How To Install uhd-host on Debian 10

Learn how to install uhd-host on Debian 10 with this tutorial. uhd-host is universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - host apps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-host on Debian 10.

What is uhd-host

uhd-host is:

Host utilities for the Universal Hardware Driver for Ettus Research products.

The supported devices provide analog radio receiver and transmitter hardware along with digital interfaces for getting signals to and from a software defined radio running on the host computer.

This package includes the uhd_find_devices application to locate and configure attached peripherals, the uhd_usrp_probe application to display hardware configuration information and Doxygen generated documentation.

There are three methods to install uhd-host 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 uhd-host Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uhd-host using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uhd-host

Install uhd-host Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uhd-host using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uhd-host

Install uhd-host 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 uhd-host using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uhd-host

How To Uninstall uhd-host on Debian 10

To uninstall only the uhd-host package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uhd-host

Uninstall uhd-host And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uhd-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uhd-host

Remove uhd-host Configurations and Data

To remove uhd-host configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uhd-host

Remove uhd-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uhd-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uhd-host

Dependencies

uhd-host have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-host package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.