How to Install and Uninstall rtl-sdr Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "rtl-sdr" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rtl-sdr on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rtl-sdr
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rtl-sdr" package

Learn how to uninstall rtl-sdr on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rtl-sdr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rtl-sdr package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: rtl-sdr
Version: 0.6-1
Installed-Size: 228
Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Architecture: amd64
Depends: librtlsdr0 (= 0.6-1), libc6 (>= 2.15), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8)
Description: Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools)
Description-md5: e83ebc54466f1df73b3c0ad5540e4f0d
Homepage: http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rtl-sdr/rtl-sdr_0.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 56200
MD5sum: f1aeb5ce6bef9097df58f84df3885bb4
SHA256: b6dfc23a4a813899d4776cf21816f397b792c2232d4d6b5380a3d3c5cc5af862