How To Install soapysdr-module-airspy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-airspy on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 soapysdr-module-airspy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-airspy
How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-airspy on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-airspy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
