How To Install ponyprog on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ponyprog on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ponyprog
ponyprog is:
PonyProg is a serial device programmer software with a user friendly GUI framework available for Windows and Linux. It’s purpose is reading and writing every serial device. With PonyProg and SI-Prog you can program Wafercard for SAT, eeprom within GSM, TV or CAR-RADIO. Furthermore it can be used as a low cost starter kit for PIC and AVR.
Ponyprog supports AVR, SPI eeprom, AVR micro, 12C bus 8bit eeprom, PIC 16 micro, PIC 12 micro, AT89S micro and SDE2506 eeprom family chips.
You can open any HEX, e2p, mot, csm, rom, eep, bin files and burn them to uC or PIC. You can even backup the old program on the chip using Ponyprog. Ponyprog enables the user to write, verify and erase data on the microchip.
Also setting fuse bits and locks using Ponyprog is possible. You can save any HEX file to BIN file or eep file, BIN file to HEX file or MOT file and vice versa so you can use Ponyprog as converter too. Ponyprog offers serial or parallel port programming for uC’s. You can even change polarity of control lines without touching the wires using I/O port setup.
Using Ponyprog together with generic USB2serial adapters is currently not possible! There are plans on upstream to use libusb to add such functionality.
There are three methods to install ponyprog on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ponyprog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ponyprog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ponyprog
Install ponyprog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ponyprog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ponyprog
Install ponyprog 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 ponyprog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ponyprog
How To Uninstall ponyprog on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ponyprog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ponyprog
Uninstall ponyprog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ponyprog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ponyprog
Remove ponyprog Configurations and Data
To remove ponyprog configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ponyprog
Remove ponyprog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ponyprog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ponyprog
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ponyprog package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
