How To Install soapysdr-module-airspy on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-airspy on Kali Linux.

What is soapysdr-module-airspy

soapysdr-module-airspy is:

The Soapy Airspy project provides a SoapySDR hardware support module. Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software defined radio hardware can make use of Airspy receivers.

This is an empty dependency package that pulls in the Airspy module for the default version of libsoapysdr.

There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-airspy 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 soapysdr-module-airspy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-airspy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-module-airspy

Install soapysdr-module-airspy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-airspy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-airspy

Install soapysdr-module-airspy 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-airspy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-airspy

How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-airspy on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the soapysdr-module-airspy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-airspy

Uninstall soapysdr-module-airspy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall soapysdr-module-airspy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr-module-airspy

Remove soapysdr-module-airspy Configurations and Data

To remove soapysdr-module-airspy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-module-airspy

Remove soapysdr-module-airspy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-module-airspy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-module-airspy

Dependencies

soapysdr-module-airspy have the following dependencies:

• soapysdr0.7-module-airspy

References

• soapysdr-module-airspy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-airspy package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.