REQUEST: balenaEtcher

[pearsimmon]

balenaEtcher is an open-source tool for creating bootable pendrives.
https://www.balena.io/etcher/

They have an official .deb repo, both x86 and x64, with instructions how to add it here: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher#deb ... nux-x86x64
Such version is not cutting-edge and therefore likely more stable.

balenaEtcher does have an opt-out "anonymous statistics" anti-feature though.

[manyroads]

Please see this thread: viewtopic.php?f=134&t=45891&p=455599&hi ... st#p455599

[Sparky]

Etcher doesn't work on my MX when used as an electron image. If it's possible, I would love to have it in the repos.

[pearsimmon]

Hmm, for me it works fine.
Actually it would be nice if there was an integrated bootable stick maker in Thunar's custom actions. I miss this feature, coming from Linux Mint.

[Eadwine Rose]

In MX Tools, Live USB Maker.

[kc1di]

Live USB maker works well here also, But I use Etcher and their .deb file installs and work fine here. Make sure you download the one for Debian not xubuntu.

[pearsimmon]

But can MX Live USB Maker create from any iso, including Windows?

[fehlix]

But can MX Live USB Maker create from any iso, including Windows?

Yes with the option DD (disk dump) , that the exact the option Etcher is using.

[beardedragon]

The following is a way to install "Etcher" for Debian. Ignore the lines starting with # sign, they are descriptive only. The rest are copy/pasted into your Terminal.

#Add Etcher debian repository:

echo "deb https://deb.etcher.io stable etcher" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list


#Trust Bintray.com's GPG key:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61

#Update and install:


sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install balena-etcher-electron


#Uninstall

sudo apt-get remove balena-etcher-electron

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/balena-etcher.list

sudo apt-get update

[Stevo]

Hmm, for me it works fine.
Actually it would be nice if there was an integrated bootable stick maker in Thunar's custom actions. I miss this feature, coming from Linux Mint.

We do have mintstick in the test repo.