How To Install skyeye on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install skyeye on Debian 9. skyeye is Embedded Hardware Simulation

Introduction

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

What is skyeye

skyeye is:

The goal of SkyEye is to provide an integrated simulation environment in Linux and Windows. SkyEye environment simulates typical Embedded Computer Systems (Now it supports a series ARM architecture based microprocessors and Blackfin DSP Processor). You can run some Embedded Operation System such as ARM Linux, uClinux, uc/OS-II (ucos-ii) etc. in SkyEye, and analyse or debug them at source level. Now the following hardwares can be simulated by SkyEye:

  • CPU core: ARM7TDMI, ARM720T, StrongARM, XScale, Blackfin.
  • Application CPU: Atmel AT91X40/AT91RM9200, Cirrus Logic EP7312/EP9312/CS89712, Intel SA1100/SA1110, Intel PXA 25x/27x, Samsung 4510B/44B0/2410/2440 , Sharp LH7xxxx, NS9750, Philips LPC22xx, BF533.
  • Memory: RAM, ROM, Flash.
  • Peripheral: Timer, UART, NIC chip, LCD, TouchScreen, etc.

There are three methods to install skyeye 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 skyeye Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install skyeye

Install skyeye Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install skyeye

Install skyeye 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 skyeye using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skyeye

How To Uninstall skyeye on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove skyeye

Uninstall skyeye And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skyeye

Remove skyeye Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge skyeye

Remove skyeye configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skyeye

Dependencies

skyeye have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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