How to Install and Uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

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

This guide covers the steps necessary to install firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall firmware-microbit-micropython-dl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the firmware-microbit-micropython-dl package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: firmware-microbit-micropython-dl
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.4+dfsg-8
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-8_all.deb
Size: 4512
MD5sum: cf75127e9495f58b6776fad401a8bbcb
SHA1: fdad83cc348575f5feccf80f143b51c1f55dcb0b
SHA256: cf8ceb4df9702105c6763fed6b2eebf3f6128777de2cac288011718a09c17949
SHA512: 1f7a0fa13188f709fa1030bac940be449a8f8a08c31df89c49a548c7f79a3c90518f3df934c7090aa5e416670714ea02df6f21a4f67d5f7d3cb26556577de734
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.
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The firmware image will be downloaded from https://github.com/ntoll/uflash
and saved to /usr/share/firmware-microbit-micropython/firmware.hex
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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