How to Install and Uninstall rtl-sdr Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the rtl-sdr on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "rtl-sdr" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install rtl-sdr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall rtl-sdr on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rtl-sdr package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: rtl-sdr
Version: 0.6.0-4
Installed-Size: 252
Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Architecture: amd64
Depends: librtlsdr0 (= 0.6.0-4), libc6 (>= 2.29)
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_0.6.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 60436
MD5sum: 080f293143eb534648bec90be0cab993
SHA256: f8137efb7267042dd6dd9b748840c39f8a57cb174f85a552a4e0f78914f133da