How To Install uhd-tools on CentOS 8

uhd-tools is Tools for working with / debugging USRP device

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.