How to Install Heimdall on Ubuntu Server

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps required to install Heimdall on a Ubuntu server.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu server
• A user account with sudo privileges
• An internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Heimdall requires several dependencies to be installed on your Ubuntu server. Use the following command to install the necessary dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential cmake zlib1g-dev qt5-default \
libusb-1.0-0-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev \
libswscale-dev libx11-dev libxi-dev libssl-dev libusb-1.0-0 libftdi1

Step 2: Download Heimdall

You can download the latest version of Heimdall from Heimdall's official website. Once you have downloaded the .tar.bz2 or .tar.gz package, extract it using the following command:

tar -xvjf heimdall-<version>.tar.bz2	# replace <version> with the actual version number

Step 3: Build and Install Heimdall

Change to the extracted directory:

cd heimdall-<version>

Create a build directory and navigate into it:

mkdir -p build
cd build

Run cmake with the following arguments:

cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..

Now run make and make install:

make
sudo make install

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Heimdall on your Ubuntu server!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Heimdall on a Ubuntu server by downloading, building, and installing the required software. You can now use Heimdall to flash firmware and recover your Samsung devices.

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