How To Install dfu-programmer on Debian 10

Learn how to install dfu-programmer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. dfu-programmer is device firmware update (DFU) based USB programmer for Atmel chips

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dfu-programmer on Debian 10.

What is dfu-programmer

dfu-programmer is:

A Linux based command-line programmer for Atmel chips with a USB bootloader supporting in-system programming.

This is a mostly Device Firmware Update (DFU)-1.0-compliant user-space application. This program was created because the Atmel FLIP program for flashing devices does not run on Linux and because standard DFU loaders do not work for Atmel chips.

There are three methods to install dfu-programmer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dfu-programmer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dfu-programmer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dfu-programmer

Install dfu-programmer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dfu-programmer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dfu-programmer

Install dfu-programmer Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install dfu-programmer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dfu-programmer

How To Uninstall dfu-programmer on Debian 10

To uninstall only the dfu-programmer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dfu-programmer

Uninstall dfu-programmer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dfu-programmer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dfu-programmer

Remove dfu-programmer Configurations and Data

To remove dfu-programmer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dfu-programmer

Remove dfu-programmer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dfu-programmer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dfu-programmer

Dependencies

dfu-programmer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dfu-programmer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.