How To Install python3-mbed-host-tests on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mbed-host-tests on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-mbed-host-tests`

python3-mbed-host-tests is:

The mbed-host-tests module and mbedhtrun and mbedflsh utilities are used during ARM Mbed Enabled device development for:

Driving test binary flashing
Device reset
Test execution

The default binary flashing method is one supported by mbed-enabled devices: a binary file is copied onto the mbed-enabled DUT’s (Device Under Test) mounted drive (MSD). This procedure will automatically flash device with given binary file content.

The default DUT reset method is one supported by mbed-enabled devices: the serial port (CDC) “sendBreak” command resets the target MCU on mbed-enabled platform.

The test execution phase will consist of:

Opening connection between host computer and DUT
DUT will send to host preamble with test runner information such as:
- test environment version
- test timeout
- preferred host test script (Python script which is used to supervise/instrument test execution)
Host will spawn host test script and test execution will be instrumented
Exchange data (in most cases text) between host and DUT

This package contains the Python 3 module and mbedhtrun and mbedflsh utilities.

There are three methods to install python3-mbed-host-tests on Ubuntu. 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-mbed-host-tests 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-mbed-host-tests using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mbed-host-tests

Install python3-mbed-host-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-mbed-host-tests using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-mbed-host-tests

Install python3-mbed-host-tests 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 python3-mbed-host-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mbed-host-tests

How To Uninstall python3-mbed-host-tests on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-mbed-host-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-mbed-host-tests

Uninstall python3-mbed-host-tests And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mbed-host-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mbed-host-tests

Remove python3-mbed-host-tests Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mbed-host-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mbed-host-tests

Remove python3-mbed-host-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-mbed-host-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mbed-host-tests

Dependencies

python3-mbed-host-tests have the following dependencies:

References

python3-mbed-host-tests website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mbed-host-tests package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.