Build instructions

Required software

arm-gcc: (https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded)
- Manual installation:
```
cd projectdir
wget https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/4.9/4.9-2015-q2-update/+download/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_9-2015q2-20150609-linux.tar.bz2
tar -xjf gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_9-2015q2-20150609-linux.tar.bz2
export PATH=`pwd`/gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_9-2015q2/bin:$PATH
```
- Debian/Ubuntu:
  - Ubuntu 14.04 users start with:
```
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:terry.guo/gcc-arm-embedded
echo -e "Package: gcc-arm-none-eabi\n Pin: release o=LP-PPA-terry.guo-gcc-arm-embedded\n Priority: 501" |sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-gcc-arm-embedded
sudo apt-get update
```
  sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi
  - Ubuntu 16.04 and newer just need
  sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi libstdc++-arm-none-eabi-newlib
- Arch: sudo pacman -S arm-none-eabi-gcc arm-none-eabi-newlib arm-none-eabi-binutils
- FreeBSD: Theory: sudo pkg install arm-none-eabi-gcc492 arm-none-eabi-binutils / portmaster devel/arm-none-eabi-gcc492 devel/arm-none-eabi-binutils; practice: kldload linux & see Manual installation
- Fedora: sudo dnf install arm-none-eabi-newlib arm-none-eabi-gcc-cs-c++.x86_64 gcc-c++-arm-linux-gnu.x86_64
  - note: RHBZ #1248294 you will need to rebuild arm-none-eabi-newlib as described by the reporter. Or just use [https://blog.pcfe.net/packages/arm-none-eabi-newlib-2.2.0_1-4.fc24.noarch.rpm](my build).
python-yaml (http://pyyaml.org/)
- Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install python-yaml
- Arch: sudo pacman -S python-yaml
- FreeBSD: sudo pkg install py27-yaml or portmaster devel/py-yaml
- Fedora: sudo dnf install PyYAML
- Alternative: via pip/virtualenv
to build docs
- Fedora: sudo dnf install doxygen graphviz
libopencm3 (fork, https://github.com/rad1o/libopencm3)
- If you are using git, the preferred way to install libopencm3 is to use the submodule:
```
git clone https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware.git
cd f1rmware
git submodule init
git submodule update
cd libopencm3
make
```
xxd (optional, needed for flashapp / flash-station setup)
- Debian: probably already installed (is a part of vim-common package)
- Arch: yaourt -S xxd
- FreeBSD: part of vim-lite package / editors/vim-lite port
dfu-util (optional, convenient for development, http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/)
- Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install dfu-util
- Arch: sudo pacman -S dfu-util
- FreeBSD: pkg install dfu-util / portmaster ports/dfu-util
- Fedora: sudo dnf install dfu-util
- If you want to use smartflash, instead build and install our fork from https://github.com/rad1o/dfu-util
```
git clone https://github.com/rad1o/dfu-util.git
sudo apt-get install autoconf libusb-1.0-0-dev
cd dfu-util && sh autogen.sh && ./configure && make
sudo make install
```
cmake (optional, if you want to build the hackrf firmware)
- sudo apt-get install cmake
- Fedora: sudo dnf install cmake
mtools (optional, if you want to use smartflash)
- sudo apt-get install mtools

If you use Nix or NixOS, you can do nix-shell --pure . to enter a shell with all required dependencies.

Build firmware

git clone https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware.git
cd f1rmware
make

On BSD systems, use gmake instead of make.

continue with instructions on wiki

Now that your toolchain is set up under Linux, follow the instructions on the wiki to build regularly from git and flash your rad1o.

Flash rad1o

Prerequisite: rad1o is connected to USB

To flash the firmware permanently, simply copy the smartflash/IMG/*.b1n files to the mounted mass storage of rad1o. If you want to just run the firmware once without permanently storing it on the rad1o, you will need the dfu-util mentioned above and run the make flash command.

Alternatively, you can use FlashGUI in the smartflash directory, see smartflash/README.md for details.

To fix issues on some boards that are not flashable by FlashGUI or to restore the filesystem on the radio in general, run sudo mkfs.msdos -I /dev/sdx and restore the firmware again with FlashGUI.

OS X setup:

Install homebrew if you haven't already.

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew tap PX4/homebrew-px4
brew update
brew install gcc-arm-none-eabi-49
brew install dfu-util
brew install python
which python #should be /usr/local/bin/python, otherwise add export PATH=/usr/local/bin/:$PATH to your shell startup file, e.g, .zlogin or .bash_profile
pip install pyaml

Goto your projects folder, for example:

mkdir $HOME/rad1o
cd $HOME/rad1o

Get the firmware, compile and flash it.

git clone https://github.com/rad1o/f1rmware.git
cd f1rmware/
make
make flash

If you don't have the ARM toolchain, an easy way to get it on OS X is to download the Energia IDE and add /Applications/Energia.app/Contents/Resources/Java/hardware/tools/lm4f/bin/ to your PATH.

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