How To Install linaro-image-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install linaro-image-tools on Debian 9. linaro-image-tools is collection of tools to work with Linaro images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linaro-image-tools on Debian 9.

What is linaro-image-tools

linaro-image-tools is:

This package offers a set of tools for use with Linaro images.

The provided linaro-media-create command allows writing Linaro images to a SD card, or generating an image file which you can boot in QEMU.

There are three methods to install linaro-image-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install linaro-image-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install linaro-image-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linaro-image-tools

Install linaro-image-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linaro-image-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linaro-image-tools

Install linaro-image-tools 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 linaro-image-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linaro-image-tools

How To Uninstall linaro-image-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the linaro-image-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linaro-image-tools

Uninstall linaro-image-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linaro-image-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linaro-image-tools

Remove linaro-image-tools Configurations and Data

To remove linaro-image-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linaro-image-tools

Remove linaro-image-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linaro-image-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linaro-image-tools

Dependencies

linaro-image-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linaro-image-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.