How To Install usbprog-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbprog-gui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is usbprog-gui
usbprog-gui is:
A programming tool needed to replace the firmware on the USBprog hardware. It can automatically retrieve a list of available firmwares from the Internet, download one of them and upload it to the USBprog adapter.
USBprog is a free programming adapter. You can easily install different firmware versions from an “online pool” over USB. The adapter can be used for programming and debugging AVR and ARM processors, as USB-to-RS232 converter, as JTAG interface or as simple I/O interface (5 lines).
This package contains a GUI for the usbprog tool.
There are three methods to install usbprog-gui on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usbprog-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbprog-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbprog-gui
Install usbprog-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbprog-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbprog-gui
Install usbprog-gui 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install usbprog-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbprog-gui
How To Uninstall usbprog-gui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the usbprog-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbprog-gui
Uninstall usbprog-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbprog-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbprog-gui
Remove usbprog-gui Configurations and Data
To remove usbprog-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbprog-gui
Remove usbprog-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbprog-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbprog-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbprog-gui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
