How To Install tegrarcm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tegrarcm on Rocky Linux 8. tegrarcm is Send code to a Tegra device in recovery mode

Introduction

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

What is tegrarcm

This program is used to send code to a Tegra device in recovery mode. It does not supported locked devices with an encrypted boot key, only open devices such as the ventana, cardhu, or dalmore reference boards. It is not capable of flashing firmware to a device, but can be used to download firmware that is then capable of flashing. For example in ChromeOS tegrarcm is used to download a special build of u-boot to the target Tegra device with a payload that it then flashes to the boot device.

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

Install tegrarcm 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 tegrarcm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tegrarcm

Install tegrarcm 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 tegrarcm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tegrarcm

How To Uninstall tegrarcm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tegrarcm

tegrarcm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tegrarcm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/924622ec8ff3fc51b239b10de89f3a6551c536
/usr/share/doc/tegrarcm
/usr/share/doc/tegrarcm/README
/usr/share/licenses/tegrarcm
/usr/share/licenses/tegrarcm/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/tegrarcm.1.gz

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Summary

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