How To Install rkdeveloptool on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rkdeveloptool on Debian 12.
What is rkdeveloptool
rkdeveloptool is:
This package provides tools to communicate with various Rockchip processors which support the RockUSB protocol (e.g rk3288, rk3328, rk3399, rk356x). The tool includes support to interact with the processors’ low-level bootrom (known as MaskROM) as well as interact with the recovery or firmware-download protocol rockusb. This makes it possible to upload firmware to flash, download firmware from flash, erase flash, reset the device, read manufacturing information from the processor as well as various other commands.
There are three methods to install rkdeveloptool 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 rkdeveloptool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rkdeveloptool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rkdeveloptool
Install rkdeveloptool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rkdeveloptool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rkdeveloptool
Install rkdeveloptool 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 rkdeveloptool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rkdeveloptool
How To Uninstall rkdeveloptool on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rkdeveloptool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rkdeveloptool
Uninstall rkdeveloptool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rkdeveloptool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rkdeveloptool
Remove rkdeveloptool Configurations and Data
To remove rkdeveloptool configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rkdeveloptool
Remove rkdeveloptool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rkdeveloptool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rkdeveloptool
Dependencies
rkdeveloptool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rkdeveloptool package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
