How To Install cbootimage on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cbootimage
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cbootimage
cbootimage is:
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.
There are three methods to install cbootimage
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 cbootimage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cbootimage
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cbootimage
Install cbootimage Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cbootimage
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cbootimage
Install cbootimage 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 cbootimage
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cbootimage
How To Uninstall cbootimage on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cbootimage
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cbootimage
Uninstall cbootimage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cbootimage
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cbootimage
Remove cbootimage Configurations and Data
To remove cbootimage
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cbootimage
Remove cbootimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cbootimage
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cbootimage
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cbootimage
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.