soapysdr-module-rtlsdr¶
SoapySDR driver module for RTL-SDR hardware
- Version recorded: 0.3.3
- Categories:
sdr-hardware - Upstream: https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR/wiki
What it does¶
A plugin for SoapySDR, the vendor-neutral SDR abstraction layer, that makes RTL2832U dongles usable through the generic SoapySDR interface.
Why you would want it¶
It is what lets one program drive many different radios. Software written against SoapySDR — CubicSDR, SDR++, GQRX, gr-osmosdr and a great deal else — reaches RTL-SDR hardware through this module rather than through a RTL- SDR-specific code path, so installing it is usually the difference between an application listing your radio and showing an empty device list.
Before it will work¶
The underlying RTL-SDR library and udev rules — see the rtl-sdr entry in the hardware catalog — plus SoapySDR itself, which apt pulls in.
How it installs¶
- apt:
soapysdr-module-rtlsdr
Known problems¶
A SoapySDR module and its underlying library are versioned together and a mismatch shows up as a device that is not listed rather than as an error. SoapySDRUtil --info reports which modules loaded and is the first thing to check when a radio is invisible.
Keeping it current¶
- probe: apt policy
- strategy: apt_upgrade