Install BalenaEtcher on Linux using simple methods. For those don’t know about Etcher, it is an open-source USB bootable tool that can be used on Windows, Linux or MAC OS platform to help users quickly burn image files to USB devices or flashcards. Etcher is for beginners who need to make their own bootable U disk.
To create a bootable USB Drive using BalenaEtcher on Linux such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, CentOS and more… Just need to select an image file to be flashed like .iso and .img. After that select the USB device you want to burn. BalenaEtcher automatically recognizes the connected drive. Finally, click the “Flash!” button to make bootable Pen drive.
Install balenaEtcher on Linux
Step 1: Download Etcher AppImage
To install BalenaEtcher on Linux operating system, we can use two methods- AppImage and via Repository.
First method via portable AppImage.
First is downloading a portable download a balenaEtcher AppImage. One can keep it on a pen drive or USB HHD to use it on almost all popular Linux operating systems. No need to install anything.
It has support for Ubuntu 19.04/18.04/16.0/14.04, Arch Linux, CentOS 6/7, Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Red Hat and other same stream operating systems. The benefit of AppImage it can be used on a wide range of Linux Distros regardless of its type.
Go to Balena Etcher Download page and if your system is 64-bit then download respective Etcher AppImage and for those have 32-bit, get the Etcher for Linux x86 (32-bit) (AppImage).
Step 2: Run balenaEtcher AppImage
The downloaded balenaEtcher Appimage will be in the form of the zip file. Right-click on it and extract it.
After extracting you will find an AppImage of balenaEtcher, again right-click on it and select Open option to run this USB bootable maker tool.
So, here is the Linux portable Baleno Etcher, ready to flash ISO or IMG bootable Images to your USB or Pen drives.
Note: This will not install the Etcher on your Linux system rather you have to run the AppImage every time to use it, a portable Etcher.
Method to install balenaEtcher on Linux using Repository
So, if you don’t want to use AppImage and want to install balenaEtcher on your Ubuntu or CentOS operating system like any other regular program, then here are the commands:
#For Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, ElementaryOS and other same derivatives…
Add Etcher Debian repository:
In command terminal fire the below command to add the Etcher repository:
echo "deb https://deb.etcher.io stable etcher" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
Import GPG key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
Update System
sudo apt-get update
Install balenaEtcher on Ubuntu Linux
sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron
Uninstall balenaEtcher (optional)
sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list sudo apt-get update
#For Redhat (RHEL), CentOS and other same derivatives
Add Etcher rpm repository:
sudo wget https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo
Update System
sudo yum update
Install Etcher on RedHat or CentOS Linux
sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
Uninstall balenaEtcher from RedHat/CentOS Linux (optional)
sudo yum remove -y balena-etcher-electron sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo sudo yum clean all sudo yum makecache fast
#For Fedora and its based Linux OS
Get balenaEtcher rpm repository:
sudo wget https://balena.io/etcher/static/etcher-rpm.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo
Update System
sudo dnf update
Install balenaEtcher on Fedora Linux
sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron
Uninstall balenaEtcher from Fedora (optional)
sudo dnf remove -y balena-etcher-electron sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/etcher-rpm.repo sudo dnf clean all sudo dnf makecache
Install Etcher on Solus (GNU/Linux x64)
sudo eopkg it etcher
Uninstall
sudo eopkg rm etcher
In this way, we can install balenaEtcher on Linux to create a bootable USB drive.
