How To Install libbladerf1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbladerf1
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libbladerf1
libbladerf1 is:
The nuand bladeRF is an open-source software-defined radio (SDR) system, comprised of an RF transceiver, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a microcontroller driving a USB 3.0 interface, and a suite of host libraries and drivers to facilitate interaction with the device.
This package provides the host library.
There are three methods to install libbladerf1
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbladerf1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbladerf1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbladerf1
Install libbladerf1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbladerf1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbladerf1
Install libbladerf1 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 libbladerf1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbladerf1
How To Uninstall libbladerf1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libbladerf1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbladerf1
Uninstall libbladerf1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbladerf1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbladerf1
Remove libbladerf1 Configurations and Data
To remove libbladerf1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbladerf1
Remove libbladerf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbladerf1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbladerf1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbladerf1
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.