How to Install and Uninstall 0xffff Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "0xffff" package

Please follow the guidance below to install 0xffff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                0xffff
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "0xffff" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall 0xffff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                0xffff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the 0xffff package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: 0xffff
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Installed-Size: 202
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Reichel
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12)
Filename: pool/universe/0/0xffff/0xffff_0.6.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 52090
MD5sum: 537882c9b277dcf54f213a424f007629
SHA1: dc11a0ace51f8dd61d709f593451bf6df191f227
SHA256: 15ccce8cda48761a3c4903b5ce61ea629fd79b9675b86a4a685132b48ad72142
Description-en: Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher
The ‘Open Free Fiasco Firmware Flasher’ aka 0xFFFF utility implements
a free userspace handler for the NOLO bootloader and extended features
for flashing, dumping and getting information for the Nokia Internet
Tablets. Thus it's a free alternative to Nokia's closed source flashing
utility called flasher.
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Supported operations currently include, but are not limited to:
* generating and unpacking FIASCO images on local device
* editing Maemo firmware packages
* flashing any kind image type to Maemo devices via USB
* "cold" flashing for devices with bricked bootloaders
* direct kernel boot without flashing it to NAND
* changing configuration of Maemo device (R&D flags, HW revision strings, ...)
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Currently supported are the Nokia 770, N800, N810, N810w and the N900.
Description-md5: 3a6e32701f1945ea46202646571b0986
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://gitorious.org/0xffff/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu