How to Install and Uninstall 0xffff Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 21,2024

1. Install "0xffff" package

This guide let you learn how to install 0xffff on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall 0xffff on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: 0xffff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Sebastian Reichel
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 167
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12)
Filename: pool/universe/0/0xffff/0xffff_0.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 59292
MD5sum: e2ebcebaaa1094724271432da82c8e7b
SHA1: d2b63d1f2a2d68dfcd5bc7541ab4b447467e53dd
SHA256: bcedcbd92cbcbb8ac2b8c13f780c7d77a6ccb4c3de33a6c65e4003c7de161745
SHA512: ee86edeea6f43b186508c51c97f97da5dc6cb59b219c07b8ce496982357dc2261f3ae4dd5a34c11a06347e31e31ba91c40579b76db24627d7b99fe2be8ff2dc2
Homepage: https://github.com/pali/0xFFFF
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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Supported are the Nokia 770, N800, N810, N810w, N900, N950 and N9.
Description-md5: 183c49f6505eb3432d1b069800f1f5b6