# 使用 Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix 安装 bossa

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## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:bossa
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install bossa
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install bossa
```

  证据: MacPorts ports tree: cross/bossa/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install bossa
```

  证据: Debian stable package indexes: bossa from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#bossa
```

  证据: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bossa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:bossa
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **版本:** 1.9.1
- **来源摘要:** Flash utility for Atmel SAM microcontrollers
- **主页:** <https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 可执行文件

- bossac (别名)
- bossash (别名)

## 安装行为

- Bottle: 不可用

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-03
- 管理器版本: 1.9.1
## 项目历史与用法

BOSSA is ShumaTech's flash programming utility for Atmel SAM ARM microcontrollers, with bossac providing the command-line interface commonly packaged for developer and embedded workflows.

### 项目历史

BOSSA was created by Scott Shumate as an open source replacement for Atmel's SAM-BA software. The name expands to Basic Open Source SAM-BA Application, reflecting the goal of a simpler programmer for SAM-family microcontrollers.

The GitHub repository dates to August 2011, and the README describes both the GUI-oriented BOSSA project and the command-line bossac tool. The project is BSD-licensed and written primarily in C++.

### 采用历史

The batch input records packaging in Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix, which matches BOSSA's long tail as an embedded host tool used from developer laptops and build systems.

BOSSA also became familiar outside the original ShumaTech audience through development-board support; the README lists SAMD21 and SAMD51 among supported families and credits board contributions from Atmel, David Crocker, and Adafruit Industries.

### 使用方式

Developers use bossac to write binary images to the flash or ROM of supported Atmel SAM devices over USB or serial connections, and to inspect or dump target memory. GUI BOSSA covers interactive programming workflows, while bossac is better suited to scripts and IDE toolchains.

The tool is usually invoked after a device is placed into its SAM-BA bootloader mode, so it is packaged as a host-side flashing utility rather than as firmware.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

BOSSA is package-nerd significant because a tiny-looking formula provides a critical bridge between general-purpose developer machines and microcontroller boot ROMs.

Its command names matter: users often search for bossac because IDEs and embedded build systems invoke that executable even though the upstream project name is BOSSA.

### 时间线

- 2011-08: Official GitHub repository metadata shows the BOSSA repository created.
- 2016: GitHub release metadata shows 1.7.0 in the public release feed.
- 2023: Repository metadata shows upstream activity continuing into the 1.9.x era.
- 2026: Package-manager input records Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, and Nix availability.

### Related projects

- Atmel SAM-BA is the proprietary tool and boot-assistant ecosystem BOSSA was created to replace.
- bossac is the command-line BOSSA frontend shipped by this package.
- Atmel SAM device families such as SAMD21, SAMD51, SAM3, SAM4, and SAM7 are the target microcontroller families listed by the upstream README.

### 来源

- <https://api.github.com/repos/shumatech/BOSSA>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/shumatech/BOSSA/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://github.com/shumatech/BOSSA>
- <https://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa>
- source_facts.package-manager


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 其他软件包管理器记录

- Debian apt - bossa - 1.9.1-3+b6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bossa from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming GUI | https://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa
- Debian apt - bossa-cli - 1.9.1-3+b6: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: bossa-cli from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming utility | https://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa
- Nix - bossa: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/bo/bossa/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - bossa - 1.9.1-3ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bossa from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming GUI | https://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa
- Ubuntu apt - bossa-cli - 1.9.1-3ubuntu5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: bossa-cli from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Atmel SAM ARM microcontroller flash programming utility | https://www.shumatech.com/web/products/bossa
- MacPorts - bossa: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: cross/bossa/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## 来源

- 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
