How To Install device-tree-compiler on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-tree-compiler
on Debian 11.
What is device-tree-compiler
device-tree-compiler is:
Device Tree Compiler, dtc, takes as input a device-tree in a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format for booting kernels on embedded systems.
Typically, the input format is “dts”, a human readable source format, and creates a “dtb”, or binary format as output.
There are three methods to install device-tree-compiler
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 device-tree-compiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install device-tree-compiler
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install device-tree-compiler
Install device-tree-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install device-tree-compiler
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install device-tree-compiler
Install device-tree-compiler 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 device-tree-compiler
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install device-tree-compiler
How To Uninstall device-tree-compiler on Debian 11
To uninstall only the device-tree-compiler
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove device-tree-compiler
Uninstall device-tree-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall device-tree-compiler
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove device-tree-compiler
Remove device-tree-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove device-tree-compiler
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge device-tree-compiler
Remove device-tree-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove device-tree-compiler
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge device-tree-compiler
Dependencies
device-tree-compiler have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-tree-compiler
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.