How To Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux.

What is firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

firmware-microbit-micropython-dl is:

This empty package will, at the time of installation, download the current MicroPython runtime for the micro:bit as bundled with uflash upstream.

The firmware image will be downloaded from https://github.com/ntoll/uflash and saved to /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex

Note that this package will not flash MicroPython onto the micro:bit; that can be done with the uflash utility (package: python3-uflash).

There are three methods to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux. 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-dl 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-dl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

How To Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the firmware-microbit-micropython-dl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Configurations and Data

To remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

Dependencies

firmware-microbit-micropython-dl have the following dependencies:

• ca-certificates
• wget

References

• firmware-microbit-micropython-dl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.