This article will take you through how to install Etcher on Debian 11. balenaEtcher is a free and open-source application for creating live SD cards and USB flash drives by writing image files such as .iso and .img files, as well as zipped folders, to storage media. Balena developed it, and it’s licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
How to Install Etcher on Debian 11
- Update your packages.
sudo apt update -y- Next, add the Etcher repository.
curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash- Update your system to apply Repo changes.
sudo apt update -y- Then install Ether on Debian 11 using the following command.
sudo apt install balena-etcher-electronSample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: gconf-service gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf-2-4 Suggested packages: gconf-defaults-service The following NEW packages will be installed: balena-etcher-electron gconf-service gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf-2-4 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 89.1 MB of archives. After this operation, 236 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 gconf2-common all 3.2.6-7 [1,039 kB] Get:2 https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/deb/debian bullseye/main amd64 balena-etcher-electron amd64 1.7.9 [86.8 MB] Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 libgconf-2-4 amd64 3.2.6-7 [428 kB] Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 gconf-service amd64 3.2.6-7 [415 kB] Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 gconf2 amd64 3.2.6-7 [427 kB] Fetched 89.1 MB in 16min 41s (89.0 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package gconf2-common. (Reading database ... 157524 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gconf2-common_3.2.6-7_all.deb ... Unpacking gconf2-common (3.2.6-7) ... Selecting previously unselected package libgconf-2-4:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../libgconf-2-4_3.2.6-7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libgconf-2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-7) ... Selecting previously unselected package gconf-service. Preparing to unpack .../gconf-service_3.2.6-7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gconf-service (3.2.6-7) ... Selecting previously unselected package gconf2. Preparing to unpack .../gconf2_3.2.6-7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gconf2 (3.2.6-7) ... Selecting previously unselected package balena-etcher-electron. Preparing to unpack .../balena-etcher-electron_1.7.9_amd64.deb ... Unpacking balena-etcher-electron (1.7.9) ... Setting up gconf2-common (3.2.6-7) ... Creating config file /etc/gconf/2/path with new version Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-13+deb11u3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ... Processing triggers for sgml-base (1.30) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.69) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Setting up libgconf-2-4:amd64 (3.2.6-7) ... Setting up gconf-service (3.2.6-7) ... Setting up gconf2 (3.2.6-7) ... Setting up balena-etcher-electron (1.7.9) ... chmod: cannot access '/opt/balena-etcher-electron/chrome-sandbox': No such file or directory Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-13+deb11u3) ...
- After the installation, balenaEtcher can be launched from the application as shown below.
- When open, you can select an image to be burned then select the target drive to burn the image into, and finally click on Flash to start burning.
Uninstall Etcher on Debian 11
- Run the following command to remove balenaEtcher from your system.
sudo apt remove balena-etcher-electronSample output
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: gconf-service gconf2 gconf2-common libgconf-2-4 Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: balena-etcher-electron 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 6 not upgraded. After this operation, 228 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 157846 files and directories currently installed.) Removing balena-etcher-electron (1.7.9) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.69) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ...
- That’s it! you have reached the end of our article, Cheers! You have gone through how to install Etcher on Debian 11.
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