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Etcher is a popular USB burning application that can be used to create bootable Linux USB. Let me show you how to install it and how to use it to make a Linux live disk.

Etcher: an open source tool for burning Linux ISO in SD cards and USB drives

Etcher is an open source project developed by Balena to burn SD cards for raspberry pie. In fact, we used it in the tutorial on how to install Raspbian OS on a SD card.

It is not limited to SD cards, you can also use Etcher to make a bootable USB drive, and we use it to create a live USB of Manjaro in Linux.

Since its first release, Etcher has attracted people's attention for its clean interface and simple way to use it.

In this article, I will focus on the steps to help you install Etcher on Linux. Then I'll show you how to use it. Before that, let me introduce its function to you first.

The function of Etcher

Verify the drive before burning

Beautiful user interface

Automatically detect the USB drive / SD card to prevent the hard drive on the computer from being erased.

Cross-platform support (Windows, macOS and Linux).

Fast burning

A simple three-step process

In theory, you already have everything you need to burn operating system images on SD cards and USB drives. Equally exciting is that according to their roadmap, they plan to add synchronous write support for multiple devices.

Install Etcher on Linux

To get started, you need to download the AppImage file provided by it from its official website (for any Linux distribution).

All you have to do is go to its home page and download a program based on your system (32-bit / 64-bit):

In my example, I downloaded the 64-bit AppImage file for Ubuntu. You can learn about using AppImage files on Linux through our guide, but I'll let you know what needs to be done next.

You need to give the file execution permission, which can be achieved by right-clicking the AppImage file-> attribute.

Next, click allow to execute as a program under the permissions tab, as shown in the following figure.

Now, just double-click the AppImage file to start Etcher!

This should work on any Linux distribution. In any case, if you want to build from source code or install it directly using .rpm or .deb files, you can also go to its Github release page to find RPM, DEB and source code.

You can also refer to our deb file in Ubuntu to install the application.

Be careful!

We noticed that when you use Etcher to create an live USB for a Linux distribution, it makes USB obviously unusable, that is, it has only a few MB of free space and cannot be formatted directly. On Linux, you can use the disk tool to manually delete the partition and then format it.

Using Etcher on Linux

It only takes three steps to get started with Etcher. After you start it, it should be clear according to the on-screen prompts, but to give you a good start, here's what you need to do:

Step 1: select the appropriate ISO image file or the URL of the file you need to burn (as shown in the following figure).

Step 2: next, you need to select the target device. It automatically detects and highlights removable devices to prevent you from choosing any internal storage location.

Here, I connected a USB drive, and I chose it (as shown in the following figure).

Step 3: now, all you need to do is burn the image and wait for it to complete successfully.

This is what the progress looks like:

It's done!

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Summary

Etcher is a useful tool for burning operating system images for SD cards and USB drives. I tend to mainly use it to create live USB drives to test Linux distributions, and I'm happy with it.

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