FAQ | Linux installation
Requirements
For flashtool to work correctly, some udev rules have to be set. Here are mine under Ubuntu 14.04 :
# pwd
/etc/udev/rules.d
# ll *sony*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93 août 3 21:51 51-sony.rules
# cat 51-sony.rules
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ACTION=="add", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0fce", ATTRS{idProduct}=="*", MODE="0777"
udev rules will not take effect until you restart udev service or you reboot the system.
Installation instructions
To install the Flashtool, follow the steps below:
- Get the latest windows package from the download page
- Uncompress the installation package. It will create a Flashtool folder from the folder you ran the extraction
There is no upgrade process. It must be done manually. Here are the steps :
- Place into the flashtool folder
- Save user files : tar czf ../users.tar.gz firmwares custom/mydevices
- You can now safely remove Flashtool folder and extract new package
- Place into the new flashtool folder
- Restore user files : tar xzf ../users.tar.gz
De-Installation instructions
Remove the Flashtool folder. Do not forget to save firmares and custom/mydevices folder before removing Flashtool