How to Install and Uninstall soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.0-2build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/hamradio
Source: soapyrtlsdr
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Hamradio Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 119
Provides: soapysdr0.7-module
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), librtlsdr0 (>= 0.6.0), libsoapysdr0.7 (>= 0.7.2), libstdc++6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/s/soapyrtlsdr/soapysdr0.7-module-rtlsdr_0.3.0-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 36776
MD5sum: 4ebe223fb08457bf49bb93a3f181ab2c
SHA1: 412f85be2e7f9574ffebea68c68d8d3ec91b5cdd
SHA256: 6a6c3321830907cb8fb3a8bfafee02479d228d29980eb733a00a4eace6a7ce2a
SHA512: fc4b66254beda68f5c65c6d140d73e35876e3170e5a2fafe8f2ce139346955bc4ec6f98622764778252acaa4a2e8be070a9baddd3a96d2ecc9f1e2797300823e
Homepage: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyRTLSDR/wiki
Description-en: RTL-SDR device support for SoapySDR
The Soapy RTL-SDR project provides a SoapySDR hardware support module.
Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software
defined radio hardware can make use of low cost DVB-T/DAB+ USB dongles
based on the Realtek RTL2832U chip as receivers.
Description-md5: c61bf75fc395e63206a8ff04f02a8dde