How To Install mmc-utils on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmc-utils on Ubuntu.

What is mmc-utils

mmc-utils is:

mmc-utils is a tool that supports the MMC device development of Linux kernel.

The mmc-utils tools can do the following:

• Print and parse extcsd data.
• Determine the eMMC writeprotect status.
• Set the eMMC writeprotect status.
• Set the eMMC data sector size to 4KB by disabling emulation.
• Create general purpose partition.
• Enable the enhanced user area.
• Enable write reliability per partition.
• Print the response to STATUS_SEND (CMD13).
• Enable the boot partition.
• Set Boot Bus Conditions.
• Enable the eMMC BKOPS feature.
• Permanently enable the eMMC H/W Reset feature.
• Permanently disable the eMMC H/W Reset feature.
• Send Sanitize command.
• Program authentication key for the device.
• Counter value for the rpmb device will be read to stdout.
• Read from rpmb device to output.
• Write to rpmb device from data file.
• Enable the eMMC cache feature.
• Disable the eMMC cache feature.
• Print and parse CID data.
• Print and parse CSD data.
• Print and parse SCR data.

There are three methods to install mmc-utils on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mmc-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mmc-utils

Install mmc-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mmc-utils

Install mmc-utils 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 mmc-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mmc-utils

How To Uninstall mmc-utils on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the mmc-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mmc-utils

Uninstall mmc-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mmc-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mmc-utils

Remove mmc-utils Configurations and Data

To remove mmc-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mmc-utils

Remove mmc-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mmc-utils

Dependencies

mmc-utils have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• mmc-utils website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mmc-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.