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| IntroductionWindows does not provide a bash environment like other 'Unix' systems. Most of tools are prepackaged and downloaded from our server to make the installation as friendly as possible. All you need to install manually is the msysGit package. Then, after running two scripts, you should have a complete build environment ready. |
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Install required software
- Download msysGit from https://git-for-windows.github.io/
- Install msysGit with default options except the install directory that needs to be without spaces, e.g. C:\GIT.
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Get the code using Git Bash
- Start Git Bash
- Create a C:/CODE directory (no spaces in name) :
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Some tools are needed : make and 7za (7-Zip)
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| Tired of typing tools/bin/make every time? The following command will add /C/code/librepilot/tools/bin to your PATH: | Code Block |
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| echo "export PATH=\"\$PATH:/C/code/librepilot/tools/bin\"" >> ~/.profile |
You should adapt it to match your librepilot directory...
After issuing the above command, you'll need to exit the current shell and start a new one for it to take effect.
The rest of the document assumes that you have done this step (and we really recommend that you do it). |
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The toolchain is used to build the software:
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With the latest msysGIT version there are some issues with ccache install and ccache can be disabled as follows : | Code Block |
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| make[1]: *** [install] Error 3
make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/code/librepilot/build/ccache-3.2.2'
C:/code/librepilot/make/tools.mk:1011: recipe for target 'ccache_install' failed
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| BUILD_SDK_TARGETS += osg sdl nsis mesawin openssl ccache |
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| BUILD_SDK_TARGETS += osg sdl nsis mesawin openssl #ccache |
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Building the LibrePilot software
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It will build the UAVObjGenerator utility and all firmwares: |
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| Finally all files are packaged using the Nsis software installer. At end, the LibrePilot software installer can be found in C:\code\librepilot\build\ directory.  |
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Congrats !
Congratulations! You have setup the build environment and built the complete LibrePilot software suite!
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