How To Install devmem2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install devmem2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is devmem2
devmem2 is:
Simple program to read/write from/to any location in memory. Useful when debugging embedded boards, like beagleboard.
There are three methods to install devmem2
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 devmem2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install devmem2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install devmem2
Install devmem2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install devmem2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install devmem2
Install devmem2 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 devmem2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install devmem2
How To Uninstall devmem2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the devmem2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove devmem2
Uninstall devmem2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall devmem2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove devmem2
Remove devmem2 Configurations and Data
To remove devmem2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge devmem2
Remove devmem2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove devmem2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge devmem2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install devmem2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.