How to Install Heimdall on Fedora CoreOS

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool that helps you flash firmware or ROMs onto Samsung Galaxy devices. Fedora CoreOS is a minimal operating system optimized for hosting container workloads.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Heimdall on Fedora CoreOS using the command-line interface (CLI).

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure you have the following:

  • Access to a terminal
  • Fedora CoreOS installed and running
  • Administrative privileges

Steps

Step 1: Add Heimdall Repository to Fedora CoreOS

To install Heimdall on Fedora CoreOS, we need to first add the Heimdall repository to the system.

  1. Open a terminal window by pressing CTRL + ALT + T.
  2. Run the following command to add the Heimdall repository:
echo "[heimdall]
name=Heimdall
baseurl=https://heimdall-project.github.io/rpm/heimdall/fedora/30/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/heimdall.repo

The above command downloads the Heimdall RPM package and installs dependencies required for it to work.

Step 2: Install Heimdall on Fedora CoreOS

After adding the Heimdall repository to the system, run the following command to install Heimdall:

sudo dnf install heimdall-frontend heimdall

This command installs Heimdall and the Heimdall-frontend graphical user interface (GUI).

Step 3: Open Heimdall GUI

Once the installation is complete, open Heimdall by running the following command:

sudo heimdall-frontend

This command launches the Heimdall-frontend GUI. You can use it to monitor and interact with your Samsung Galaxy devices.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Heimdall on Fedora CoreOS using the command-line interface. You also learned how to add the Heimdall repository to your system and launch the Heimdall-frontend GUI.

Happy flashing!