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Is it possible to compile microbit python code locally?

I am running Ubuntu 22.04 with xorg.
I need to find a way to compile microbit python code locally to a firmware hex file. Firstly, I followed the guide here https://microbit-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/devguide/flashfirmware.html.
After a lot of debugging, I got to this point: https://pastebin.com/MGShD31N
However, the file platform.h does exist.
sawntoe#uwubuntu:~/Documents/Assignments/2022/TVP/micropython$ ls /home/sawntoe/Documents/Assignments/2022/TVP/micropython/yotta_modules/mbed-classic/api/platform.h
/home/sawntoe/Documents/Assignments/2022/TVP/micropython/yotta_modules/mbed-classic/api/platform.h
sawntoe#uwubuntu:~/Documents/Assignments/2022/TVP/micropython$
At this point, I gave up on this and tried using Mu editor with the AppImage. However, Mu requires wayland, and I am on xorg.
Does anyone have any idea if this is possible? Thanks.

Mu and the uflash command are able to retrieve your Python code from .hex files. Using uflash you can do the following for example:
uflash my_script.py
I think that you want is somehow possible to do, but its harder than just using their web python editor: https://python.microbit.org/v/2

Peter Till answers the original question. The additional below adds to this answer by showing how to automate the build and load process. I use Debian. The original question states that Ubuntu is used, which is built on Debian.
A script to find and mount the micro:bit
When code is loaded to the micro:bit, the board is dismounted from the system. So each time you have new code to load, you have to remount the board.
I modified a script to find and mount the micro:bit.
#!/bin/bash
BASEPATH="/media/$(whoami)/"
MICRO="MICROBIT"
if [ $# -eq 0 ]
then
echo "no argument supplied, use 'mount' or 'unmount'"
exit 1
fi
if [ $1 == "--help" ]
then
echo "mounts or unmounts a BBC micro:bit"
echo "args: mount - mount the microbit, unmout - unmount the microbit"
fi
# how many MICRO found in udiksctl dump
RESULTS=$(udisksctl dump | grep IdLabel | grep -c -i $MICRO)
case "$RESULTS" in
0 ) echo "no $MICRO found in 'udkisksctl dump'"
exit 0
;;
1 ) DEVICELABEL=$(udisksctl dump | grep IdLabel | grep -i $MICRO | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed 's/^[ \t]*//')
DEVICE=$(udisksctl dump | grep -i "IdLabel: \+$DEVICELABEL" -B 12 | grep " Device:" | cut -d ":" -f 2 | sed 's/^[ \t]*//')
DEVICEPATH="$BASEPATH""$DEVICELABEL"
echo "found one $MICRO, device: $DEVICE"
if [[ -z $(mount | grep "$DEVICE") ]]
then
echo "$DEVICELABEL was unmounted"
if [ $1 == "mount" ]
then
udisksctl mount -b "$DEVICE"
exit 0
fi
else
echo "$DEVICELABEL was mounted"
if [ $1 == "unmount" ]
then
udisksctl unmount -b "$DEVICE"
exit 0
fi
fi
;;
* ) echo "more than one $MICRO found"
;;
esac
echo "exiting without doing anything"
I alias this script to mm in my .bashrc file.
Automate mounting the micro:bit and flashing the python file
I use the inotifywait command to run mm and to then run uflash to load the .py file I am working on. Each time that the python file is saved, the aliased command mm is run followed by the uflash command.
while inotifywait -e modify <your_file>.py ; do mm && uflash <your_file>.py ; done

Okay, so elaborating on Peter Till's answer.
Firstly, you can use uflash:
uflash path/to/your/code .
Or, you can use microfs:
ufs put path/to/main.py

Working Ubuntu 22.04 host CLI setup with Carlos Atencio's Docker to build your own firmware
After trying to setup the toolchain for a while, I finally decided to Google for a Docker image with the toolchain, and found https://github.com/carlosperate/docker-microbit-toolchain at this commit from Carlos Atencio, a Micro:Bit foundation employee, and that just absolutely worked:
# Get examples.
git clone https://github.com/bbcmicrobit/micropython
cd micropython
git checkout 7fc33d13b31a915cbe90dc5d515c6337b5fa1660
# Get Docker image.
docker pull ghcr.io/carlosperate/microbit-toolchain:latest
# Build setup to be run once.
docker run -v $(pwd):/home --rm ghcr.io/carlosperate/microbit-toolchain:latest yt target bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd#https://github.com/lancaster-university/yotta-target-bbc-microbit-classic-gcc-nosd
docker run -v $(pwd):/home --rm ghcr.io/carlosperate/microbit-toolchain:latest make all
# Build one example.
docker run -v $(pwd):/home --rm ghcr.io/carlosperate/microbit-toolchain:latest \
tools/makecombinedhex.py build/firmware.hex examples/counter.py -o build/counter.hex
# Build all examples.
docker run -v $(pwd):/home --rm ghcr.io/carlosperate/microbit-toolchain:latest \
bash -c 'for f in examples/*; do b="$(basename "$f")"; echo $b; tools/makecombinedhex.py build/firmware.hex "$f" -o "build/${b%.py}.hex"; done'
And you can then flash the example you want to run with:
cp build/counter.hex "/media/$USER/MICROBIT/"
Some further comments at: Generating micropython + python code `.hex` file from the command line for the BBC micro:bit

