How To Install python3-uflash on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash on Debian 12.
What is python3-uflash
python3-uflash 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 Python 3 module.
There are three methods to install python3-uflash on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-uflash Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-uflash
Install python3-uflash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-uflash
Install python3-uflash 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-uflash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-uflash
How To Uninstall python3-uflash on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-uflash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-uflash
Uninstall python3-uflash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-uflash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-uflash
Remove python3-uflash Configurations and Data
To remove python3-uflash configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-uflash
Remove python3-uflash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-uflash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-uflash
Dependencies
python3-uflash have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-uflash package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
