How To Install u-boot-nezha 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 u-boot-nezha on Ubuntu.
What is u-boot-nezha
u-boot-nezha is:
Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems, used as the default boot loader by several board vendors. It is intended to be easy to port and to debug, and runs on many supported architectures, including PPC, ARM, MIPS, x86, m68k, NIOS, and Microblaze.
This package includes boot loaders for the Allwinner Nezha board. For booting you additionally need the nezha-boot0 package.
There are three methods to install u-boot-nezha 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 u-boot-nezha Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install u-boot-nezha using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install u-boot-nezha
Install u-boot-nezha Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install u-boot-nezha using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install u-boot-nezha
Install u-boot-nezha 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 u-boot-nezha using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install u-boot-nezha
How To Uninstall u-boot-nezha on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the u-boot-nezha package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove u-boot-nezha
Uninstall u-boot-nezha And Its Dependencies
To uninstall u-boot-nezha and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove u-boot-nezha
Remove u-boot-nezha Configurations and Data
To remove u-boot-nezha configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge u-boot-nezha
Remove u-boot-nezha configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove u-boot-nezha configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u-boot-nezha
Dependencies
u-boot-nezha have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install u-boot-nezha package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.