# uhd mit Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, apt, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für uhd in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:uhd
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install uhd
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install uhd
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: science/uhd/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add uhd
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uhd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install uhd
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: uhd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#uhd
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/uh/uhd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install libuhd-dev
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: libuhd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install libuhd4_10_0
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libuhd4_10_0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:uhd
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 4.10.0.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Hardware driver for all USRP devices
- **Homepage:** <https://files.ettus.com/manual/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-07T13:23:05Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- uhd_adc_self_cal (Alias)
- uhd_cal_rx_iq_balance (Alias)
- uhd_cal_tx_dc_offset (Alias)
- uhd_cal_tx_iq_balance (Alias)
- uhd_config_info (Alias)
- uhd_find_devices (Alias)
- uhd_image_loader (Alias)
- uhd_images_downloader (Alias)
- uhd_usrp_probe (Alias)
- usrp2_card_burner (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 4.10.0.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

UHD, the USRP Hardware Driver, is Ettus Research's free and open-source driver and API layer for Universal Software Radio Peripheral hardware.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README describes UHD as the software driver and API for the USRP software-defined radio platform created and sold by Ettus Research. It supports Ettus Research USRP motherboards, daughterboards, and their combinations, making it the central host-side software layer for that hardware family.

The public GitHub repository was created in 2013 and contains host driver code, embedded module peripheral manager code, firmware, FPGA image sources, image packaging scripts, and debugging tools. The project therefore behaves like more than a typical CLI package: it is a driver, API, firmware/FPGA distribution, and hardware support tree.

Release metadata shows a long-lived 3.x-to-4.x line, with public 3.11/3.12 release-candidate and stable releases in 2018 and UHD 4.10.0.0 published in April 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

UHD's adoption follows USRP hardware adoption in research labs, radio prototyping, telecom testbeds, and SDR developer environments. The README names common third-party application frameworks and toolkits that use UHD with USRP hardware, including GNU Radio, RFNoC out-of-tree blocks, NI LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink, REDHAWK, OpenBTS, Osmocom, srsRAN, and OpenAirInterface.

The supplied package data records UHD in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Alpine, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/dnf, and openSUSE. That packaging matters because SDR users often need a reproducible host driver before higher-level GNU Radio or telecom stacks can see their radios.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Package users commonly install UHD for command-line discovery, image loading, probing, calibration, and host API development. The Homebrew executables include uhd_find_devices, uhd_usrp_probe, uhd_image_loader, uhd_images_downloader, uhd_config_info, and several calibration utilities.

The official manual documents device setup and low-level operational behavior such as tuning, sample-rate constraints, overflow and underflow handling, threading, and device-family-specific configuration. In practice, UHD is both a user-facing diagnostic toolkit and the library dependency that unlocks USRP support for SDR applications.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

UHD is significant to package maintainers because it sits at the boundary between package management and physical hardware. A working formula or distro package has to account for libraries, firmware/FPGA images, USB or network transport, command-line tools, and ABI expectations from SDR applications.

For users, installing UHD from a package manager is often the first test of whether a USRP setup is usable: device discovery and uhd_usrp_probe provide quick confirmation before moving into GNU Radio, RFNoC, or custom C++/Python applications.

### Zeitleiste

- 2013: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2018: Public UHD 3.11 and 3.12 release metadata available on GitHub.
- 2026: UHD 4.10.0.0 release published.
- 2026: Official manual identified the documentation version as 4.10.0.0.

### Related projects

- The README names GNU Radio, RFNoC OOT Blocks, NI LabVIEW, MATLAB/Simulink, REDHAWK, OpenBTS, Osmocom, srsRAN, and OpenAirInterface as common UHD application frameworks or toolkits.
- UHD is tightly coupled to Ettus Research USRP hardware and to the firmware and FPGA image assets distributed with the project.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/EttusResearch/uhd>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/EttusResearch/uhd/releases?per_page=5>
- <https://files.ettus.com/manual/>
- <https://files.ettus.com/manual/page_general.html>
- <https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/EttusResearch/uhd/master/README.md>
- source_facts.executables
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für uhd wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - libuhd-dev - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libuhd-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - headers | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - libuhd4.8.0 - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libuhd4.8.0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - library | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - libuhd4.8.0-dpdk - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libuhd4.8.0-dpdk from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - DPDK | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - libuhd4.8.0-dpdk-tests - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: libuhd4.8.0-dpdk-tests from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - DPDK tests | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - python3-uhd - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-uhd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - Python3 | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - uhd-doc - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uhd-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - doc | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Debian apt - uhd-host - 4.8.0.0+ds1-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: uhd-host from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - host apps | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Nix - uhd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/uh/uhd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - libuhd-dev - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libuhd-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - headers | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - libuhd4.6.0-dpdk - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libuhd4.6.0-dpdk from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - DPDK | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - libuhd4.6.0-dpdk-tests - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libuhd4.6.0-dpdk-tests from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - DPDK tests | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - libuhd4.6.0t64 - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libuhd4.6.0t64 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - library | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - python3-uhd - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-uhd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - Python3 | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - uhd-doc - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uhd-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - doc | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- Ubuntu apt - uhd-host - 4.6.0.0+ds1-5.1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: uhd-host from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | universal hardware driver for Ettus Research products - host apps | https://www.ettus.com/sdr-software/uhd-usrp-hardware-driver/
- apk - uhd - 4.9.0.0-r2: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: uhd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | USRP Hardware Driver | https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/uhd.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/uhd.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
