How To Install firmware-microbit-micropython on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is firmware-microbit-micropython

firmware-microbit-micropython is:

This package provides a binary firmware file for the BBC micro:bit small board computer (SBC), containing the MicroPython runtime.

It is suggested that a dedicated flashing tool (e.g. uflash) is used to upload the firmware and Python scripts to the micro:bit device.

The uflash utility (package: python3-uflash) uses the MicroPython runtime provided in this package as the default firmware to flash to the micro:bit.

This package contains the MicroPython runtime for the BBC micro:bit

There are three methods to install firmware-microbit-micropython 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install firmware-microbit-micropython Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install firmware-microbit-micropython

Install firmware-microbit-micropython 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install firmware-microbit-micropython

How To Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove firmware-microbit-micropython

Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython And Its Dependencies

To uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython 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

Remove firmware-microbit-micropython Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

firmware-microbit-micropython have the following dependencies:

References

• firmware-microbit-micropython website

Summary

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