How To Install libmirisdr0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirisdr0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmirisdr0 is Software defined radio support for Mirics hardware (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirisdr0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmirisdr0

libmirisdr0 is:

Software for the Mirics MSi2500 + MSi001 SDR platform

The hardware part of MiriSDR brings information from an antenna connector to a USB plug.

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 libmirisdr0 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 libmirisdr0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmirisdr0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmirisdr0

Install libmirisdr0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmirisdr0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmirisdr0

Install libmirisdr0 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 libmirisdr0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmirisdr0

How To Uninstall libmirisdr0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmirisdr0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmirisdr0

Uninstall libmirisdr0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmirisdr0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmirisdr0

Remove libmirisdr0 Configurations and Data

To remove libmirisdr0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmirisdr0

Remove libmirisdr0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmirisdr0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmirisdr0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmirisdr0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.