1. the good news is that the 20230303 download has solved the pip3 install problem and i was able to install opencv as well. It is running on a usb stick at the moment. should this issue be closed?

2)the format commands are not working as shown:

ubuntu@coolpi:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 1 0B 0 disk
sdb 8:16 1 0B 0 disk
mmcblk0 179:0 0 58.2G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 300M 0 part /boot/firmware
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 57.9G 0 part /
mmcblk0boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk0boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk
zram0 254:0 0 0B 0 disk

the tf chip is sda and sdb upon insertion via a usb adapter. the coolpi does not recognized the chip via the onboard tf card slot.

ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo wipefs /dev/sda
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo wipefs /dev/sdb
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo wipefs -a -f /dev/sda
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo wipefs -a -f /dev/sdb
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda 8:0 1 0B 0 disk
sdb 8:16 1 0B 0 disk
mmcblk0 179:0 0 58.2G 0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1 179:1 0 300M 0 part /boot/firmware
└─mmcblk0p2 179:2 0 57.9G 0 part /
mmcblk0boot0 179:32 0 4M 1 disk
mmcblk0boot1 179:64 0 4M 1 disk
zram0 254:0 0 0B 0 disk

@MSUMMERS999 as more information, i have tried the TF chip on Windows 10 and Ubuntu 22.04

@zhengbicheng
I will burn the latest from your onedrive but this is what the coolpi was shipped with (ordered Feb 1 and delivered Feb 17).

Is the TF chip required to install the new image? if so i have not been able to format that using 2 different TF devices. both R/W "real" TF cards. The coolpi does not recognize it either. Am i missing a trick with the TF chip? Thank you in advance.

ubuntu@coolpi:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy
python 3.10.4 is the active python version
i entered the step 1 commands of the suggestion:
the 3rd returned:
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo apt install python3.10 python3.10-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libexpat1-dev : Depends: libexpat1 (= 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.2) but 2.4.7-1 is to be installed
libpython3.10-dev : Depends: libpython3.10-stdlib (= 3.10.6-1~22.04.2) but 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libpython3.10 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04.2) but 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
python3.10 : Depends: python3.10-minimal (= 3.10.6-1~22.04.2) but 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
Depends: libpython3.10-stdlib (= 3.10.6-1~22.04.2) but 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
python3.10-dev : Depends: libpython3.10 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04.2) but 3.10.4-3ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

thank you.
I just received my coolpi last week and it does not have pip3 installed and i can't install it. When i do a sudo apt install python3-pip, i get.
ubuntu@coolpi:~$ sudo apt install python3-pip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
python3-distutils : Depends: python3:any (>= 3.10.5-0~)
Depends: python3-lib2to3 (= 3.10.6-1~22.04) but 3.10.4-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
python3-setuptools : Depends: python3-pkg-resources (= 59.6.0-1.2ubuntu0.22.04.1) but 59.6.0-1.2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Re: Ubuntu22 install pip3
Tried the suggestion from the old response (have the same error with pip3 installation) and am receiving the following.
"E: command line option 'a' [from -mask] is not understood in combination with the other options."