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Etcher is a powerful OS image flasher built with web technologies to ensure
flashing an SDCard or USB drive is a pleasant and safe experience. It protects
you from accidentally writing to your hard-drives, ensures every byte of data
was written correctly and much more. It can also flash directly Raspberry Pi devices that support the usbboot protocol
was written correctly, and much more. It can also flash directly Raspberry Pi devices that support [USB device boot mode](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/device.md).
[![Current Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/balena-io/etcher.svg?style=flat-square)](https://balena.io/etcher)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/balena-io/etcher.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/blob/master/LICENSE)
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- macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later
- Microsoft Windows 7 and later
Note that Etcher will run on any platform officially supported by
**Note**: Etcher will run on any platform officially supported by
[Electron][electron]. Read more in their
[documentation][electron-supported-platforms].
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#### Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
1. Add Etcher debian repository:
1. Add Etcher Debian repository:
```sh
echo "deb https://deb.etcher.io stable etcher" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
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sudo zypper rm balena-etcher-electron
```
#### Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
#### Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)
##### DNF
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sudo eopkg rm etcher
```
#### Arch Linux / Manjaro (GNU/Linux x64)
#### Arch/Manjaro Linux (GNU/Linux x64)
Etcher is offered through the Arch User Repository and can be installed on both Manjaro and Arch systems. You can compile it from the source code in this repository using [`balena-etcher`](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/balena-etcher/). The following example uses a common AUR helper to install the latest release:
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yay -R balena-etcher
```
#### Brew Cask (macOS)
#### Brew (macOS)
Note that the Etcher Cask has to be updated manually to point to new versions,
**Note**: Etcher has to be updated manually to point to new versions,
so it might not refer to the latest version immediately after an Etcher
release.
```sh
brew cask install balenaetcher
brew install balenaetcher
```
##### Uninstall
```sh
brew cask uninstall balenaetcher
brew uninstall balenaetcher
```
#### Chocolatey (Windows)
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## Support
If you're having any problem, please [raise an issue][newissue] on GitHub and
If you're having any problem, please [raise an issue][newissue] on GitHub, and
the balena.io team will be happy to help.
## License
Etcher is free software, and may be redistributed under the terms specified in
Etcher is free software and may be redistributed under the terms specified in
the [license].
[etcher]: https://balena.io/etcher