How To Install gr-iqbal on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-iqbal on Debian 11.
What is gr-iqbal
gr-iqbal is:
The general idea is to suppress symmetrical images caused by IQ imbalance in the RX path of quadrature receivers. It’s composed of two subblocks:
“IQ Bal Fix”: This applies the actual correction. to a complex stream. The correction parameters are only magnitude/phase and the actual correction algo is the same as applied in hardware in the USRP. You can either specify the correction parameters manually on the block, or send them via ‘messages’.
“IQ Bal Optimize”: This blocks tries to blindly detect the imbalance by minimizing the correlation between the left and right part of the spectrum. See the code for the “how it does it”. The general idea is inspired from papers found on the internet and the way some SDR software achieve the same things (sdr# for eg, although there are significant differences in the actual implementation).
There are three methods to install gr-iqbal on Debian 11. 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-iqbal 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-iqbal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gr-iqbal
Install gr-iqbal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-iqbal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gr-iqbal
Install gr-iqbal 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gr-iqbal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gr-iqbal
How To Uninstall gr-iqbal on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gr-iqbal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gr-iqbal
Uninstall gr-iqbal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gr-iqbal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gr-iqbal
Remove gr-iqbal Configurations and Data
To remove gr-iqbal configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gr-iqbal
Remove gr-iqbal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gr-iqbal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gr-iqbal
Dependencies
gr-iqbal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gr-iqbal package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.