# Getting started with a pxt extension for micro:bit

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/getting-started-with-a-pxt-extension-for-micro-bit/4353
**Category:** PXT
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/getting-started-with-a-pxt-extension-for-micro-bit/4353 "2020-11-10T01:54:22Z")
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#### Post date: [November 10, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/getting-started-with-a-pxt-extension-for-micro-bit/4353/3 "2020-11-10T19:17:26Z")

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I’ve moved on to doing everything semi-manually just to get through it. I believe the command was:

```auto
pxt target microbit

```

I also tried, `npm install pxt-common-packages` and got the same error. I think I tried something like `npm install pxt-microbit` and got a different JSON parsing error. I got these packages out of the error logs so I can’t recall exactly.

So far, doing it manually is not so bad. It would be nice if I could at least get some typedefs from pxt-microbit and pxt-neopixel though.

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