How To Install urjtag on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urjtag on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is urjtag
urjtag is:
A command line tool for communicating over JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) with various flash chips, CPUs, boards and JTAG adapters.
It has an open and modular architecture with the ability to write miscellaneous extensions (like board testers, or flash memory programmers).
This is a (more actively maintained) fork of the ‘openwince-jtag’ software.
There are three methods to install urjtag on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install urjtag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install urjtag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urjtag
Install urjtag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install urjtag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urjtag
Install urjtag 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 urjtag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urjtag
How To Uninstall urjtag on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the urjtag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urjtag
Uninstall urjtag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urjtag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urjtag
Remove urjtag Configurations and Data
To remove urjtag configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urjtag
Remove urjtag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urjtag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urjtag
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urjtag package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
