How to Install and Uninstall librtlsdr-dev Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "librtlsdr-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install librtlsdr-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "librtlsdr-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall librtlsdr-dev on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                librtlsdr-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the librtlsdr-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: librtlsdr-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.0-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: rtl-sdr
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 145
Depends: librtlsdr0 (= 0.6.0-3), libusb-1.0-0-dev
Filename: pool/universe/r/rtl-sdr/librtlsdr-dev_0.6.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 34452
MD5sum: 56e2a4e32da41c24eac7d3fd872a971d
SHA1: ab73f2641c004f32ad59992e3be61e7f6f8d72c6
SHA256: 01a64f15d0cf62f1650c812f2384f20b6e9305855b39454b1b6cb564ee54d750
Homepage: http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr
Description: Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (development)
Description-md5: 80add2321bdda28a25cb030cf0c28f7f