How to Install and Uninstall flashrom Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "flashrom" package

Learn how to install flashrom on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                flashrom
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "flashrom" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall flashrom on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                flashrom
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flashrom package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: flashrom
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2-5
Priority: extra
Section: universe/electronics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian EFI
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 979
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libftdi1-2 (>= 1.2), libpci3 (>= 1:3.5.1), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22)
Filename: pool/universe/f/flashrom/flashrom_1.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 210200
MD5sum: c76542bfddfd406c35caa7265093d9db
SHA1: e9c77ded5165d24682855408b7b73ad8e3ea5500
SHA256: 4e6c9668c8a6a9f0c1e58f6e4331cb771532d77932591e3a9998b4ed126b0d69
SHA512: c6243a10105bc8f4e0745f8523fc38a7f81e3a7fe543958772c486d31172c8ddc91cfbedf3d022b6fe5b0acfb13f49ced9a602097522bb8a10a91812ef23cd09
Homepage: http://www.flashrom.org
Description-en: Identify, read, write, erase, and verify BIOS/ROM/flash chips
flashrom is a tool for identifying, reading, writing, verifying and erasing
flash chips. It's often used to flash BIOS/EFI/coreboot/firmware/optionROM
images in-system using a supported mainboard, but it also supports flashing of
network cards (NICs), SATA controller cards, and other external devices which
can program flash chips.
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It supports a wide range of DIP32, PLCC32, DIP8, SO8/SOIC8, TSOP32/40/48,
and BGA chips, which use various protocols such as LPC, FWH, parallel
flash, or SPI.
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The tool can be used to flash BIOS/firmware images for example -- be it
proprietary BIOS images or coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) images.
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It can also be used to read the current existing BIOS/firmware from a
flash chip.
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Currently supported programmers include:
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* internal (for in-system flashing in the mainboard)
* dummy (virtual programmer for testing flashrom)
* nic3com (for flash ROMs on 3COM network cards)
* nicrealtek (for flash ROMs on Realtek and SMC 1211 network cards)
* nicnatsemi (for flash ROMs on National Semiconductor DP838* network cards)
* nicintel (for parallel flash ROMs on Intel 10/100Mbit network cards)
* gfxnvidia (for flash ROMs on NVIDIA graphics cards)
* drkaiser (for flash ROMs on Dr. Kaiser PC-Waechter PCI cards)
* satasii (for flash ROMs on Silicon Image SATA/IDE controllers)
* satamv (for flash ROMs on Marvell SATA controllers)
* atahpt (for flash ROMs on Highpoint ATA/RAID controllers)
* atavia (for flash ROMs on VIA VT6421A SATA controllers)
* atapromise (for flash ROMs on Promise PDC2026x ATA/RAID controllers)
* it8212 (for flash ROMs on ITE IT8212F ATA/RAID controller)
* ft2232_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to an FT2232/FT4232H/FT232H family
based USB SPI programmer), including the DLP Design DLP-USB1232H,
FTDI FT2232H Mini-Module, FTDI FT4232H Mini-Module, openbiosprog-spi,
Amontec JTAGkey/JTAGkey-tiny/JTAGkey-2, Dangerous Prototypes Bus Blaster,
Olimex ARM-USB-TINY/-H, Olimex ARM-USB-OCD/-H, TIAO/DIYGADGET USB
Multi-Protocol Adapter (TUMPA), TUMPA Lite, GOEPEL PicoTAP,
Google Servo v1/v2, and FIC OpenMoko Neo1973 Debug board.
* serprog (for flash ROMs attached to a programmer speaking serprog),
including AVR flasher by Urja Rannikko, AVR flasher by eightdot,
Arduino Mega flasher by fritz, InSystemFlasher by Juhana Helovuo,
and atmegaXXu2-flasher by Stefan Tauner.
* buspirate_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a Bus Pirate)
* dediprog (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a Dediprog SF100)
* rayer_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a RayeR parport based programmer)
* pony_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to a SI-Prog serial port
bitbanging adapter)
* nicintel_spi (for SPI flash ROMs on Intel Gigabit network cards)
* ogp_spi (for SPI flash ROMs on Open Graphics Project graphics card)
* linux_spi (for SPI flash ROMs accessible via /dev/spidevX.Y on Linux)
* usbblaster_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to an Altera USB-Blaster)
* nicintel_eeprom (for SPI EEPROMs on Intel Gigabit network cards)
* mstarddc_spi (for SPI flash ROMs accessible through DDC in MSTAR-equipped
displays)
* pickit2_spi (for SPI flash ROMs accessible via Microchip PICkit2)
* ch341a_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to WCH CH341A)
Description-md5: c30d67cc67b62e9308ada234b1d11f09