How To Install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 is:
This empty package will, at the time of installation, download an appropriate FPGA bitstream for using the Nuand bladeRF in a hosted (USB-controlled) configuration. The FPGA bitstream will be downloaded from http://Nuand.com/fpga/ and saved to /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF.
This bitstream is for the bladeRF x40 with the Altera Cyclone IV EP4CE40 FPGA.
Note that this will not upgrade the bladeRF itself. That can be done with the bladeRF-cli utility.
There are three methods to install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 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 bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
How To Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 Configurations and Data
To remove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedx40
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.