How To Install libflashrom1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflashrom1 on Kali Linux.
What is libflashrom1
libflashrom1 is:
flashrom is a tool for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing flash chips. It’s often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM images in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of network cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which can program flash chips.
It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32/40/48, and BGA chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel flash, or SPI.
The tool can be used to flash BIOS/firmware images for example – be it proprietary BIOS images or coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) images.
It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a flash chip.
This package provides flashrom library development files.
There are three methods to install libflashrom1 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libflashrom1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libflashrom1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libflashrom1Install libflashrom1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libflashrom1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libflashrom1Install libflashrom1 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libflashrom1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libflashrom1How To Uninstall libflashrom1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libflashrom1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libflashrom1Uninstall libflashrom1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libflashrom1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libflashrom1Remove libflashrom1 Configurations and Data
To remove libflashrom1 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libflashrom1Remove libflashrom1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libflashrom1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libflashrom1Dependencies
libflashrom1 have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libflashrom1 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
