How To Install firmware-microbit-micropython on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is firmware-microbit-micropython
firmware-microbit-micropython is:
This package provides a binary firmware file for the BBC micro:bit small board computer (SBC), containing the MicroPython runtime.
It is suggested that a dedicated flashing tool (e.g. uflash) is used to upload the firmware and Python scripts to the micro:bit device.
The uflash utility (package: python3-uflash) uses the MicroPython runtime provided in this package as the default firmware to flash to the micro:bit.
This package contains the MicroPython runtime for the BBC micro:bit
There are three methods to install firmware-microbit-micropython
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install firmware-microbit-micropython
Install firmware-microbit-micropython Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install firmware-microbit-micropython
Install firmware-microbit-micropython Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install firmware-microbit-micropython
How To Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the firmware-microbit-micropython
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove firmware-microbit-micropython
Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython And Its Dependencies
To uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-microbit-micropython
Remove firmware-microbit-micropython Configurations and Data
To remove firmware-microbit-micropython
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-microbit-micropython
Remove firmware-microbit-micropython configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove firmware-microbit-micropython
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-microbit-micropython
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.