How To Install python-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-uflash-doc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is python-uflash-doc
python-uflash-doc is:
uflash is a utility for flashing the BBC micro:bit with Python scripts and the MicroPython runtime.
It provides two services:
- a library of functions to programmatically create a hex file and flash it onto a BBC micro:bit.
- a command line utility (uflash) that will flash Python scripts onto a BBC micro:bit
Several essential operations are implemented:
- encode Python into the hex format
- embed the resulting hexified Python into the MicroPython runtime hex
- extract an encoded Python script from a MicroPython hex file
- discover the connected micro:bit
- copy the resulting hex onto the micro:bit, thus flashing the device
- specify the MicroPython runtime hex in which to embed your Python code
By default, python3-uflash uses the MicroPython runtime for micro:bit provided by the firmware-microbit-micropython package and which is located at /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex.
This package provides the uflash documentation.
There are three methods to install python-uflash-doc
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 python-uflash-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-uflash-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-uflash-doc
Install python-uflash-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-uflash-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-uflash-doc
Install python-uflash-doc 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 python-uflash-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-uflash-doc
How To Uninstall python-uflash-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the python-uflash-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-uflash-doc
Uninstall python-uflash-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-uflash-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-uflash-doc
Remove python-uflash-doc Configurations and Data
To remove python-uflash-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-uflash-doc
Remove python-uflash-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-uflash-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-uflash-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-uflash-doc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.