How To Install micropython on Fedora 34

micropython is Implementation of Python 3 with very low memory footprint

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install micropython on Fedora 34.

What is micropython

Implementation of Python 3 with very low memory footprint

We can use yum or dnf to install micropython on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install micropython.

Install micropython on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install micropython using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install micropython

Install micropython on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install micropython using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install micropython

How To Uninstall micropython on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the micropython package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove micropython

micropython Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/micropython
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/afeda057c47ad8322c29e85bc24f758205d5b0
/usr/share/doc/micropython
/usr/share/doc/micropython/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/micropython
/usr/share/licenses/micropython/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/micropython/LICENSE.axtls
/usr/share/licenses/micropython/LICENSE.libdb

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install micropython on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.