How to Install and Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

You can also install and uninstall the firmware-microbit-micropython on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "firmware-microbit-micropython" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install firmware-microbit-micropython on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "firmware-microbit-micropython" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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3. Information about the firmware-microbit-micropython package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: firmware-microbit-micropython
Version: 1.0.1-4
Installed-Size: 737
Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Architecture: all
Suggests: firmware-microbit-micropython-doc, picocom | screen
Enhances: mu-editor, python3-uflash
Conflicts: firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Description: MicroPython runtime for the BBC micro:bit
Description-md5: df6e22bc90b84c449f3657f35bb30f52
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
Section: python
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware-microbit-micropython_1.0.1-4_all.deb
Size: 216720
MD5sum: 4fdf6e9fc121a7c845ea45b4c1678d2e
SHA256: 41b330f072d8b47efc2f228e09453c7a43fdae1a11c6c42d811fed08b6e31d3b