How To Install libfreesrp0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreesrp0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfreesrp0
libfreesrp0 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 the shared library.
There are three methods to install libfreesrp0 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 libfreesrp0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreesrp0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreesrp0
Install libfreesrp0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreesrp0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreesrp0
Install libfreesrp0 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 libfreesrp0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreesrp0
How To Uninstall libfreesrp0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfreesrp0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreesrp0
Uninstall libfreesrp0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreesrp0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreesrp0
Remove libfreesrp0 Configurations and Data
To remove libfreesrp0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreesrp0
Remove libfreesrp0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreesrp0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreesrp0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreesrp0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
