OpenThread Border Router (OTBR) is a Thread border router developed by the OpenThread Authors. The snap packaging makes it easy to set up and run it on Linux. However, the current version supports Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core only.
Enable snaps on Debian and install openthread-border-router
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install snapd
Install openthread-border-router
To install openthread-border-router, simply use the following command: