How To Install soapysdr-module-lms7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-lms7
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is soapysdr-module-lms7
soapysdr-module-lms7 is:
Lime Suite is a collection of software supporting Lime Microsystems LMS7 RF transceiver based hardware such as the LimeSDR, LMS7002M UNITE board, or the Novena with LMS7 RF board.
This is an ampty dependency package that pulls in the LMS7 support module for the default version of libsoapysdr.
There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-lms7
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-lms7 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-lms7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-module-lms7
Install soapysdr-module-lms7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-lms7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-lms7
Install soapysdr-module-lms7 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-lms7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-lms7
How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-lms7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the soapysdr-module-lms7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-lms7
Uninstall soapysdr-module-lms7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapysdr-module-lms7
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-lms7
Remove soapysdr-module-lms7 Configurations and Data
To remove soapysdr-module-lms7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-module-lms7
Remove soapysdr-module-lms7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-module-lms7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-module-lms7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-lms7
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.