How To Install flashrom on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on CentOS 7.
What is flashrom
flashrom is a utility for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It is designed to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images on mainboards, network/graphics/storage controller cards, and various other programmer devices.
We can use yum or dnf to install flashrom on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flashrom.
Install flashrom on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install flashrom using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install flashrom
Install flashrom 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 flashrom using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install flashrom
How To Uninstall flashrom on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the flashrom package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove flashrom
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashrom on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
