How To Install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr 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 package contains the OsmoSDR hardware support module.
There are three methods to install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
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 soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
Install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
Install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr 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 soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
How To Uninstall soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
Uninstall soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
Remove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr Configurations and Data
To remove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
Remove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr0.7-module-osmosdr
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.