How on earth do I install Etcher. I’m using Mint 22 and usually install via deb file.
I downloaded Linux version but get a load of files I don’t understand.
The deb d/l link brings me to a website with lots of other files.
Is there a simple single .deb file i can download and then install on Mint?
I would like to reiterate the above request. I’ve spent 3 hours trying to get the Appimage to run. But I see support are not supportive - the above request for help has been ignored for months. So I won’t bother asking.
When I first got Linux , several years ago, I recall the techie complained bitterly about the needless grief he went thru to make a bootable image. Now I know what he was complaining about.
There are three choices. dd aka Destroy Disk , something described as overly complex for a beginner and Etcher - which all too often can’t be installed. How do I know this? Because no one -that I can find - has been able to write simple, clear instructions.
Even here , on this site, the down load links didn’t showup {in Waterfox running on Linux Mint 20.3 Una).
Small wonder Linux is losing popularity when Newbies can’t install it. Its like some psychopath said 'Let thousands of volunteers do great work. But the gatekeepers will make it so hard for Newbies to install that they’ll give up before they can even try it."
Much like this web site. Its so complex its barely usable (typing this comment has been torture. Congratulations on making a website that almost breaks Waterfox.)
I wager ‘support’ either attacks me for my ‘attitude’ or makes excuses or -most likely - ignores this question and thus the whole issue of the failure of this software to be usable by newbies to Linux.
AND FAILS to provide an answer eg a couple of lines of command code that will actually work.
Hello @bertrum,
According to the Etcher releases page listed in the documentation: Release v1.19.25 · balena-io/etcher · GitHub, the latest version is v1.19.25
From this page, I was able to find the .deb package that you can download for Linux Mint, here’s the direct link: https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.19.25/balena-etcher_1.19.25_amd64.deb
Here are the instructions to install balenaEtcher on Debian/Ubuntu, these instructions should work for Linux Mint as well: GitHub - balena-io/etcher at v1.19.25
Hope this helps!