How to get the latest ubuntu image for Beaglebone Black (via MicroSD Card)？

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Hi,

I’d like to install the latest version of Ubuntu on my Beaglebone Black, but all the pre-configured images of SD Card I found in this page(BeagleBoardUbuntu - eLinux.org) are out of date and it shows 404NotFoud. How can I the latest ubuntu image？

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Hi @M1chelle ,

Sorry with all the development going on at BeagleBoard.org, any “non” Debian image wasn’t really a priority, thus it never got tested.

I triggered a rebuild of this config:

Feel free to build it yourself as:

./RootStock-NG.sh -c rcn-ee.net-console-ubuntu-focal-v5.10-ti-armhf

You should see a build show up here:

https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/ubuntu-armhf/

As for as support, it is as-is… As i don’t test it…

Regards,

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Freshly updated:

https://rcn-ee.net/rootfs/ubuntu-armhf/2022-02-07/

Regards,

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Thank you so much! Actually I just want to run ROS on the Beaglebone Blcak. It seems that the latest version of debian also supports ROS?

Thanks,

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Hi @M1chelle for ROS… use the posted focal image with this install instructions:

http://wiki.ros.org/noetic/Installation/Ubuntu

Regards,

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Hi, all images again lead to 404 pages.

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Renamed… Index of /rootfs

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Thanks.
I have a BBB (bought last week at Farnell’s so a recent one) and I’d like to use Python3. Do you advise to upgrade to ubuntu or just stick with Debian and install python3? (soory for the dumb question, newbie here)

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For python3… Well that has been the default for a number of years now… you’ll be fine…

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So you mean, no need to flash ubuntu, just install Python3 on Debian?

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It’s already installed…

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Ah? When I launch python, I get version 2.7
Should I launch python3 ?

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Debian has a package for that. Your image is old, it has python2 setup as python. If you want python3, run it as ‘python3’ in older images…

Regards,

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Thank you. Then, if my image is old, which file do you suggest I should download from your folder ( Index of /rootfs) ? I’d like to flash the eMMC. Thanks again for your help…

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Pick one of these:

https://forum.beagleboard.org/tags/c/general/8/latest-images

Regards,

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Thanks @RobertCNelson
I believe this one should be ok:

Debian 11.x (Bullseye) Xfce Desktop Snapshot

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If you want Bullseye, then you select this one:

Regards,

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Hi
I have tried to flash the eMMC of my BB Black, with no luck so far. Maybe I did something wrong?
I followed the instructions from here:

  1. I downloaded the xz file from here, as you suggested in your previous answer
  2. Then I decompressed it and flashed the image on a 4GB SD card (tried from Windows and Linux)
  3. Then I pressed the Boot button and plugged the 5V supply (official 5V 2A)
  4. But I never got the fancy user leds flashing (only the usual heartbeat from led0)

I tried this twice, copying the image on the SD card from Linux (sudo dd if=./BBB*.img of=/dev/sdX) or Windows (with Win32 disk imager), but both times I didn’t succeed, although this stage seemed fine both times.

The BBB is still running Debian 10 Buster version.
What did I do wrong? Can you help me flash the board correctly?
Thanks for your help

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Have you got a serial cable connected ? Generally when things don’t work as expected when booting, it really helps see what is going on.

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Hi, thank you for your answer
I only have the supply. I insert the SD card, hold the Boot button and plug the supply in, then release the button after a few seconds.

Actually, I have never tried to have both the supply and the USB cable connected at the same time, in case of any conflict… Is it safe?