How To Install libfreesrp-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreesrp-dev on Kali Linux. libfreesrp-dev is Software defined radio support for FreeSRP hardware (development files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreesrp-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libfreesrp-dev

libfreesrp-dev is:

The FreeSRP has a tuning range from 70 MHz to 6 GHz, uses a 12-bit ADC with a sampling rate of up to 61.44 MSPS, and has a maximum analog filter bandwidth of 56 MHz. It is a full-duplex radio (can transmit & receive at the same time). The main chip in the unit is the fairly expensive (~$150 USD) AD9364 integrated RF transceiver chip and it also comes with a Xilinx Artix 7 FPGA. Furthermore the hardware and code is entirely open source.

This package is the software that provides control of the USB hardware and an API to pass data to software defined radio applications on the host.

This package contains development files along with a set of command line utilities.

There are three methods to install libfreesrp-dev 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 libfreesrp-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreesrp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreesrp-dev

Install libfreesrp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfreesrp-dev

Install libfreesrp-dev 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 libfreesrp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfreesrp-dev

How To Uninstall libfreesrp-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libfreesrp-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfreesrp-dev

Uninstall libfreesrp-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreesrp-dev

Remove libfreesrp-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreesrp-dev

Remove libfreesrp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreesrp-dev

Dependencies

libfreesrp-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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