# DFU-util? What is it? How do I get it?

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/dfu-util-what-is-it-how-do-i-get-it/13621>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/dfu-util-what-is-it-how-do-i-get-it/13621 "2015-07-22T19:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moors7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/community.particle.io/moors7/32/588_2.png) [@Moors7](https://community.particle.io/u/Moors7)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/dfu-util-what-is-it-how-do-i-get-it/13621/3 "2015-07-22T20:24:59Z")

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There's discussion about where DFU-util should be placed. In the meantime, this thread contains some links to get your hands on it (forum search 'DFU'):

> [@Dfu-util binaries while dfu-util.gnumonks.org is down](https://community.particle.io/t/dfu-util-binaries-while-dfu-util-gnumonks-org-is-down/8139):
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> I emailed Tormod Volden of the dfu-util project to ask how users should get binaries since the normal download site is currently down. He replied with a tarball of binaries and an MD5 hash for me to post. Download link: [https://s3.amazonaws.com/spark-assets/dfu-util-0.8-binaries.tar.xz](https://s3.amazonaws.com/spark-assets/dfu-util-0.8-binaries.tar.xz) MD5 hash: 9a7b0594881c9ba8480bdc9956b5b01a Cheers!

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