How To Install python3-rtlsdr on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rtlsdr on Kali Linux.
What is python3-rtlsdr
python3-rtlsdr is:
pyrtlsdr is a simple Python interface to devices supported by the RTL-SDR project, which turns certain USB DVB-T dongles employing the Realtek RTL2832U chipset into low-cost, general purpose software-defined radio receivers. It wraps all the functions in the librtlsdr library (including asynchronous read support), and also provides a more Pythonic API.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-rtlsdr on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-rtlsdr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-rtlsdr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-rtlsdrInstall python3-rtlsdr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-rtlsdr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-rtlsdrInstall python3-rtlsdr Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-rtlsdr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-rtlsdrHow To Uninstall python3-rtlsdr on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-rtlsdr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-rtlsdrUninstall python3-rtlsdr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-rtlsdr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-rtlsdrRemove python3-rtlsdr Configurations and Data
To remove python3-rtlsdr configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-rtlsdrRemove python3-rtlsdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-rtlsdr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-rtlsdrDependencies
python3-rtlsdr have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rtlsdr package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
