How To Install heimdall-flash on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdall-flash on Debian 10.
What is heimdall-flash
heimdall-flash is:
Heimdall is a tool for flashing firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices over a USB connection. It accomplishes this using the same protocol as Odin, Samsung’s internal Windows-only firmware updater.
There are three methods to install heimdall-flash 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 heimdall-flash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heimdall-flash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heimdall-flash
Install heimdall-flash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heimdall-flash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heimdall-flash
Install heimdall-flash 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 heimdall-flash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heimdall-flash
How To Uninstall heimdall-flash on Debian 10
To uninstall only the heimdall-flash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heimdall-flash
Uninstall heimdall-flash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heimdall-flash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heimdall-flash
Remove heimdall-flash Configurations and Data
To remove heimdall-flash configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heimdall-flash
Remove heimdall-flash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heimdall-flash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heimdall-flash
Dependencies
heimdall-flash have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdall-flash package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.