How To Install hackrf-firmware on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hackrf-firmware on Debian 12.
What is hackrf-firmware
hackrf-firmware is:
The HackRF hardware needs some firmware to run. The firmware is built with arm-none-eabi-gcc. This package contains a number of firmware images that may be programmed into the HackRF hardware using the ‘hackrf_spiflash -w’ command or dfu-util.
The following hardware is supported:
- hackrf_jawbreaker
- hackrf_one
- hackrf_rad1o
The firmware images are installed in /usr/share/hackrf/firmware/
There are three methods to install hackrf-firmware on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hackrf-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hackrf-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hackrf-firmware
Install hackrf-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hackrf-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hackrf-firmware
Install hackrf-firmware 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 hackrf-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hackrf-firmware
How To Uninstall hackrf-firmware on Debian 12
To uninstall only the hackrf-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hackrf-firmware
Uninstall hackrf-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hackrf-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hackrf-firmware
Remove hackrf-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove hackrf-firmware configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hackrf-firmware
Remove hackrf-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hackrf-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hackrf-firmware
Dependencies
hackrf-firmware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hackrf-firmware package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
