How To Install soapysdr-module-bladerf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-bladerf on Kali Linux.

What is soapysdr-module-bladerf

soapysdr-module-bladerf is:

The Soapy bladeRF project provides a SoapySDR hardware support module.
Using this, any program using SoapySDR to interface to software
defined radio hardware can make use of the nuand bladeRF device to
transmit and receive.

This is an empty dependency package that pulls in the bladeRF module
for the default version of libsoapysdr.

There are three methods to install soapysdr-module-bladerf on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install soapysdr-module-bladerf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-bladerf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install soapysdr-module-bladerf

Install soapysdr-module-bladerf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-bladerf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install soapysdr-module-bladerf

Install soapysdr-module-bladerf Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install soapysdr-module-bladerf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install soapysdr-module-bladerf

How To Uninstall soapysdr-module-bladerf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the soapysdr-module-bladerf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove soapysdr-module-bladerf

Uninstall soapysdr-module-bladerf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall soapysdr-module-bladerf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove soapysdr-module-bladerf

Remove soapysdr-module-bladerf Configurations and Data

To remove soapysdr-module-bladerf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge soapysdr-module-bladerf

Remove soapysdr-module-bladerf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove soapysdr-module-bladerf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge soapysdr-module-bladerf

Dependencies

soapysdr-module-bladerf have the following dependencies:

• soapysdr0.7-module-bladerf

References

• soapysdr-module-bladerf website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install soapysdr-module-bladerf package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.