How To Install opensbi on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensbi on Ubuntu 20.04. opensbi is RISC-V Open Source Supervisor Binary Interface RISC-V Open Source Supervisor Binary Interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensbi on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is opensbi

opensbi is:

An open-source reference implementation of the RISC-V SBI specifications for platform-specific firmwares executing in M-mode.

The following firmware platforms are provided: generic sifive/fu540

Package: opensbi Architecture: all Version: 0.6-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/misc Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Vagrant Cascadian [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 277 Filename: pool/universe/o/opensbi/opensbi_0.6-1_all.deb Size: 50556 MD5sum: 9b0813621abde740ddcd5d3c18d31683 SHA1: f0476f9a90e284a57a4611433d249d93958afd31 SHA256: 3e1e1c0f9b6ad9a2685a62e2e425329fabd880704f6a229ed898f5c361a2019b Homepage: https://github.com/riscv/opensbi Description-en: RISC-V Open Source Supervisor Binary Interface An open-source reference implementation of the RISC-V SBI specifications for platform-specific firmwares executing in M-mode.

The following firmware platforms are provided: qemu/virt sifive/fu540

There are three methods to install opensbi on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install opensbi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opensbi

Install opensbi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opensbi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opensbi

Install opensbi 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install opensbi

How To Uninstall opensbi on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove opensbi

Uninstall opensbi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opensbi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensbi

Remove opensbi Configurations and Data

To remove opensbi configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opensbi

Remove opensbi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensbi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensbi package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.