etcher/README.md

Etcher

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

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 directly flash Raspberry Pi devices that support USB device boot mode.

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Supported Operating Systems

• Linux (most distros)
• macOS 10.10 (Yosemite) and later
• Microsoft Windows 7 and later

Note: Etcher will run on any platform officially supported by Electron. Read more in their documentation.

Installers

Refer to the downloads page for the latest pre-made installers for all supported operating systems.

Note: Our deb and rpm packages are now hosted on Cloudsmith!

Debian and Ubuntu based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

1. Add Etcher Debian repository:

   curl -1sLf \
      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' \
      | sudo -E bash
   

2. Update and install:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron
   

Uninstall

sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron
rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
apt-get clean
rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
apt-get update

OpenSUSE LEAP & Tumbleweed install

curl -1sLf \
  'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
  | sudo -E bash

Uninstall

zypper rr balena-etcher
zypper rr balena-etcher-source

Redhat (RHEL) and Fedora-based Package Repository (GNU/Linux x86/x64)

DNF

1. Add Etcher rpm repository:

   curl -1sLf \
      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
      | sudo -E bash
   

2. Update and install:

   sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
   rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
   rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo
   

Uninstall

rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo

Yum

1. Add Etcher rpm repository:

   curl -1sLf \
      'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' \
      | sudo -E bash
   

2. Update and install:

   sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electron
   

Uninstall

sudo yum remove -y balena-etcher-electron
rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo

Solus (GNU/Linux x64)

sudo eopkg it etcher

Uninstall

sudo eopkg rm etcher

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. The following example uses a common AUR helper to install the latest release:

yay -S balena-etcher

Uninstall

yay -R balena-etcher

Brew (macOS)

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.

brew install balenaetcher

Uninstall

brew uninstall balenaetcher

Chocolatey (Windows)

This package is maintained by @majkinetor, and is kept up to date automatically.

choco install etcher

Uninstall

choco uninstall etcher

Support

If you're having any problem, please raise an issue 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 the license.