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Setting up the Pico SDK
If you want to make the installation as simple as possible just follow the steps below (you can simply cut and paste these commands into your terminal):
Step 1. Create a new directory in your home directory to keep everything tidily in one place:
cd ~
mkdir pico
cd pico
Step 2. Install the Pico SDK and examples:
git clone -b master https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk.git
cd pico-sdk
git submodule update --init
cd ..
git clone -b master https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-examples.git
Step 3. Install the MicroPython port (optional):
git clone -b pico https://github.com/raspberrypi/micropython.git
cd micropython
git submodule update --init -- lib/pico-sdk
cd lib/pico-sdk
git submodule update --init
cd ../../..
Step 4. Install the toolchain needed to build Pico projects.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cmake gcc-arm-none-eabi build-essential
Step 5. Install the Pimoroni Pico libraries:
git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico.git
cd pimoroni-pico
mkdir build
And you're done. Everything is installed and ready to go.
A good place to start is to build our examples which will prove that everything is setup correctly. Our project is setup to mimic the approach that Raspberry Pi have taken so if you're familiar with building their examples this should be a familiar process.
cd build
cmake ..
make
When the make command has completed you'll see that a number of new files and directories have appeared in your build directory. For the purpose of building our examples the one that matters is the examples directory.
Inside examples will be one directory per product, each of which contain at least one .uf2 file that can be flashed directly onto your Pico.