How To Install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8. flashrom is Simple program for reading/writing flash chips content

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8.

What is flashrom

flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It is designed to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images on mainboards, network/graphics/storage controller cards, and various other programmer devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flashrom.

Install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flashrom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flashrom

Install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flashrom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flashrom

How To Uninstall flashrom on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the flashrom package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flashrom

flashrom Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/007921ca6c90294c2c31cf7c3ce6e67f38880d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/ac54e297e0f4f4352d25505160d6fbf8b81c9d
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60_flashrom.rules
/usr/lib64/libflashrom.so.1
/usr/lib64/libflashrom.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/flashrom
/usr/share/doc/flashrom
/usr/share/doc/flashrom/README
/usr/share/licenses/flashrom
/usr/share/licenses/flashrom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/flashrom.8.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.