How To Install soapyosmo-common0.6 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyosmo-common0.6 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is soapyosmo-common0.6
soapyosmo-common0.6 is:
The SoapyOsmo project provides SoapySDR hardware support modules using drivers in gr-osmosdr. Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software defined radio hardware can make use of OsmoSDR, Mirics SDR, and RFSpace SDR devices.
This package contains common files used by the individual driver modules.
There are three methods to install soapyosmo-common0.6 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 soapyosmo-common0.6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soapyosmo-common0.6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapyosmo-common0.6
Install soapyosmo-common0.6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapyosmo-common0.6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapyosmo-common0.6
Install soapyosmo-common0.6 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 soapyosmo-common0.6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapyosmo-common0.6
How To Uninstall soapyosmo-common0.6 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the soapyosmo-common0.6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapyosmo-common0.6
Uninstall soapyosmo-common0.6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapyosmo-common0.6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapyosmo-common0.6
Remove soapyosmo-common0.6 Configurations and Data
To remove soapyosmo-common0.6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapyosmo-common0.6
Remove soapyosmo-common0.6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapyosmo-common0.6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapyosmo-common0.6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapyosmo-common0.6 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
