How To Install sense-hat on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sense-hat on Ubuntu 22.04. sense-hat is Sense HAT configuration, libraries and examples

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sense-hat on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is sense-hat

sense-hat is:

Configures the Sense HAT, installs RTIMULib and Astro Pi libraries, calibration data and example code.

There are three methods to install sense-hat 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 sense-hat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sense-hat

Install sense-hat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sense-hat

Install sense-hat 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 sense-hat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sense-hat

How To Uninstall sense-hat on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the sense-hat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sense-hat

Uninstall sense-hat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sense-hat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sense-hat

Remove sense-hat Configurations and Data

To remove sense-hat configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sense-hat

Remove sense-hat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sense-hat

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sense-hat package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.