Listen to radio FM/DAB with RTL2832U
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# /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local_rtl-sdr.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0ccd", ATTRS{idProduct}=="00d3", GROUP="audio", MODE="0666", SYMLINK+="rtl-sdr"

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# reload udev and plug the usb RTL2832U stick
udevadm control --reload-rules && udevadm trigger

FM

Using cubicsdr FM app (GUI):

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apt install cubicsdr
CubicSDR

Using rtl-sdr:

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apt install rtl-sdr

# play a FM radio station at freq. 107300000Hz with 6x sampling
rtl_fm -f 107.30e6 -M wbfm -s 200000 -r 48000 - | aplay -r 48000 -f S16_LE

DAB

Using welle.io:

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apt install welle.io
welle-io # GUI
welle-cli -c 7D -p R101

Using dablin + dabtools/eti-cmdline:

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# compile dabtools
git clone https://github.com/Opendigitalradio/dabtools.git && cd dabtools
mkdir -p mybuild && cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S . -B mybuild
cmake --build mybuild
find -type f -executable mybuild
mv mybuild/src/dab2eti mybuild/src/eti2mpa ~/bin/

# dablin
apt-get install dablin
dablin -D dab2eti -d ~/bin/dab2eti -c 12C -l R101

Using terminal-DAB-xxx:

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apt-get install \
  git cmake build-essential g++ pkg-config libsndfile1-dev libfftw3-dev portaudio19-dev zlib1g-dev  libusb-1.0-0-dev libsamplerate0-dev ncurses-base \
  libfaad-dev librtlsdr-dev

git clone https://github.com/JvanKatwijk/terminal-DAB-xxx.git

cd terminal-DAB-xxx
mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -DRTLSDR=ON -DFAAD=ON -DPICTURES=OFF
make
mv terminal-DAB-rtlsdr t-dab && strip t-dab

# http://www.air-radio.it/T_DAB.html
# 12A  EuroDAB     http://www.litaliaindigitale.it/radio-dab/mux-eurodab-italia
# 12C  DAB Italia  https://www.dab.it
# 12D  DAB+ RAI    http://www.rai.it/dl/DigitalRadio/dab_raiway.html
./t-dab -Q -C 12C -S R101  # play service "R101" on channel "12C" with autogain

See also: opendigitalradio.org, Qt-DAB app