How To Install libuhd-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libuhd-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libuhd-dev is universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuhd-dev on Debian 10.

What is libuhd-dev

libuhd-dev is:

Host library for the Universal Hardware Driver for Ettus Research products.

The supported devices provide analog radio receiver and transmitter hardware along with digital interfaces for getting signals to and from a software defined radio running on the host computer.

This package contains the header files for developing with libuhd. Doxygen generated documentation is in the uhd-host package.

There are three methods to install libuhd-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libuhd-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 libuhd-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libuhd-dev

Install libuhd-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libuhd-dev

Install libuhd-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libuhd-dev

How To Uninstall libuhd-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libuhd-dev

Uninstall libuhd-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libuhd-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libuhd-dev

Remove libuhd-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libuhd-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libuhd-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libuhd-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libuhd-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.