How to Install and Uninstall rtl-sdr Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "rtl-sdr" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rtl-sdr on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall rtl-sdr on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: rtl-sdr
Version: 0.6.0-3
Installed-Size: 251
Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Architecture: amd64
Depends: librtlsdr0 (= 0.6.0-3), 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_0.6.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 59996
MD5sum: 0504b6ece4367a82da581e50aec311b2
SHA256: 53fecc8dfd7030c4aa60140e076fb8bed0ad9fc6d8a0a549190fbca1bfda98ee