How To Install skales on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install skales on Debian 9. skales is Boot image creation tools for qualcomm boards

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skales on Debian 9.

What is skales

skales is:

Scripts and tools used to build kernel images for some Qualcomm SoC based boards, such as DragonBoard 410c. Tools included in the package

  • dtbTool Clone of dtbTool from Android (creates a QCDT image)
  • mkbootimg, Creates a boot.img for fastboot

There are three methods to install skales on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install skales Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install skales using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install skales

Install skales Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install skales using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install skales

Install skales 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 skales using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skales

How To Uninstall skales on Debian 9

To uninstall only the skales package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove skales

Uninstall skales And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skales and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skales

Remove skales Configurations and Data

To remove skales configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skales

Remove skales configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove skales configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skales

Dependencies

skales have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skales package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.