How To Install soapysdr-module-rfspace on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-rfspace
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is soapysdr-module-rfspace
soapysdr-module-rfspace 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 is an empty dependency package that pulls in the RFSpace module for the default version of libsoapysdr.
There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-rfspace
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-rfspace 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-rfspace
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-module-rfspace
Install soapysdr-module-rfspace Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-rfspace
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-rfspace
Install soapysdr-module-rfspace 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-rfspace
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-rfspace
How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-rfspace on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the soapysdr-module-rfspace
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-rfspace
Uninstall soapysdr-module-rfspace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapysdr-module-rfspace
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr-module-rfspace
Remove soapysdr-module-rfspace Configurations and Data
To remove soapysdr-module-rfspace
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-module-rfspace
Remove soapysdr-module-rfspace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-module-rfspace
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-module-rfspace
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-rfspace
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.