How To Install bossa-cli on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bossa-cli on Debian 11.
What is bossa-cli
bossa-cli is:
BOSSA is a flash programming utility for Atmel’s SAM family of flash-based ARM microcontrollers. The motivation behind BOSSA is to create a simple, easy-to- use, open source utility to replace Atmel’s SAM-BA software.
This package contains the BOSSA command line interface and interactive shell (i.e., bossac and bossash).
There are three methods to install bossa-cli on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bossa-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bossa-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bossa-cli
Install bossa-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bossa-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bossa-cli
Install bossa-cli 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 bossa-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bossa-cli
How To Uninstall bossa-cli on Debian 11
To uninstall only the bossa-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bossa-cli
Uninstall bossa-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bossa-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bossa-cli
Remove bossa-cli Configurations and Data
To remove bossa-cli configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bossa-cli
Remove bossa-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bossa-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bossa-cli
Dependencies
bossa-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bossa-cli package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.