How to execute a python configuration that exists in "Run Configurations" Eclipse...from the command line

I would like to execute a run configuration using one parameter from my main .py module and others that are given from a run configuration created in Eclipse,
the configuration is run by another .py file called let's say "database.py" with parameters taken from the configuration like so :
-q
-u
-p
-c
-f
-s oracle
-d
-w yes
-r parameter taken from console of my main run.py
-o
I can run it from Eclipse IDE going to run configurations, but I would like this to be executed if I type "yes" into the console.

pssh freezes only inside shell script

I am trying to run a pssh command inside a shell script, but the script freezes and there are no connections made, as verified in a ps -ef command. Also, because there is only one host in the hosts file I am using.
At this point, Control-C fails to kill the script, and it will not timeout. Only a kill command works.
If I run the same command on the command-line, there is no issue. Also, a pscp command in the same script causes no issues, so it seems that the required libraries are being loaded.
$ cat /home/myusername/tmp/hosts
mysinglehostname
Here is the script being run:
$ cat /home/myusername/bin/testpssh
#!/bin/bash
source ~/.bashrc
$HOME/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/pscp -h "/home/myusername/tmp/hosts" "/tmp/garbage" "/tmp/garbage"
$HOME/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/pssh -h "/home/myusername/tmp/hosts" -l myusername -p 512 -t 3 -o "out" -O GSSAPIAuthentication=no -i "whoami"
Here is what happens when I run the script:
$ /home/myusername/bin/testpssh &
[1] 18553
$ [1] 14:51:12 [SUCCESS] mysinglehostname 22
$ ps -ef | grep pssh
myusername 18580 18553 0 14:33 pts/16 00:00:00 /home/myusername/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/python /home/myusername/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/pssh -h /home/myusername/tmp/hosts -l myusername -p 512 -t 3 -o out -O GSSAPIAuthentication=no -i whoami
$ ## The script above is hanging after completing the pscp, before pssh completes.\
> But if I copy and paste the process line, it works fine as shown here:
$ /home/myusername/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/python \
> /home/myusername/path/to/python-virtualenv/bin/pssh \
> -h /home/myusername/tmp/hosts -l myusername \
> -p 512 -t 3 -o out -O GSSAPIAuthentication=no -i whoami
[1] 14:59:03 [SUCCESS] mysinglehostname 22
myusername
$
The first [SUCCESS] above is for the pscp action, and no subsequent [SUCCESS] comes from the pssh command, unless it is performed explicitly on the command-line.
Why will the pssh command not work inside the bash shell script?
The script works fine if I use ksh instead of bash (and remove the line to source ~/.bashrc) in the shebang line.
I am on RedHat 6.4, using python 2.6.6

how to execute python script on remote machine using psexec?

I am trying to execute a python script on remote machine using psexec. The python script is already on the remote machine i only want to execute it there. I am using the following command:
psexec -i -s -d \\123 -u xyz -p xyz C:/sample.py
But i get error as :
PsExec could not start C:\sample.py on 123:
The system cannot find the file specified
I tried placing the python exe path also in the psexec comand as:
psexec -i -s -d \\123 -u xyz -p xyz C:\programs\python.exe C:/sample.py
then it opens the python.exe but does not execute the sample.py. The paths are all correct. But i am not getting why the psexec command is not able to find the script. Please suggest how shall i execute the script on the remote machine using psexec.

Remove the -d option from the command and provide the path in quotes and use backslash in path

try adding " " around the exe filename
psexec -i -s -d \\123 -u xyz -p xyz "C:\programs\python.exe" C:/sample.py
if it doesn't work, try adding " " also around the parameters
psexec -i -s -d \\123 -u xyz -p xyz "C:\programs\python.exe" "C:/sample.py"

how to load python script in interactive shell

I am trying sudo python get_gps.py -c and expecting it to load the script and then present the interactive shell to debug the script live as opposed to typing it in manually.

From the docs:
$ python --help
usage: /usr/bin/python2.7 [option] ... [-c cmd | -m mod | file | -] [arg] ...
Options and arguments (and corresponding environment variables):
-B : don't write .py[co] files on import; also PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=x
-c cmd : program passed in as string (terminates option list)
-d : debug output from parser; also PYTHONDEBUG=x
-E : ignore PYTHON* environment variables (such as PYTHONPATH)
-h : print this help message and exit (also --help)
-i : inspect interactively after running script; forces a prompt even
if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also PYTHONINSPECT=x
use -i option