XG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n300_fpga_XG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_AA.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_AA.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_AA.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_AA.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_AA.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_HG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_HG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_HG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_HG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_HG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_WX.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_WX.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_WX.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_WX.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_WX.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_XG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_XG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_XG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n310_fpga_XG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_AQ.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_AQ.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_AQ.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_AQ.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_AQ.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_HG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_HG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_HG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_HG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_HG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_WX.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_WX.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_WX.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_WX.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_WX.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XG.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XG.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XG.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XQ.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XQ.bit.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XQ.dts
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XQ.dts.md5
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_n320_fpga_XQ.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_HG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_HG.lvbitx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_HG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_XG.lvbitx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x300_fpga_XG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_HG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_HG.lvbitx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_HG.rpt
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_XG.bit
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_XG.lvbitx
/usr/share/uhd/images/usrp_x310_fpga_XG.rpt

References

uhd-firmware website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-firmware on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.