How To Install usbprog on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbprog on Debian 10.
What is usbprog
usbprog is:
A programming tool needed to replace the firmware on the USBprog hardware. It can automatically retrieve a list of available firmwares from the Internet, download one of them and upload it to the USBprog adapter.
USBprog is a free programming adapter. You can easily install different firmware versions from an “online pool” over USB. The adapter can be used for programming and debugging AVR and ARM processors, as USB-to-RS232 converter, as JTAG interface or as simple I/O interface (5 lines).
This package contains the usbprog command line tool.
There are three methods to install usbprog on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usbprog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbprog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbprog
Install usbprog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbprog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbprog
Install usbprog 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 usbprog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbprog
How To Uninstall usbprog on Debian 10
To uninstall only the usbprog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbprog
Uninstall usbprog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbprog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbprog
Remove usbprog Configurations and Data
To remove usbprog configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbprog
Remove usbprog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbprog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbprog
Dependencies
usbprog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbprog package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
