How To Install python3-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-uflash-doc
python3-uflash-doc 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 uflash documentation.
There are three methods to install python3-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-uflash-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-uflash-doc
Install python3-uflash-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-uflash-doc
Install python3-uflash-doc 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 python3-uflash-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-uflash-doc
How To Uninstall python3-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-uflash-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-uflash-doc
Uninstall python3-uflash-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-uflash-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-uflash-doc
Remove python3-uflash-doc Configurations and Data
To remove python3-uflash-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-uflash-doc
Remove python3-uflash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-uflash-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-uflash-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
