How To Install uhd-host on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-host on Kali Linux.
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 Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install uhd-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uhd-hostInstall uhd-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install uhd-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uhd-hostInstall uhd-host Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install uhd-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uhd-hostHow To Uninstall uhd-host on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the uhd-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uhd-hostUninstall uhd-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uhd-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uhd-hostRemove uhd-host Configurations and Data
To remove uhd-host configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uhd-hostRemove 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-hostDependencies
uhd-host have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd-host package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.