Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnss-sdr
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnss-sdr
gnss-sdr is:
Global Navigation Satellite Systems receiver defined by software.
It performs all the signal processing from raw signal samples up to the
computation of the Position-Velocity-Time solution, including
code and phase observables. It is able to work with raw data files or,
if there is computational power enough, in real time with suitable
radiofrequency front-ends. This software is mainly developed at CTTC
(Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, http://www.cttc.es)
with contributions from around the world.
More info at https://gnss-sdr.org
There are three methods to install gnss-sdr
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnss-sdr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnss-sdr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnss-sdr
Install gnss-sdr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnss-sdr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnss-sdr
Install gnss-sdr Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnss-sdr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnss-sdr
How To Uninstall gnss-sdr on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnss-sdr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnss-sdr
Uninstall gnss-sdr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnss-sdr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnss-sdr
Remove gnss-sdr Configurations and Data
To remove gnss-sdr
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnss-sdr
Remove gnss-sdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnss-sdr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnss-sdr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnss-sdr
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.