Installing TinyOS

This page details how to get the latest release (2.1.2) of TinyOS installed and running on your system.

At the bottom of the page are some links to additional information addressing some common problems encountered during the installation procedure and tools that ease developing.

Officially Supported Methods

• Linux:
  • Automatic installation - for Debian based systems
  • Manual installation using RPM packages
• Windows:
  • Manual installation using RPM packages - for Cygwin
• Virtual Machine:
  • Use TinyOS in a virtual machine
• From source
  • Installing from source - Use the latest version from the repositories

User Contributed Methods

• Installing XubunTOS (with TinyOS from tp-freeforall/prod repository) in VirtualBox
• Installing TinyOS on Mac OS (Tiger & Leopard)
• Installing TinyOS-2.x on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
• Installing TinyOS on Gentoo
• Unofficial MacPorts toolchains for MSP430 and AVR
• Installing TinyOS from Source on Fedora 13 64bit
• Unofficial AVR toolchain for TinyOS for OpenSolaris followers

Older Guides

• Installing Xubuntos in VirtualBox
• Ubuntu 9.10 + TinyOS 2.x Virtualbox Image

Other Methods

• Running a Jetos Virtual Machine Image in VMware Player

Legacy Instructions

TinyOS versions 2.1 and 2.0.2

Next Step

Once installed, find out how to finish setting up and doing your first build in the tutorial Getting Started with TinyOS.

You might also want to install editors like NESCDT,Yeti or the syntax highlighting for gedit.

Additional Information

• Common Java problems on Cygwin