How To Install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
on Debian 11.
What is soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
soapysdr-module-rtlsdr is:
The Soapy RTL-SDR project provides a SoapySDR hardware support module. Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software defined radio hardware can make use of low cost DVB-T/DAB+ USB dongles based on the Realtek RTL2832U chip as receivers.
This is an empty dependency package that pulls in the RTL-SDR module for the default version of libsoapysdr.
There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
on Debian 11. 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-rtlsdr 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-rtlsdr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-rtlsdr on Debian 11
To uninstall only the soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Uninstall soapysdr-module-rtlsdr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Remove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr Configurations and Data
To remove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Remove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Dependencies
soapysdr-module-rtlsdr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.