hackrf software package provides Software defined radio peripheral - utilities, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install hackrf
hackrf is installed in your system.
Make ensure the hackrf package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hackrf *
You will get with hackrf package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Libraries |
| Package | hackrf |
| Version | 2015.07.2-6 |
| Description | Software defined radio peripheral - utilities |
| Sub Section | Libs |