How to Install and Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "firmware-microbit-micropython-dl" package

Learn how to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl

2. Uninstall "firmware-microbit-micropython-dl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove firmware-microbit-micropython-dl $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the firmware-microbit-micropython-dl package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.4+dfsg-7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: python-uflash
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18
Depends: ca-certificates, wget
Recommends: python3-uflash
Conflicts: firmware-microbit-micropython
Enhances: python3-uflash
Filename: pool/universe/p/python-uflash/firmware-microbit-micropython-dl_1.2.4+dfsg-7_all.deb
Size: 4484
MD5sum: 7eaca7f89d12c8355a655949b20d64fc
SHA1: cd09e9199f7d8e6984998c9256e661636a05ca79
SHA256: 221eb67c2160aa304510a65a17f88015485e1c677c797f37157d9c9ebcab561a
SHA512: 2c30789a8d6f133d2d2651ffa127b79df8e5f1d74033fe38e05d36e1bee93590889d84cb9ac3ad20cacde8cc92e30e293e5f938578855f6150da8d365e2735b3
Homepage: https://github.com/ntoll/uflash
Description-en: micro:bit MicroPython runtime downloader
This empty package will, at the time of installation, download the
current MicroPython runtime for the micro:bit as bundled with uflash
upstream.
.
The firmware image will be downloaded from https://github.com/ntoll/uflash
and saved to /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex
.
Note that this package will not flash MicroPython onto the micro:bit; that can
be done with the uflash utility (package: python3-uflash).
Description-md5: d455205dc5f41591864fb1e0b29a5773