How To Install usbsoftrock on Fedora 34

usbsoftrock is Command line utility for interfacing with Si570 based SDR kits

Introduction

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

What is usbsoftrock

Simple program which accepts convenient command line options (e.g., frequencies in MHz), speaks the DG8SAQ USB protocol, understands the Si570. It supports advanced firmware (that allows calculation of the registers) and features such as BPF selection and smooth tuning in Fred PE0FKO’s firmware.

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

Install usbsoftrock 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 usbsoftrock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usbsoftrock

Install usbsoftrock 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 usbsoftrock using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbsoftrock

How To Uninstall usbsoftrock on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove usbsoftrock

usbsoftrock Package Contents on Fedora 34

/lib/udev/rules.d/99-usbsoftrock.rules
/usr/bin/usbsoftrock
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/082e0e0c89725f2e279629aee8724b735f14b2
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock/README
/usr/share/doc/usbsoftrock/THANKS

References

Summary

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