Flash, control or configure MediaTek boards, and in particular the Genio evaluation kits
📦 Install
sudo snap install genio-tools
To disable strict confinement and grant the Snap elevated system permissions for development purposes:
sudo snap install genio-tools --devmode
🔌 Udev Setup
After installing the snap, run the setup app to generate a setting up script for current user:
snap run genio-tools.setup
Then, install the necessary USB udev rules:
sudo bash ~/snap/genio-tools/current/common/install-udev-rules.sh
Alternatively, for a one-line install using eval, run:
eval "$(snap run genio-tools.udev-script)"
This will output and immediately execute the udev install script for current user.
⚠️ Limitations (when Installing without --devmode)
genio-config ToolThe genio-config tool does not work inside the snap package because it tries to access udev rule files directly. Since the snap lacks the unsafe system-files interface, it encounters permission errors.
However, if the above setup script runs successfully, fastboot and all necessary udev rules are already applied to your system, so running genio-config is not required.
Tools like genio-flash and genio-board require access to devices such as /dev/gpiochip0. Snap’s default confinement restricts this, causing errors like:
WARNING:root:[Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/dev/gpiochip0'
To enable GPIO control and related hardware access, it is recommended to install the Snap using --devmode, which disables strict confinement and grants the Snap elevated system permissions:
sudo snap install genio-tools --devmode
Note: If you need to use adb or connect to UART without root privileges, an additional udev rule is required. Please refer to the official MediaTek documentation for details:
https://mediatek.gitlab.io/aiot/doc/aiot-dev-guide/master/tools/genio-tools.html
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Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.
You need first add the snappy repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.
Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
Leap 15.x:
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
If needed, Swap out openSUSE_Leap_15. for, openSUSE_Leap_16.0 if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.
With the repository added, import its GPG key:
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new snappy repository:
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
Snap can now be installed with the following:
sudo zypper install snapd
You then need to either reboot, logout/login or source /etc/profile to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the snapd and the snapd.apparmor services with the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
To install genio-tools, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install genio-tools
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