How To Install uhd-tools on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-tools on CentOS 8.
What is uhd-tools
Tools that are useful for working with and/or debugging USRP device.
We can use yum or dnf to install uhd-tools on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install uhd-tools.
Install uhd-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install uhd-tools
Install uhd-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install uhd-tools
How To Uninstall uhd-tools on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the uhd-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove uhd-tools
uhd-tools Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/chdr_log
/usr/bin/usrp_x3xx_fpga_jtag_programmer.sh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/d91e1d3f541318aceba840c6f138cd1b26a554
/usr/share/doc/uhd-tools
/usr/share/doc/uhd-tools/README.md
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-tools on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.