# Install lm4tools with Homebrew, apt, Nix Tools for TI Stellaris Launchpad boards. Version 0.1.3 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install lm4flash. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lm4tools ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lm4tools ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lm4flash ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: lm4flash from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#lm4flash ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lm/lm4flash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lm4tools - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.1.3 - **Source summary:** Tools for TI Stellaris Launchpad boards - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - lm4flash (alias) - lmicdi (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.1.3 ## 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. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager-url ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - lm4flash - 3:0.1.3-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lm4flash from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Command-line firmware flashing tool to communicate with the Stellaris Launchpad | https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools - Debian apt - lmicdiusb - 3:0.1.3-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lmicdiusb from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Remote GDB socket over USB for Stellaris Launchpad ICDI | https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools - Ubuntu apt - lm4flash - 3:0.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lm4flash from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Command-line firmware flashing tool to communicate with the Stellaris Launchpad | https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools - Ubuntu apt - lmicdiusb - 3:0.1.3-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lmicdiusb from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Remote GDB socket over USB for Stellaris Launchpad ICDI | https://github.com/utzig/lm4tools - Nix - lm4flash: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lm/lm4flash/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lm4tools.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lm4tools.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph