
Figure 3. GitHub file list
For Ubuntu 18 and 20, the BCU Snap Package has been released in the Snap Store. Installing the BCU from the Snap Store is
recommended. These binaries released on the GitHub release page do not support Ubuntu 16 anymore.
3.3.2 BCU running environment
The BCU supports Linux, Windows 10, and MacOS 11.x.
3.3.2.1 Linux distributions (x64)
If your Linux distribution supports Snap Store, install the BCU using below commands. There is no need to install other libraries:
$ sudo snap install --devmode bcu-nxp; sudo snap alias bcu-nxp bcu
If you are using Ubuntu 18.04 (or above) and want to directly use the binaries released on the BCU GitHub release page, install
these libraries using the following command:
$ sudo apt-get install libftdi1-dev libyaml-dev openssl pkgconf libncurses5-dev libssl-dev libconfuse-
dev
3.3.2.2 Windows 10 (x64)
The BCU only provides the Windows 10 binary on the GitHub release page.
• If using Windows 10 version below 1.2.0, install the
3.3.2.3 MacOS 11.x (x64 and arm64)
The BCU only provides the MacOS binary on the GitHub release page.
• MacOS 11.x Big Sur (or above, x64):
— Install Homebrew:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/
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