CachyOS Apps

Install balenaEtcher on CachyOS

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

From the official CachyOS repo. Install with pacman, no AUR helper needed.

Reviewed Nov 2, 2026 · independent guide

How do I install balenaEtcher on CachyOS?

Run this in a terminal, then open balenaEtcher from your app menu:

sudo pacman -S etcher-bin

etcher-bin is in the cachyos repo, the CachyOS project's own package repository, so pacman installs it directly with no AUR helper and no build script. The package is signed with the CachyOS repository key, and pacman checks the signature before it installs.

What should I do after installing balenaEtcher?

  1. Open balenaEtcher from your app menu.
  2. It installs these commands: balena-etcher and etcher.
  3. Run pacman -Qi etcher-bin to see the installed version and the optional dependencies.

How do I update or remove balenaEtcher?

Update:

sudo pacman -Syu

Remove:

sudo pacman -Rns etcher-bin

What is balenaEtcher?

Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily.

Package description: Flash OS images to SD cards & USB drives, safely and easily

Reviews of balenaEtcher on CachyOS

No reviews yet. Be the first to review balenaEtcher.

    Leave a review

    Your rating

    No login. No links, please. We keep a one way hash of your connection to stop spam, never your IP address. Posts that break the rules may be hidden. Privacy

    From GitHub

    balena-io/etcher · ★ 34,637 stars · last commit Oct 23, 2026 · latest release Oct 22, 2026

    Real issues opened by users on the project's GitHub, shown as written with a link to each one. 10 most reacted issues opened in the last two years plus the 5 newest issues, bots, pull requests, non English and political posts skipped, capped at 15 per repo. Fetched Nov 1, 2026.

    1. MacOS 26 (Tahoe) and Electron apps have performance issues without updateOpen

      See the writeup here: This site has a detector that will find apps that are affected. BalenaEtcher is one of the affected apps. I think the resolution is to update Electron.

      @ke5dto · · 20 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    2. "error starting flasher sidecar process" when trying to make a bootable usb for linuxOpen

      I tried both on MacOS and Windows and i get the same error

      @ghost · · 13 reactions · 16 comments · View on GitHub

    3. Error Opening Source - Version 2.1.7 (2.1.7) MacOS ARMOpen

      Something went wrong while opening debian-13.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso. Error: (0 , h.requestMetadata) is not a function

      @juliuzfan · · 13 reactions · 19 comments · View on GitHub

    4. Error spawning child process on kubuntuOpen

      Etcher version: 1.19.25 Operating system and architecture: Kubuntu 24.10 amd64/x8664 Image flashed: archlinux-x8664.iso What do you think should have happened: expected balena to flash normally, did have to run chmod 4755 and chown root:root on the chrome-sandbox for the tarball…

      @500LRB · · 7 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    5. Debian 13 "Trixe" Unsatisfied dependenciesClosed

      The Etcher package from the Etcher depends on libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0, which is marked as a transitional package and in turn depends on libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 As a consequence, Etcher cannot be installed on the Debian trixie release, since libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 is not available on the…

      @ZanyXDev · · 7 reactions · 14 comments · View on GitHub

    6. .deb incompatible with testing/sidOpen

      Hi dev, The .deb in release doesn't installs on Sid/Ubuntu devel .deb need : libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 as depends but this package is a transitionnal package on Debian 12, and will disapear, replaced by libgdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0-0 on trixie sid and ubuntu, the depends is…

      @Xdavius · · 7 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    7. Uninstallable in Ubuntu 26.04 LTSClosed

      I downloaded the .deb package from GitHub releases sections: Then I tried to install the debian package: sudo dpkg -i balena-etcher2.1.4amd64.deb The following packages have unmet dependencies: balena-etcher: Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 but it is not installable System Info: ---…

      @wathika-eng · · 6 reactions · 2 comments · View on GitHub

    8. Flashing fails on macOS Sequoia 15.2Open

      1.19.25 macOS Sequoia 15.2 (Apple Silicon) LibreELEC-Generic.x8664-12.0.1.img Flash should work Error at about 25% Starting... Flashing 1 device, 27% at 85.30 MB/s (total 85.30 MB/s) eta in 5s with 0 failed devices fail event Object Object: { code: "EUNPLUGGED", errno: -6,…

      @bluemoehre · · 5 reactions · 1 comments · View on GitHub

    9. Does not work on MacOS Sequoia latestClosed

      MacOS Sequoia latest does not work anyway.

      @britus · · 5 reactions · 3 comments · View on GitHub

    10. Error Opening Debian ISO File on macOSOpen

      subtitle: TypeError: h.requestMetadata is not a function when opening ISO file Balena Etcher fails to load a Debian ISO image when selecting it via Flash from file on macOS. Instead of loading the image and allowing the user to select a target device, the application displays a…

      @andrematzke · · 5 reactions · 9 comments · View on GitHub

    11. balenaEtcher-2.1.9-x64.dmg not working on macos MonterreyOpen

      @jperezrealini · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    12. memory leak on macOSOpen

      app version 2.1.9, macOS 27.0, ether-util always > 8gb.

      @0x5e · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    13. Error on flashing OmarchyOpen

      @denizmaral · · 2 reactions · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    14. Feature proposal: "Flash from catalog" as an additional image sourceOpen

      I'd like to propose adding "Flash from catalog" as an optional image source alongside Etcher's existing source-selection options. Conceptually: Flash from file Flash from URL Flash from catalog Clone drive Selecting Flash from catalog would allow a user to browse a…

      @billmcilhargey · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    15. error in installOpen

      mohammed@L3380:$ sudo apt install ./balena-etcheramd64.deb Error: Unsupported file ./balena-etcheramd64.deb given on commandline

      @mohmmed-yasser · · 0 comments · View on GitHub

    balenaEtcher on CachyOS: questions

    Is balenaEtcher in the official CachyOS repo?

    Yes. The etcher-bin package is in the cachyos repo, version 2.1.9-1, built 2026-10-25. Install it with sudo pacman -S etcher-bin.

    Do I need an AUR helper for balenaEtcher?

    No. It comes from the cachyos repo, so plain pacman installs and updates it, and sudo pacman -Syu keeps it current.

    What is the balenaEtcher command?

    The package installs balena-etcher and etcher.