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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "flashrom" package

Please follow the instructions below to install flashrom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall flashrom on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: flashrom
Priority: extra
Section: universe/electronics
Installed-Size: 861
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Uwe Hermann
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.9~rc1+r1942-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpci3 (>= 1:3.3.1-1), libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9~)
Recommends: dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/f/flashrom/flashrom_0.9.9~rc1+r1942-1_amd64.deb
Size: 163006
MD5sum: 3fb36a9c826eb9e0abb1cfc44a8134f2
SHA1: 49b8d7491eb9b7a8c295f6b8fe7765080f577654
SHA256: f7589f8ba671e0b4bde8fb2b0761a7c6ce01baf1a05013646b2006723562d734
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 (default, 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 network cards)
* nicsmc1211 (for flash ROMs on RTL8139-compatible SMC2 network cards)
* nicnatsemi (for flash ROMs on National Semiconductor DP838* network cards)
* nicintel (for parallel flash ROMs on Intel 10/100Mbit network cards)
* nicintel_spi (for SPI flash ROMs on Intel Gigabit 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)
* ft2232_spi (for SPI flash ROMs attached to an FT2232/FT4232H
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, Olimex ARM-USB-TINY/-H,
Olimex ARM-USB-OCD/-H, TIAO USB Multi-Protocol Adapter (TUMPA),
GOEPEL PicoTAP, 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)
* 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)
Description-md5: 94ead63e9b622dc17dee18670d8ef68d
Homepage: http://www.flashrom.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu