How To Install nxt-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nxt-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nxt-firmware
nxt-firmware is:
The NXT Improved Firmware is a community-based open source project around the original LEGO Mindstorms firmware for the NXT bricks.
The firmware can be installed on the robot control bricks of type NXT. It is almost identical to the original firmware, meaning that all existing software working with the original firmware can be expected to work with the improved firmware as well.
The main differences between the original firmware and the improved firmware are the addition of absolute position regulation for motors and that it can be built with GCC rather than the non-free toolchain used by the LEGO Group.
This package contains the firmware image file, which can be flashed onto the brick with various tools, e.g. fwflash from the libnxt package.
There are three methods to install nxt-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nxt-firmware Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nxt-firmware using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nxt-firmware
Install nxt-firmware Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nxt-firmware using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nxt-firmware
Install nxt-firmware 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 nxt-firmware using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nxt-firmware
How To Uninstall nxt-firmware on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nxt-firmware package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nxt-firmware
Uninstall nxt-firmware And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nxt-firmware and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nxt-firmware
Remove nxt-firmware Configurations and Data
To remove nxt-firmware configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nxt-firmware
Remove nxt-firmware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nxt-firmware configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nxt-firmware
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nxt-firmware package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
