How To Install soapysdr-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-tools
on Debian 10.
What is soapysdr-tools
soapysdr-tools is:
SoapySDR is a library providing a common interface to SDR (software defined radio) hardware. Support for different hardware is added through external modules.
This package contains the SoapySDRUtil command line utility which can list available modules and hardware.
There are three methods to install soapysdr-tools
on Debian 10. 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-tools 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-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-tools
Install soapysdr-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapysdr-tools
Install soapysdr-tools 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-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-tools
How To Uninstall soapysdr-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the soapysdr-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-tools
Uninstall soapysdr-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapysdr-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr-tools
Remove soapysdr-tools Configurations and Data
To remove soapysdr-tools
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-tools
Remove soapysdr-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-tools
Dependencies
soapysdr-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-tools
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.