Heimdall is a free and open-source software used to flash firmware to Samsung Galaxy devices. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Heimdall on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before installation, make sure you have the following things:
Open a terminal window and run the commands to update the package lists and install the Heimdall dependencies:
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S cmake make gcc automake autoconf libusb-dev libusb-compat-dev pkg-config zlib1g-dev
To download and install the latest version of Heimdall, follow the steps below:
wget https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/archive/refs/tags/v1.4.2.tar.gz
tar -xvzf v1.4.2.tar.gz
cd Heimdall-1.4.2/
cmake -B build
make -C build
sudo make -C build install
Run the following command to verify the installation:
heimdall version
It should display the version of Heimdall that you have installed.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Heimdall on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use it to flash firmware to your Samsung Galaxy devices.
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