How To Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 is:
This empty package will, at the time of installation, download an appropriate FPGA bitstream for using the Nuand bladeRF in a hosted (USB-controlled) configuration. The FPGA bitstream will be downloaded from https://nuand.com/fpga/ and saved to /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF.
This bitstream is for the bladeRF 2.0 Micro xA4 with the Altera Cyclone V 5CEBA4 FPGA.
Note that this will not upgrade the bladeRF itself. That can be done with the bladeRF-cli utility.
There are three methods to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
How To Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 Configurations and Data
To remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.