How To Install gr-hpsdr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-hpsdr on Kali Linux. gr-hpsdr is gnuradio interface module for OpenHPSDR protocol 1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-hpsdr on Kali Linux.

What is gr-hpsdr

gr-hpsdr is:

Hardware supported includes OpenHPSDR Hermes / Metis and Red Pitaya using the OpenHpsdr protocol.

hermesNB sources decimated downconverted 48K-to-384K receiver complex stream(s), and sinks one 48k sample rate transmit complex stream.

hermesWB sources raw ADC samples as a vector of floats, with vlen=16384. Each individual vector contains time contiguous samples. However there are large time gaps between vectors. This is how HPSDR produces raw samples, it is due to Ethernet interface rate limitations between HPSDR and the host computer.

The modules are compatible with version 3.7 of gnuradio and versions of Hermes firmware 1.8 through at 3.2. (known as OpenHPSDR protocol 1). It is not compatible with the new OpenHPSDR protocol 2.

This package contains the header files and grc block definitions.

There are three methods to install gr-hpsdr on Kali Linux. 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-hpsdr 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-hpsdr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gr-hpsdr

Install gr-hpsdr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gr-hpsdr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gr-hpsdr

Install gr-hpsdr Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gr-hpsdr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gr-hpsdr

How To Uninstall gr-hpsdr on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gr-hpsdr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gr-hpsdr

Uninstall gr-hpsdr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gr-hpsdr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gr-hpsdr

Remove gr-hpsdr Configurations and Data

To remove gr-hpsdr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gr-hpsdr

Remove gr-hpsdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gr-hpsdr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gr-hpsdr

Dependencies

gr-hpsdr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-hpsdr package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.