How To Install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kalibrate-rtl in Fedora 36. kalibrate-rtl is GSM based frequency calibration for rtl-sdr

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36.

What is `kalibrate-rtl`

Kalibrate, or kal, can scan for GSM base stations in a given frequency band and can use those GSM base stations to calculate the local oscillator frequency offset.

We can use yum or dnf to install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kalibrate-rtl.

Install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install kalibrate-rtl

Install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kalibrate-rtl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kalibrate-rtl

How To Uninstall kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kalibrate-rtl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kalibrate-rtl

kalibrate-rtl Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/kal-rtl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/b6d915b194296ba341103b9eaa2f35f5742367
/usr/share/doc/kalibrate-rtl
/usr/share/doc/kalibrate-rtl/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/kalibrate-rtl/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/kalibrate-rtl/README

References

kalibrate-rtl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kalibrate-rtl on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).