How To Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
on Kali Linux.
What is firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
firmware-microbit-micropython-dl is:
This empty package will, at the time of installation, download the current MicroPython runtime for the micro:bit as bundled with uflash upstream.
The firmware image will be downloaded from https://github.com/ntoll/uflash and saved to /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex
Note that this package will not flash MicroPython onto the micro:bit; that can be done with the uflash utility (package: python3-uflash).
There are three methods to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
How To Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Dependencies
firmware-microbit-micropython-dl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.