How To Install ubertooth-firmware on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubertooth-firmware on Debian 12.
What is ubertooth-firmware
ubertooth-firmware is:
The Ubertooth hardware needs some firmware to run. The firmware is built with arm-none-eabi-gcc. This package contains a number of firmware images that may be programmed into the Ubertooth hardware using the ‘ubertooth-dfu’ command.
The firmware images are installed in /usr/share/ubertooth/firmware/
There are three methods to install ubertooth-firmware 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 ubertooth-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubertooth-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubertooth-firmware
Install ubertooth-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubertooth-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubertooth-firmware
Install ubertooth-firmware 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 ubertooth-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubertooth-firmware
How To Uninstall ubertooth-firmware on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ubertooth-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubertooth-firmware
Uninstall ubertooth-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubertooth-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubertooth-firmware
Remove ubertooth-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove ubertooth-firmware configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubertooth-firmware
Remove ubertooth-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubertooth-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubertooth-firmware
Dependencies
ubertooth-firmware have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubertooth-firmware package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
