How To Install librtlsdr0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librtlsdr0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is librtlsdr0
librtlsdr0 is:
rtl-sdr is a software defined radio (SDR) receiver software for certain low-cost DVB-T/DAB(+) USB dongles based on the Realtek RTL2832U chip.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install librtlsdr0
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install librtlsdr0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librtlsdr0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librtlsdr0
Install librtlsdr0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librtlsdr0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librtlsdr0
Install librtlsdr0 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 librtlsdr0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librtlsdr0
How To Uninstall librtlsdr0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the librtlsdr0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librtlsdr0
Uninstall librtlsdr0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librtlsdr0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librtlsdr0
Remove librtlsdr0 Configurations and Data
To remove librtlsdr0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librtlsdr0
Remove librtlsdr0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librtlsdr0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librtlsdr0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librtlsdr0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.