How To Install flashrom on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom in Fedora 36. flashrom is Simple program for reading/writing flash chips content

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on Fedora 36.

What is flashrom

flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It is designed to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images on mainboards, network/graphics/storage controller cards, and various other programmer devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install flashrom on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flashrom.

Install flashrom on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flashrom using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flashrom

Install flashrom on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flashrom using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flashrom

How To Uninstall flashrom on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove flashrom

flashrom Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/a76ef8219648c872adb9d3be1085e5a7469df3
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/c1fe887037810906c47d2bab5a8c4de90bca41
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60_flashrom.rules
/usr/lib64/libflashrom.so.1
/usr/lib64/libflashrom.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/flashrom
/usr/share/doc/flashrom
/usr/share/doc/flashrom/README
/usr/share/licenses/flashrom
/usr/share/licenses/flashrom/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/flashrom.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).