How To Install crust-firmware on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crust-firmware on Debian 12.
What is crust-firmware
crust-firmware is:
Some System on a Chip (SoC) computers, also known as single-board, embed a dedicated processor called a System Control Processor (SCP) which abstracts power and system management tasks away from application processors.
Crust replaces the proprietary firmware on the Allwinner’s AR100 SCP, found in sunxi boards like Banana/Orange/Lichee Pi or Pinebook/phone.
There is usually no need to install this package. The same contents are more conveniently available from the u-boot-sunxi package.
There are three methods to install crust-firmware on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install crust-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install crust-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install crust-firmware
Install crust-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install crust-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install crust-firmware
Install crust-firmware 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 crust-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install crust-firmware
How To Uninstall crust-firmware on Debian 12
To uninstall only the crust-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove crust-firmware
Uninstall crust-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall crust-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove crust-firmware
Remove crust-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove crust-firmware configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge crust-firmware
Remove crust-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove crust-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crust-firmware
Dependencies
crust-firmware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crust-firmware package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.