How To Install SoapySDR on Fedora 34

SoapySDR is A Vendor Neutral and Platform Independent SDR Support Library A Vendor Neutral and Platform Independent SDR Support Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install SoapySDR on Fedora 34.

What is `SoapySDR`

SoapySDR is an open-source generalized C/C++ API and runtime library for interfacing with Software-Defined Radio (SDR) devices. SoapySDR 0.7.2 11.fc34 x86_64 151 k SoapySDR-0.7.2-11.fc34.src.rpm fedora A Vendor Neutral and Platform Independent SDR Support Library https Boost SoapySDR is an open-source generalized C/C++ API and runtime library for interfacing with Software-Defined Radio (SDR) devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install SoapySDR on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install SoapySDR.

Install SoapySDR on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install SoapySDR using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install SoapySDR

Install SoapySDR on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install SoapySDR using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install SoapySDR

How To Uninstall SoapySDR on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the SoapySDR package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove SoapySDR

SoapySDR Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/SoapySDRUtil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/fe492d0bbd76909faf3de7f0eef45e8b8c6ea0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/6c33266d188cfe3429f45cb21b02e789addbdb
/usr/lib64/SoapySDR
/usr/lib64/SoapySDR/modules0.7
/usr/lib64/libSoapySDR.so.0.7
/usr/lib64/libSoapySDR.so.0.7.2
/usr/share/doc/SoapySDR
/usr/share/doc/SoapySDR/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/SoapySDR
/usr/share/licenses/SoapySDR/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/SoapySDRUtil.1.gz
/usr/bin/SoapySDRUtil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d
/usr/lib/.build-id/8d/b7af6da646a81fee07348dbd9debfeb74f3449
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/5c81a542db75baf360416418266fdce2f36eb3
/usr/lib/SoapySDR
/usr/lib/SoapySDR/modules0.7
/usr/lib/libSoapySDR.so.0.7
/usr/lib/libSoapySDR.so.0.7.2
/usr/share/doc/SoapySDR
/usr/share/doc/SoapySDR/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/SoapySDR
/usr/share/licenses/SoapySDR/LICENSE_1_0.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/SoapySDRUtil.1.gz

References

[SoapySDR website](https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install SoapySDR on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.