How To Install xilinx-bootgen 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 xilinx-bootgen on Ubuntu.
What is xilinx-bootgen
xilinx-bootgen is:
xilinx-bootgen provides tools to generate a boot image (BOOT.BIN) for Xilinx ARM SoC (Zynq-7000, Zynq UltraScale + MPSoC, etc) devices. This also provides features such as boot authentication and OpenSSL-based encryption.
There are three methods to install xilinx-bootgen 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 xilinx-bootgen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xilinx-bootgen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xilinx-bootgen
Install xilinx-bootgen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xilinx-bootgen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xilinx-bootgen
Install xilinx-bootgen 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 xilinx-bootgen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xilinx-bootgen
How To Uninstall xilinx-bootgen on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xilinx-bootgen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xilinx-bootgen
Uninstall xilinx-bootgen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xilinx-bootgen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xilinx-bootgen
Remove xilinx-bootgen Configurations and Data
To remove xilinx-bootgen configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xilinx-bootgen
Remove xilinx-bootgen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xilinx-bootgen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xilinx-bootgen
Dependencies
xilinx-bootgen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xilinx-bootgen package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.