install rtl_tcp for SDR over TCP on debian

[DJ-Daz]

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sudo apt install pkg-config

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sudo apt install git cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev

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apt-get install build-essentials

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git clone git://git.osmocom.org/rtl-sdr.git

cd rtl_sdr
mkdir build

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cmake /root/rtl-sdr -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON

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make install

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cp rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d

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ldconfig

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nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-rtl.conf

Add this text

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blacklist dvb_usb_rtl28xxu
blacklist rtl2832
blacklist rtl2830

edit rc.local to start rtl_tcp on boot

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nano /etc/rc.local

add:

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sleep 15
cd ~
rtl_tcp -a 192.168.0.26 >/dev/null 2>&1&
exit 0

Source - with my corrections

[DJ-Daz]

After some playing around, I've found rtl_tcp a lot more reliable than airspy. It almost NEVER crashes.
I am running it on a Raspberry Pi 4 ARM Cortex-A72 CPU ( ARM v8, BCM2711B0)