How To Install qdmr on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qdmr on Ubuntu.

What is `qdmr`

qdmr is:

qdmr is a Qt5 application to program DMR radios. DMR is a digital modulation standard used in amateur and commercial radio. To this end, qdmr is an alternative codeplug programming software (CPS) that supports several radios of several manufacturers. Including AnyTone AT-D868UVE, AT-D878UV, AT-878UVII, AT-D578UV, TyT MD-390, MD-UV380, MD-UV390, MD-2017, Retevis RT8, RT3S, RT82, Radioddity RD5R, GD-77, Baofeng DMR-6X2 and radio running the OpenGD77 firmware.

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

Install qdmr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qdmr

Install qdmr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qdmr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qdmr

Install qdmr 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 qdmr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qdmr

How To Uninstall qdmr on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qdmr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qdmr

Uninstall qdmr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qdmr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qdmr

Remove qdmr Configurations and Data

To remove qdmr configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qdmr

Remove qdmr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qdmr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qdmr

Dependencies

qdmr have the following dependencies:

References

qdmr website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qdmr package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.