How To Install dfu-programmer on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dfu-programmer on Debian 10.
What is dfu-programmer
dfu-programmer is:
A Linux based command-line programmer for Atmel chips with a USB bootloader supporting in-system programming.
This is a mostly Device Firmware Update (DFU)-1.0-compliant user-space application. This program was created because the Atmel FLIP program for flashing devices does not run on Linux and because standard DFU loaders do not work for Atmel chips.
There are three methods to install dfu-programmer on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dfu-programmer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dfu-programmer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dfu-programmer
Install dfu-programmer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dfu-programmer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dfu-programmer
Install dfu-programmer 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 dfu-programmer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dfu-programmer
How To Uninstall dfu-programmer on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dfu-programmer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dfu-programmer
Uninstall dfu-programmer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dfu-programmer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dfu-programmer
Remove dfu-programmer Configurations and Data
To remove dfu-programmer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dfu-programmer
Remove dfu-programmer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dfu-programmer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dfu-programmer
Dependencies
dfu-programmer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dfu-programmer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.