How To Install osmo-sdr on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-sdr on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-sdr package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
