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2) Get the code from the official svn (obviously subversion is required): | 2) Get the code from the official svn (obviously subversion is required): | ||
svn co http://tinyos-main.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ <local-tinyos-path> | svn co http://tinyos-main.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ <local-tinyos-path> | ||
| − | <local-tinyos-path> is the folder that will contain all the TinyOS code.<br> | + | <code><local-tinyos-path></code> is the folder that will contain all the TinyOS code.<br> |
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3) You will need to add some enviroment variables to your shell. The following file included the necessary ones. Of course the placeholder <code><local-tinyos-path> </code> has to be replaced by the actual path where you chose to place the code in the last section.<br> | 3) You will need to add some enviroment variables to your shell. The following file included the necessary ones. Of course the placeholder <code><local-tinyos-path> </code> has to be replaced by the actual path where you chose to place the code in the last section.<br> | ||
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Suppose you named this file <code>tinyos.env</code>. There are now at least two possibilites to have these variables accessible in your shell:<br> | Suppose you named this file <code>tinyos.env</code>. There are now at least two possibilites to have these variables accessible in your shell:<br> | ||
| − | a) Place it in <code><local-tinyos-path> </code> and add the following to your <code>.bashrc</code><br> | + | a) Place it in <code><local-tinyos-path></code> and add the following to your <code>.bashrc</code><br> |
source <tinyos.env-path-including-filename> | source <tinyos.env-path-including-filename> | ||
b) Place it as root user in <code>/etc/profile.d/</code>.<br> | b) Place it as root user in <code>/etc/profile.d/</code>.<br> | ||
Revision as of 16:19, 18 April 2013
With Ubuntu you have the possibility for a relative hassle-free installation by using the repository from the tinyprod project. In particular, it provides the toolchain, while the TinyOS code can be obtained from somewhere else.
Installation
1) First follow the guide by Eric Decker to install the toolchain. You will need to have gpg installed (which is quite likely already included in your distribution).
2) Get the code from the official svn (obviously subversion is required):
svn co http://tinyos-main.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ <local-tinyos-path>
<local-tinyos-path> is the folder that will contain all the TinyOS code.
3) You will need to add some enviroment variables to your shell. The following file included the necessary ones. Of course the placeholder <local-tinyos-path> has to be replaced by the actual path where you chose to place the code in the last section.
# Here we setup the environment # variables needed by the tinyos # make system export TOSROOT="<local-tinyos-path>" export TOSDIR="$TOSROOT/tos" export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$TOSROOT/support/sdk/java export MAKERULES="$TOSROOT/support/make/Makerules" export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TOSROOT/support/sdk/python echo "setting up TinyOS on source path $TOSROOT"
Suppose you named this file tinyos.env. There are now at least two possibilites to have these variables accessible in your shell:
a) Place it in <local-tinyos-path> and add the following to your .bashrc
source <tinyos.env-path-including-filename>
b) Place it as root user in /etc/profile.d/.
To make the changes work, the easiest way is to open a new terminal window.
4) In order to program motes you will need to access the serial ports. This can be done by joining the group that grants this privilege.
sudo gpasswd -a <your-user> dialout
This change only takes effect when log out and log in again.
Now you should have everything needed to get started. This guide should work on all Ubuntu and Debian based on Squeeze. Has only been tested on Ubuntu though.
