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title: Install rpiboot on Pop!_OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of rpiboot for on Pop!_OS - Raspberry Pi USB booting
  code
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/rpiboot/pop
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# Install rpiboot on **Pop!\_OS**

# rpiboot

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/rpiboot/pop#install)

#### Raspberry Pi USB booting code

This is the USB MSD boot code which should work on the Raspberry Pi model A,
Compute Module, Compute module 3 and Raspberry Pi Zero.

This version of rpiboot has been modified to work from directories which contain the booting firmware. There is a default directory msd/ which contains bootcode.bin and start.elf to turn the Raspberry Pi device into a USB Mass Storage Device (MSD).

### Package name

* rpiboot

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### License

* Proprietary

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### Last updated

* 23 July 2019 - latest/stable
* 30 April 2021 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/rpiboot/pop#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Pop!\_OS and install rpiboot

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on Pop!\_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install rpiboot

To install rpiboot, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install rpiboot
```

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