Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Availability?

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released last month. Its distro name is Focal and long term support goes till April 2025.

I decided to try installing the Zymbit tools to test compatibility. I didn’t get very far but here are my findings:

  • There is no python-pip package any longer. Then again, I believe support for Python 2 was dropped in January. This breaks the install script.
  • The gpio group add and permissions changes in the beginning of the install script only execute if the group doesn’t exist. I think everything except the group add should probably be brought outside that if statement if they are relevant.
  • I was hoping the install script could be made non-interactive. It requires answering “YES” if the gpio group does not exist.
  • For my particular use case, I want to install the software without enabling any systemd services and without reloading the device.

I’ll keep hacking away at it and will post any further findings.

Zymbit: Are there any current plans on the horizon to support 20.04? Thanks!

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We plan on supporting Ubuntu 20.04 in an upcoming release.

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Hi Scott - is there a tentative release date to support Ubuntu 20.04 on the RP1-4. I would rather run 64-bit OS on my RPi-4 8-Gig card.

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Hi Scott, any update on when we can start using zymkey 4i with ubuntu 20.04?

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We are targeting 20.04 support by the end of June.

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Sweet! Thank you for the update!

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Good Day - Just wondering if there is any word on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS support??

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We are are finishing testing up. Should be in place by Friday.

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Great to hear Bob - Nice to see things do have a schedule that people stick to. :wink:

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Are there any differences when doing the install on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS vs Raspberry versions??

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There are no differences in the installation for Ubuntu 20.04 or the Raspberry OS versions. I apologize for us being a little late but we will post the release with 20.04 support shortly.

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HI Bob - Thanks for the clarification. Just curious as to how it is going for the 20.04 support. As you might guess I am chomping at the bit to do some work with the Zymbit module in 20.04 LTS.
TIA

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20.04 is looking good. We are just a little late checking all the other flavors of operating systems. Thank you for your patience.

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Thanks Bob, looking forward to it!

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Hi, I just wanted to make sure you saw the announcement here that 20.04 support is now available.

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Thanks for the information sharing
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