How To Install flexloader on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flexloader on Debian 12.
What is flexloader
flexloader is:
flexloader is a small utility to configure SRAM based ALTERA devices. It downloads a code to the device SRAM using an ALTERA ByteBlaster or a compatible JTAG programmer. It dialogs with it through the parallel interface, using parport.
It supports APEX20K, FLEX10K, FLEX6000 and ACEX1K families.
There are three methods to install flexloader 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 flexloader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flexloader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flexloader
Install flexloader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flexloader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flexloader
Install flexloader 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 flexloader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flexloader
How To Uninstall flexloader on Debian 12
To uninstall only the flexloader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flexloader
Uninstall flexloader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flexloader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flexloader
Remove flexloader Configurations and Data
To remove flexloader configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flexloader
Remove flexloader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flexloader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flexloader
Dependencies
flexloader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flexloader package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.