# Install dpcmd with Homebrew

Linux software for DediProg SF100/SF600. Version 1.14.21 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:dpcmd
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dpcmd
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:dpcmd
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.14.21
- **Source summary:** Linux software for DediProg SF100/SF600
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/DediProgSW/SF100Linux>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/DediProgSW/SF100Linux>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- dpcmd (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.14.21
## Project history and usage

dpcmd is the command-line program built from DediProg's SF100Linux repository for DediProg SF100 and SF600 SPI flash programmers.

### Project history

The official GitHub repository was created in August 2015 and describes itself as Linux software for SF100/SF600. Its README is narrow and practical: install libusb, libxml2, and pkg-config, build with make, and use the resulting dpcmd binary from the source tree.

The public GitHub release list is sparse but shows a 1.2.1.03 release in September 2017 and V1.14.20.x/V1.14.21.x releases in 2024. That suggests a vendor-maintained hardware utility with intermittent public release points rather than a community-driven CLI.

### Adoption history

dpcmd's adoption is naturally tied to owners and service benches using DediProg SPI flash programmers. Homebrew packaging makes the vendor Linux tool easier to install on macOS or Linux systems used for firmware flashing work.

### How it is used

The README's basic example writes an image file to a flash chip with ./dpcmd --auto image.bin --verify, automatically detecting the chip, updating differing contents, reading back, and verifying the write. Advanced usage is delegated to dpcmd --help.

### Why package nerds care

dpcmd is package-nerd significant as hardware-support plumbing: small, vendor-specific, and essential when someone needs to recover or provision SPI flash. Its dependencies and build style are boring, which is exactly what maintainers want for a flashing tool.

### Timeline

- 2015: GitHub repository created for DediProgSW/SF100Linux.
- 2017: GitHub release 1.2.1.03 published.
- 2024: V1.14.20.x and V1.14.21.x releases published.

### Related projects

- dpcmd is related to DediProg SF100 and SF600 programmers, SPI flash workflows, libusb, libxml2, and firmware flashing utilities.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/DediProgSW/SF100Linux#readme - official README for purpose, dependencies, build instructions, and usage.>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/DediProgSW/SF100Linux - official GitHub repository metadata.>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/DediProgSW/SF100Linux/releases?per_page=100 - official GitHub release metadata.>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dpcmd.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/dpcmd.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph