How To Install soapysdr-module-redpitaya on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is soapysdr-module-redpitaya

soapysdr-module-redpitaya is:

The Soapy Red Pitaya project provides a SoapySDR hardware support module. Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software defined radio hardware can make use of the Red Pitaya HF channels to transmit and receive.

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

There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-redpitaya 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-redpitaya 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-redpitaya using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install soapysdr-module-redpitaya Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-redpitaya

Install soapysdr-module-redpitaya 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-redpitaya using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-redpitaya

How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-redpitaya on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-redpitaya

Uninstall soapysdr-module-redpitaya And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove soapysdr-module-redpitaya Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

soapysdr-module-redpitaya have the following dependencies:

• soapysdr0.7-module-redpitaya

References

• soapysdr-module-redpitaya website

Summary

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