How To Install uhd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd on Rocky Linux 8. uhd is Universal Hardware Driver for Ettus Research products

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `uhd`

The UHD is the universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products. The goal of the UHD is to provide a host driver and API for current and future Ettus Research products. It can be used standalone without GNU Radio.

We can use yum or dnf to install uhd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install uhd.

Install uhd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install uhd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install uhd

Install uhd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install uhd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install uhd

How To Uninstall uhd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove uhd

uhd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/security/limits.d/99-usrp.conf
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset
/usr/bin/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance
/usr/bin/uhd_config_info
/usr/bin/uhd_find_devices
/usr/bin/uhd_image_loader
/usr/bin/uhd_images_downloader
/usr/bin/uhd_usrp_probe
/usr/bin/usrp2_card_burner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/a653b691b4c69e5af896ab64260b39e5e6f115
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/511c5ff7816300f78e76f8629fa790f165dbc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/98aa7eb9b9c6a7d9df49865e97bfc7b1213329
/usr/lib/.build-id/51
/usr/lib/.build-id/51/dcf3eaef9cf55cc5b95420fab84133d25ef930
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/ae9d2bbab1e94890fe7c1b125e8994613eff34
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/b8ba3967d9c7700066a3ac110b732c0e49b267
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/19b7d9ea2f1910319de173b17e556c68a8e7ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/773e55ebb5991350e89209577a9f90a0b61e5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/e2c312de358fe84b81fba3782bf023b997b723
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/d9d121aa8eac518b59b006e184790721a142c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/5d688545dd9ee1cd4ecf0e65bbfae223d1c600
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/55c52a1e8b21b7cdb0d182aacd880bbc633725
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/5ce3d37ab4718aaa58d5a5532bae79d3eb4954
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/b381afe4cfb2cb1bd9b2e5da5e3fc19215f41a
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/02b630fcfd0cc68b631ce09d9a8501dad24c99
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/ab685c506dedfbbc855474b4d4f5bee9e4ff8e
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-usrp-uhd.rules
/usr/lib64/libuhd.so.3.15.0
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/filters.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/filters.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/usrp.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/__pycache__/usrp.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/filters.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/libpyuhd.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/types.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/uhd/usrp.py
/usr/libexec/uhd
/usr/libexec/uhd/b2xx_fx3_utils
/usr/libexec/uhd/converter_benchmark
/usr/libexec/uhd/converter_benchmark.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/fx2_init_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/graph.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/responder
/usr/libexec/uhd/latency/run_tests.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/octoclock_burn_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/query_gpsdo_sensors
/usr/libexec/uhd/uhd_images_downloader.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp2_card_burner.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp2_recovery.py
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp_burn_db_eeprom
/usr/libexec/uhd/usrp_burn_mb_eeprom
/usr/share/doc/uhd
/usr/share/doc/uhd/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/uhd/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/octoclock_firmware_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_config_info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_find_devices.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_image_loader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_images_downloader.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uhd_usrp_probe.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp2_card_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp_n2xx_simple_net_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/usrp_x3xx_fpga_burner.1.gz
/usr/share/uhd
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/addsub.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/block.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc_eiscat.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ddc_single.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/debug.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/digital_gain.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/dma_fifo.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/dma_fifo_x4.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/duc.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/duc_single.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fft.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fifo.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fir.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/fosphor.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/keep_one_in_n.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/logpwr.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/moving_avg.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/nullblock.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/ofdmeq.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/packetresizer.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_e31x.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_e320.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_eiscat.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_magnesium.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_rhodium.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/radio_x300.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay_x2.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/replay_x4.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/schmidlcox.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/serialdemod.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/siggen.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/splitstream.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/vector_iir.xml
/usr/share/uhd/rfnoc/blocks/window.xml

References

uhd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uhd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.