How To Install gr-dab on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-dab
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gr-dab
gr-dab is:
Contains necessary DSP blocks for receiving DAB and DAB+ transmissions using a software defined radio such as hackrf, rtl-sdr, USRP etc.
GNURadio Companion modules are also included.
There are three methods to install gr-dab
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gr-dab Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-dab
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gr-dab
Install gr-dab Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-dab
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gr-dab
Install gr-dab 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 gr-dab
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gr-dab
How To Uninstall gr-dab on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gr-dab
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gr-dab
Uninstall gr-dab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gr-dab
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gr-dab
Remove gr-dab Configurations and Data
To remove gr-dab
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gr-dab
Remove gr-dab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gr-dab
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gr-dab
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-dab
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.