How To Install python3-uflash on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-uflash on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-uflash is module and utility for flashing the BBC micro

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash on Debian 10.

What is python3-uflash

python3-uflash is:

uflash is a utility for flashing the BBC micro:bit with Python scripts and the MicroPython runtime.

It provides two services:

  • a library of functions to programmatically create a hex file and flash it onto a BBC micro:bit.
  • a command line utility (uflash) that will flash Python scripts onto a BBC micro:bit

Several essential operations are implemented:

  • encode Python into the hex format
  • embed the resulting hexified Python into the MicroPython runtime hex
  • extract an encoded Python script from a MicroPython hex file
  • discover the connected micro:bit
  • copy the resulting hex onto the micro:bit, thus flashing the device
  • specify the MicroPython runtime hex in which to embed your Python code

By default, python3-uflash will use the MicroPython runtime for micro:bit provided by the firmware-microbit-micropython{,-dl} packages and which is located in /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex. Please ensure one of these packages is installed so that a default runtime is always available.

This package provides the Python 3 module.

There are three methods to install python3-uflash on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-uflash Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-uflash

Install python3-uflash Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-uflash

Install python3-uflash 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-uflash

How To Uninstall python3-uflash on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-uflash package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-uflash

Uninstall python3-uflash And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-uflash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-uflash

Remove python3-uflash Configurations and Data

To remove python3-uflash configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-uflash

Remove python3-uflash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-uflash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-uflash

Dependencies

python3-uflash have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.