Add RTL-SDR Blog driver installation for V4 support

Build and install RTL-SDR Blog fork drivers during setup to provide
proper support for RTL-SDR Blog V4 devices (R828D tuner). These
drivers are backward compatible with V3 and other RTL-SDR devices.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
This commit is contained in:
Smittix
2026-01-15 22:24:13 +00:00
parent 9f391527c2
commit 4af61c8cb9
+51 -1
View File
@@ -448,6 +448,53 @@ install_acarsdec_from_source_debian() {
)
}
install_rtlsdr_blog_drivers_debian() {
# The RTL-SDR Blog drivers provide better support for:
# - RTL-SDR Blog V4 (R828D tuner)
# - RTL-SDR Blog V3 with bias-t improvements
# - Better overall compatibility with all RTL-SDR devices
# These drivers are backward compatible with standard RTL-SDR devices.
info "Installing RTL-SDR Blog drivers (improved V4 support)..."
# Install build dependencies
apt_install build-essential git cmake libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config
# Run in subshell to isolate EXIT trap
(
tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT
info "Cloning RTL-SDR Blog driver fork..."
git clone https://github.com/rtlsdrblog/rtl-sdr-blog.git "$tmp_dir/rtl-sdr-blog" >/dev/null 2>&1 \
|| { warn "Failed to clone RTL-SDR Blog drivers"; exit 1; }
cd "$tmp_dir/rtl-sdr-blog"
mkdir -p build && cd build
info "Compiling RTL-SDR Blog drivers..."
if cmake .. -DINSTALL_UDEV_RULES=ON -DDETACH_KERNEL_DRIVER=ON >/dev/null 2>&1 && make >/dev/null 2>&1; then
$SUDO make install >/dev/null 2>&1
$SUDO ldconfig
# Copy udev rules if they exist
if [[ -f ../rtl-sdr.rules ]]; then
$SUDO cp ../rtl-sdr.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/20-rtlsdr-blog.rules
$SUDO udevadm control --reload-rules || true
$SUDO udevadm trigger || true
fi
ok "RTL-SDR Blog drivers installed successfully."
info "These drivers provide improved support for RTL-SDR Blog V4 and other devices."
warn "Unplug and replug your RTL-SDR devices for the new drivers to take effect."
else
warn "Failed to build RTL-SDR Blog drivers. Using stock drivers."
warn "If you have an RTL-SDR Blog V4, you may need to install drivers manually."
warn "See: https://github.com/rtlsdrblog/rtl-sdr-blog"
fi
)
}
setup_udev_rules_debian() {
[[ -d /etc/udev/rules.d ]] || { warn "udev not found; skipping RTL-SDR udev rules."; return 0; }
@@ -500,7 +547,7 @@ install_debian_packages() {
export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
TOTAL_STEPS=17
TOTAL_STEPS=18
CURRENT_STEP=0
progress "Updating APT package lists"
@@ -509,6 +556,9 @@ install_debian_packages() {
progress "Installing RTL-SDR"
apt_install rtl-sdr
progress "Installing RTL-SDR Blog drivers (V4 support)"
install_rtlsdr_blog_drivers_debian
progress "Installing multimon-ng"
apt_install multimon-ng