soapysdr-module-plutosdr¶
SoapySDR driver module for the ADALM-Pluto
- Version recorded: 0.2.2
- Categories:
sdr-hardware - Upstream: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapyPlutoSDR
What it does¶
A plugin for SoapySDR that makes the Analog Devices ADALM-Pluto usable through the generic SoapySDR interface, over the network link the device presents rather than through a character device.
Why you would want it¶
Without it, SoapySDR-based software cannot see a Pluto at all. With it, the same applications that drive an RTL-SDR or a HackRF will drive a Pluto.
Before it will work¶
An ADALM-Pluto, and libiio, which the Pluto is reached through. On Debian 13 and Parrot this package is simply not available — see known problems.
How it installs¶
- apt:
soapysdr-module-plutosdr— on kali - Kali only. Absent from Debian 13 and Parrot, where this package resolves to nothing at all — it is in Debian unstable and has not reached stable.
Known problems¶
Not packaged for Debian 13 or Parrot, only for Kali. On a stable Debian base there is currently no apt route to Pluto support in SoapySDR, and this manifest says so rather than shipping an untested source build. The Pluto is also a composite device reached over its USB network interface, so it does not fit the single-device-node model most of this catalog assumes.
Keeping it current¶
- probe: apt policy
- strategy: apt_upgrade