You can install the latest release (1.4.0) of the newtmgr tool from a Debian binary package (amd64). You can also download and build the latest release version of newtmgr from source.
This page shows you how to:
Set up your computer to download Debian binary packages from the runtimeco APT repository.
Note: The key for signing the repository has changed. If you set up your computer before release 1.1.0, you will need to download and import the public key again.
Install the latest release version of newtmgr from a Debian binary package. You can use apt-get to install the package or manually download and install the Debian binary package.
Download, build, and install the latest release version of newtmgr from source.
See Installing Previous Releases of Newtgmr to install an earlier version of newtmgr.
If you are installing on an amd64 platform, we recommend that you install from the binary package.
Note: We have tested the newtmgr tool binary and apt-get install from the runtimeco APT repository for Ubuntu version 1704. Earlier Ubuntu versions (for example: Ubuntu 14) may have incompatibility with the repository. You can manually download and install the Debian binary package.
Note: See Setting Up a Go Environment to Contribute to Newt and Newtmgr Tools if you want to:
The newtmgr Debian packages are stored in a private APT repository on https://github/runtimeco/debian-mynewt. To use apt-get, you must set up the following on your computer to retrieve packages from the repository:
Note: You only need to perform this setup once on your computer. However, if you previously downloaded and imported the public key for the runtimeco APT repository, you will need to perform step 2 again as the key has changed.
wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/debian-mynewt/master/mynewt.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo -s [sudo] password for <user>: # cat > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mynewt.list <<EOF deb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/debian-mynewt/master latest main EOF # exit
Note: Do not forget to exit the root shell.
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mynewt.list deb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/debian-mynewt/master latest main
$ sudo apt-get update
W: Failed to fetch https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/debian-mynewt/master/dists/latest/main/source/Sources HttpError404
You can use either apt-get to install the package, or manually download and install the Debian binary package.
Run the following commands to upgrade or install the latest version of newtmgr:
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install newtmgr
Download and install the package manually.
$ wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/runtimeco/binary-releases/master/mynewt-newt-tools_1.4.0/newtmgr_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb $ sudo dpkg -i newtmgr_1.4.0-1_amd64.deb
See Checking the Installed Version of Newtmgr to verify that you are using the installed version of newtmgr.
If you are running Linux on a different architecture, you can build and install the latest release version of newtmgr from source.
$ cd /tmp $ mkdir go $ cd go $ export GOPATH=/tmp/go
$ go get mynewt.apache.org/newtmgr/newtmgr $ ls -l /tmp/go/bin/newtmgr -rwxr-xr-x 1 user staff 17884488 Jul 29 16:25 /tmp/go/bin/newtmgr
$ cd src/mynewt.apache.org/newtmgr $ git checkout mynewt_1_4_0_tag Note: checking out 'mynewt_1_4_0_tag'.
5. Build newtmgr from the latest release version:
$ cd newtmgr $ go install $ ls /tmp/go/bin/newtmgr -rwxr-xr-x 1 user staff 17888680 Jul 29 16:28 /tmp/go/bin/newtmgr
$ newtmgr Newtmgr helps you manage remote devices running the Mynewt OS Usage: newtmgr [flags] newtmgr [command] Available Commands: config Read or write a config value on a device conn Manage newtmgr connection profiles crash Send a crash command to a device datetime Manage datetime on a device echo Send data to a device and display the echoed back data fs Access files on a device help Help about any command image Manage images on a device log Manage logs on a device mpstat Read mempool statistics from a device reset Perform a soft reset of a device run Run test procedures on a device stat Read statistics from a device taskstat Read task statistics from a device Flags: -c, --conn string connection profile to use -h, --help help for newtmgr -l, --loglevel string log level to use (default "info") --name string name of target BLE device; overrides profile setting -t, --timeout float timeout in seconds (partial seconds allowed) (default 10) -r, --tries int total number of tries in case of timeout (default 1) Use "newtmgr [command] --help" for more information about a command.