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Install lm4tools with Homebrew, apt, Nix

Tools for TI Stellaris Launchpad boards. Version 0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install lm4tools

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install lm4flash

Debian stable package indexes · lm4flash · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lm4flash

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lm/lm4flash/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Tools for TI Stellaris Launchpad boards

Commands and aliases

  • lm4flash
  • lmicdi

history

Project history and usage

lm4tools is a small command-line tool collection for multi-platform development on Texas Instruments Stellaris LaunchPad boards.

Project history

The upstream README describes lm4tools as tools for TI Stellaris LaunchPad boards, a low-cost development board with an ARM Cortex-M4F processor. The package contains lm4flash for flashing firmware over the LaunchPad ICDI via libusb-1.0, and lmicdiusb, a TCP/USB bridge that lets GDB communicate with the Stellaris LaunchPad ICDI.

The GitHub release history is short: v0.1.2 was published in September 2013 as the first public release, and v0.1.3 followed in March 2018 with an install-directory fix.

Adoption history

lm4tools is a niche embedded-development utility rather than a broad platform. Its adoption follows the Stellaris/Tiva-era LaunchPad hobbyist and embedded workflow: install an ARM Cortex-M cross compiler, build StellarisWare examples, and use lm4flash to load a binary onto the board.

The supplied package-manager data shows it packaged by Homebrew and also mapped to lm4flash in Debian, Ubuntu, and Nix-style package sets, which is typical for a small hardware-specific CLI whose main value is making flashing scriptable.

How it is used

The README's example workflow builds a StellarisWare project and flashes gcc/project0.bin with lm4flash. For non-root Linux flashing, upstream documents a udev rule for the Stellaris LaunchPad ICDI USB vendor and product IDs.

lmicdiusb is used when GDB needs to talk to the board's ICDI interface through a TCP/USB bridge. The README notes support for Linux, Mac OS X, and BSD for that tool, while lm4flash is described as working on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and BSD.

Why package nerds care

lm4tools is the kind of package that matters disproportionately when you own the matching board: it turns firmware flashing into a repeatable CLI step, which is exactly what package managers and build scripts are good at preserving.

Because upstream activity and releases are sparse, packagers mostly care that the tiny C utilities build cleanly, link libusb, install predictable binary names, and keep the udev-rule documentation discoverable.

Timeline

  • 2013-09-03: v0.1.2 is published as the first public release.
  • 2018-03-13: v0.1.3 is published with an install-directory fix.
  • 2018: Homebrew package data records lm4tools as a packaged CLI for TI Stellaris LaunchPad boards.

Related projects

  • Related tools and inputs named by upstream include lm4flash, lmicdiusb, libusb-1.0, GDB, arm-none-eabi toolchains, StellarisWare, and the TI Stellaris LaunchPad ICDI.

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 13 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lm4flashcliglobal executable
lmicdicliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.1.3
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.1.3

https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:lm4tools
Version0.1.3
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lm4tools
Homepagehttps://github.com/utzig/lm4tools
Repositoryhttps://github.com/utzig/lm4tools
Upstream docshttps://github.com/utzig/lm4tools#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later AND BSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/utzig/lm4tools/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.3.tar.gz
Dependencieslibusb
Build dependenciespkgconf
Bottleavailable (on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelm4tools
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

lm4flash 3:0.1.3-1+b1

Command-line firmware flashing tool to communicate with the Stellaris Launchpad

https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools

sudo apt install lm4flash
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lm4tools
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lm4tools
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lm4flash from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

lmicdiusb 3:0.1.3-1+b1

Remote GDB socket over USB for Stellaris Launchpad ICDI

https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools

sudo apt install lmicdiusb
  • Section: devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lm4tools
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lm4tools
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lmicdiusb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Ubuntu apt95%

lm4flash 3:0.1.3-1

Command-line firmware flashing tool to communicate with the Stellaris Launchpad

https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools

sudo apt install lm4flash
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lm4tools
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lm4tools
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lm4flash from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

lmicdiusb 3:0.1.3-1

Remote GDB socket over USB for Stellaris Launchpad ICDI

https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools

sudo apt install lmicdiusb
  • Section: universe/devel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: lm4tools
  • 2 dependencies
  • 1 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lm4tools
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lmicdiusb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Nix92%

lm4flash

nix profile install nixpkgs#lm4flash
  • installed executable or alias match
  • Matched by: Lm4flash
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lm/lm4flash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • mspdebugShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, microcontrollers.
  • stm32flashShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded, microcontrollers.
  • bossaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.
  • elf2uf2-rsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, embedded.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment