How To Install soapy-rtlsdr on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapy-rtlsdr in Fedora 36. soapy-rtlsdr is SoapySDR module for RTL-SDR hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapy-rtlsdr on Fedora 36.

What is `soapy-rtlsdr`

SoapyRTLSDR is a plug-in module for SoapySDR adding support for RTL-SDR hardware.

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

Install soapy-rtlsdr 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 soapy-rtlsdr using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soapy-rtlsdr

Install soapy-rtlsdr 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 soapy-rtlsdr using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soapy-rtlsdr

How To Uninstall soapy-rtlsdr on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the soapy-rtlsdr package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove soapy-rtlsdr

soapy-rtlsdr Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/fa8ecc779b87188e185489256922b6ca11dca2
/usr/lib64/SoapySDR/modules0.8/librtlsdrSupport.so
/usr/share/licenses/soapy-rtlsdr
/usr/share/licenses/soapy-rtlsdr/LICENSE.txt

References

soapy-rtlsdr website

Summary

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