How To Install osmo-sdr on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-sdr on Debian 9. osmo-sdr is Software defined radio support for OsmoSDR hardware (tools)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-sdr on Debian 9.

What is osmo-sdr

osmo-sdr is:

OsmoSDR is a 100% Free Software based small form-factor inexpensive SDR (Software Defined Radio) project.

The hardware part of OsmoSDR 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 a set of command line utilities:

There are three methods to install osmo-sdr on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install osmo-sdr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmo-sdr

Install osmo-sdr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmo-sdr

Install osmo-sdr 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 osmo-sdr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmo-sdr

How To Uninstall osmo-sdr on Debian 9

To uninstall only the osmo-sdr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmo-sdr

Uninstall osmo-sdr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osmo-sdr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-sdr

Remove osmo-sdr Configurations and Data

To remove osmo-sdr configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-sdr

Remove osmo-sdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-sdr

Dependencies

osmo-sdr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-sdr package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.