---
name: "nxt-update-firmware"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nxt-firmware"
version: "1.29.7-6"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nxt-update-firmware"
---

# nxt-update-firmware(1)

wrapper script to flash NXT firmware

## NAME

**nxt-update-firmware** – wrapper script to flash NXT firmware

## SYNOPSIS

**nxt-update-firmware**

## DESCRIPTION

**nxt-update-firmware** is a wrapper script that uses the **fwflash** utility from the libnxt package to flash the improved LEGO NXT firmware to an NXT brick.

The script calls **fwflash** with the default path to the firmware in Debian and returns its error code.

## FILES

- */usr/share/nxt-firmware/nxt\_firmware.bin*

  Path to the NXT firmware file.

## SEE ALSO

[fwflash(1)](/fwflash/1.md)

## AUTHORS

Written for the Debian project by Dominik George ⟨*nik@naturalnet.de*⟩. The code does not qualify for copyright protection; it is shipped with the nxt-firmware package, see the copyright file under */usr/share/doc/nxt-firmware/copyright*.