How to Install and Uninstall hackrf Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "hackrf" package

This is a short guide on how to install hackrf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hackrf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hackrf" package

Learn how to uninstall hackrf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hackrf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hackrf package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: hackrf
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 119
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: A. Maitland Bottoms
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2015.07.2-6
Depends: libhackrf0 (= 2015.07.2-6), libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hackrf/hackrf_2015.07.2-6_amd64.deb
Size: 27730
MD5sum: c7a6d1bcb891364224a49802ece01010
SHA1: 9b4fe3112fcbf061b51c8e10c26025b9de51b2d0
SHA256: e1200d4d83d9e6b6c640e3034d068fda46ab17b50081cafd38cf502a7307998a
Description-en: Software defined radio peripheral - utilities
HackRF is an open source Software Defined Radio that can receive
and transmit between 30 MHz and 6 GHz. HackRF has a 20 MHz bandwidth.
It is a High Speed USB device powered by the USB bus.
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This package contains a set of command line utilities:
* hackrf_cpldjtag: program CLPD
* hackrf_info: probe device and show configuration
* hackrf_max2837: chip register read/write tool
* hackrf_rffc5071: chip register read/write tool
* hackrf_si5351c: chip register read/write tool
* hackrf_spiflash: read and write flash data from file.
* hackrf_transfer: file based transmit and receive sdr
Description-md5: 6066a2daf7b430e5e3fda64b30c83484
Homepage: http://greatscottgadgets.com/hackrf/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu