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    Create Windows / Linux bootable USB using


    Etcher
    By Josphat Mutai - August 25, 2023

    Last I wrote an article on how to Create Windows bootable USB on Linux, previously called WinUSB. In this guide, we’ll look at a universal
    tool that runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows which is used to create a bootable USB from various ISO files. This tool is referred to as Etcher.

    We’ll cover installation of Etcher on macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora and Arch Linux. The UI interface of Etcher on all these distributions are similar,
    so using the tool should be a straightforward process.

    Install Etcher on Ubuntu / Debian


    Lucky enough, Etcher package is available on official Debian etcher repository. Here are the steps to install Etcher on Ubuntu and Debian.

    Add Etcher repository to your Debian/Ubuntu system:

    curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash

    Expected command execution output:

    Executing the setup script for the 'balena/etcher' repository ...

    OK: Checking for required executable 'curl' ...


    OK: Checking for required executable 'apt-get' ...
    OK: Detecting your OS distribution and release using system methods ...
    ^^^^: ... Detected/provided for your OS/distribution, version and architecture:
    >>>>:
    >>>>: ... distro=debian version=11 codename=bullseye arch=x86_64
    >>>>:
    NOPE: Checking for apt dependency 'apt-transport-https' ...
    OK: Updating apt repository metadata cache ...
    OK: Attempting to install 'apt-transport-https' ...
    OK: Checking for apt dependency 'ca-certificates' ...
    OK: Checking for apt dependency 'gnupg' ...
    OK: Importing 'balena/etcher' repository GPG key into apt ...
    OK: Checking if upstream install config is OK ...
    OK: Installing 'balena/etcher' repository via apt ...
    OK: Updating apt repository metadata cache ...
    OK: The repository has been installed successfully - You're ready to rock!

    Update the system and install Etcher:

    sudo apt-get update


    sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron

    Agree to continue with the installation:

    0 upgraded, 130 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.


    Need to get 173 MB of archives.

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    After this operation, 591 MB of additional disk space will be used.


    Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

    Uninstall Etcher on Ubuntu/Debian

    Run the following commands to uninstall Etcher on Ubuntu/Debian:

    sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron


    sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list
    sudo apt-get clean
    sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
    sudo apt-get update

    Install Etcher on CentOS / Fedora


    Etcher also has a repository for RPM packages that can be installed on RHEL and its derivatives like CentOS and Fedora.

    Add Etcher rpm repository to Fedora, RHEL or CentOS:

    curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' | sudo -E bash

    Update you yum package index and install Etcher:

    sudo yum install -y balena-etcher-electron

    For Fedora, you need to use dnf:

    sudo dnf install -y balena-etcher-electron

    Uninstall Etcher on RHEL/CentOS / Fedora

    sudo yum remove -y balena-etcher-electron


    sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher.repo
    sudo rm /etc/yum.repos.d/balena-etcher-source.repo

    Install Etcher on Arch / Manjaro


    For Arch Linux, etcher is available on AUR. Install it with your favorite AUR wrapper.

    yay -S balena-etcher

    To uninstall use:

    yay -R balena-etcher

    Install Etcher on macOS using brew cask


    Etcher has to be updated manually to point to new versions, so it might not refer to the latest version immediately after an Etcher release.

    brew install balenaetcher

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    Uninstall Etcher on macOS

    brew uninstall balenaetcher

    An alternative method is manually downloading the .img package and installing it on your macOS.

    Using Etcher to create bootable USB from ISO


    Once Etcher has been installed on your base Operating system, it’s time to create a bootable ISO from it. In this example, I’ll create a bootable
    USB on macOS of Ubuntu LTS.

    Launch the application, you should get a window similar to below:

    Click on “Select image” and browse to the location of ISO image and click Open:

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    Next, you need to “Select drive“, this is your USB device where iso contents will be copied to. It will automatically detect all USB devices and
    ask you to select one.

    The last thing to do is click “Flash” button. This will start to write USB device with iso content, when prompted for a password, enter your
    admin account password.

    Wait for the process to complete. You will receive notification that the flash has been completed.

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    Eject your USB device and start the installation process on your target system.

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