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Updated instructions for Ubuntu 18.04. #667

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Expand Up @@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ Various things are in this repository, including:
The source code is a yotta application and needs yotta to build, along
with an ARM compiler toolchain (eg arm-none-eabi-gcc and friends).

Ubuntu users can install the needed packages using:
Ubuntu 18.04 users should install the arm-embedded target, build tools, Python 2, Pip2, and yotta, and activate the new path:
```
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y gcc-arm-embedded cmake ninja-build srecord libssl-dev python-pip
pip2 install yotta
source ~/.profile
```

Ubuntu 16.04 (and earlier) users can install the needed packages using:
```
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-gcc-arm-embedded
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:pmiller-opensource/ppa
Expand All @@ -23,9 +32,12 @@ sudo apt-get install cmake ninja-build gcc-arm-none-eabi srecord libssl-dev
pip3 install yotta
```

Once all packages are installed, use yotta and the provided Makefile to build.
You might need need an Arm Mbed account to complete some of the yotta commands,
if so, you could be prompted to create one as a part of the process.
Once all packages are installed, clone and/or switch to the folder of this repository, then use yotta (yt) and the repo's included Makefile to build. _You might need need an Arm Mbed account to complete some of the yotta commands, if so, you could be prompted to create one as a part of the process._

- Switch to BBC MicroPython git repo folder:
```
cd <bbcmicrobit/micropython_folder>
```

- Use target bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd:

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