How To Install cbootimage on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbootimage on CentOS 7. cbootimage is Tools to dump and generate boot config table on Tegra devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbootimage on CentOS 7.

What is cbootimage

This package contains two programs to parse the boot config table (bct) of Tegra SoC based devices and to generate a new bct with appended bootloader (e.g. u-boot) read to be flashed to a storage device. The boot config table is used in the early boot process to setup the sdhci, DRAM memory controller and also points to the position of the bootloader. For more information, see http

We can use yum or dnf to install cbootimage on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cbootimage.

Install cbootimage on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cbootimage

Install cbootimage on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cbootimage

How To Uninstall cbootimage on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cbootimage

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cbootimage on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.