dfu-util: line 1: syntax error: "(" unexpected

[arne anka]

> root at om-gta02:~# md5sum /usr/bin/dfu-util
> 84f0bd60bef2450e57bda627254faf3a  /usr/bin/dfu-util

where did you get it from and on what platform are you using it?
i got mine from the debian repositories and it works well -- so, other  
linux distributions might have it, too.