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[#]: collector: (lujun9972)
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[#]: subject: (How to Install and Use Etcher on Linux for Making Live Linux USB)
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[#]: via: (https://itsfoss.com/install-etcher-linux/)
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[#]: author: (Ankush Das https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/)
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How to Install and Use Etcher on Linux for Making Live Linux USB
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_**Etcher is a popular USB flasher app for creating bootable Linux USB drives. Let me show you how to install it and how to use it for making a live Linux disk.**_
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### Etcher: An open source tool to flash Linux ISO on SD Cards & USB drives
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Etcher is an open-source project by [Balena][1] to help flash SD cards for Raspberry Pi. In fact, we used it in our tutorial on [how to install Raspbian OS on a SD Card][2].
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Not just limited to SD Cards, you can also use Etcher to [make a bootable USB drive][3] just like we created a [live USB of Manjaro in Linux][4] with the help of it.
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Ever since its first release, Etcher caught the attention for its neat interface and simplicity of use.
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In this article, I will be focusing on the steps to help you install Etcher on Linux. And then, I’ll also show how to use it. Before I do that, let me give you an overview of the features it offers:
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### Features of Etcher
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* Validate drive before flashing
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* Beautiful user interface
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* Auto-detects USB drive/SD card to prevent wiping the HDD on your computer
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* Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS, and Linux)
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* Fast flashing
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* Simple three-step process
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On paper, you get everything one would need to flash OS images on an SD card and a USB drive. It is also exciting to know that they plan to add the support simultaneous writing to multiple devices as per their [roadmap][6].
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### Installing Etcher on Linux
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To get started, you have to grab the AppImage file that it offers (suitable for any Linux distribution) from its official website.
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You just need to head on to its [homepage][7] and download the one for your system (32-bit/64-bit):
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In my case, I got the 64-bit AppImage file for Ubuntu. You can go through our guide on [using AppImage files on Linux][9], but I’ll give you a head start on what you need to do next.
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You need to give the file permissions to execute and you can do that by right-clicking on the **AppImage file -> Properties**.
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Next, click on “**Allow executing as a program**” under the Permissions tab as shown in the image below.
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Now, just double-click on the AppImage file to launch balenaEtcher!
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This should work on any Linux distribution. In either case, you can also head over to its [GitHub releases se][12][c][12][tion][12] to find RPM, DEB, and the source file if you want to build it from source or just install it using the .rpm or .deb files.
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You can also refer to our guide on [using deb file in Ubuntu][13] to install applications.
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Attention!
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It’s been noticed that when you use Etcher to create live USB of Linux distributions, it leaves the USB in an apparent unusable state where it has only a few MB of free state and cannot be formatted directly. On Linux, you can [use the Disks tool to manually delete the partitions and then format it][14].
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### Using Etcher on Linux
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It is just a three-step process to get started using Etcher. It should be self-explanatory as per the on-screen instructions after you launch it, but just to give you a head start, here’s what you have to do:
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**Step 1:** Select the appropriate ISO image file or the URL of the file that you need to flash (as shown in the image below).
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**Step 2**: Next, you will have to select the target device. It automatically detects and highlights removable devices to help you prevent selecting any internal storage locations.
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In this case, I have a USB drive connected, and I have it selected as well (as shown in the screenshot below).
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**Step 3:** Now, all you have to do is — flash the image and wait for it to complete successfully.
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Here’s how the progress looks:
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And, it is done!
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[Download balenaEtcher][7]
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### Wrapping Up
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Etcher is a useful tool to flash OS images for both SD cards and USB drives. I tend to use it primarily to create live USB drives to test Linux distros and I’m happy with it.
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What do you prefer to use to create bootable drives? Have you tried Etcher already? Let me know your thoughts in the comments down below.
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via: https://itsfoss.com/install-etcher-linux/
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作者：[Ankush Das][a]
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选题：[lujun9972][b]
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[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/
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[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972
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[1]: https://www.balena.io/
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[2]: https://itsfoss.com/tutorial-how-to-install-raspberry-pi-os-raspbian-wheezy/
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[3]: https://itsfoss.com/create-bootable-ubuntu-usb-drive-mac-os/
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[4]: https://itsfoss.com/create-live-usb-manjaro-linux/
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[5]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/etcher-mxlinux-2.png?resize=800%2C518&ssl=1
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[6]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/milestones
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[7]: https://www.balena.io/etcher
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[8]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-official-site-download.png?resize=800%2C580&ssl=1
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[9]: https://itsfoss.com/use-appimage-linux/
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[10]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/balena-etcher-permission.jpg?resize=800%2C378&ssl=1
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[11]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/balena-etcher-execute.jpg?resize=800%2C445&ssl=1
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[12]: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/tag/v1.5.109
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[13]: https://itsfoss.com/install-deb-files-ubuntu/
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[14]: https://itsfoss.com/cant-format-usb-disk/
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[15]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/balena-etcher-select.jpg?resize=800%2C521&ssl=1
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[16]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-select-target.jpg?resize=800%2C509&ssl=1
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[17]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-target-device.jpg?resize=800%2C521&ssl=1
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[18]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-flash.jpg?resize=800%2C516&ssl=1
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[19]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-flashing.jpg?resize=800%2C510&ssl=1
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[20]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/etcher-flash-complete.jpg?resize=800%2C507&ssl=1
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