2. Application Installation

Submitted by MarkBrown on September 3, 2008 - 12:02pm.

 

Application Installation

  • Binutils
  • Binutils-avr
  • GCC
  • GCC-AVR
  • AVR libc
  • GDB
  • gdb-avr
  • Simulavr
  • AVRDUDE

The list above contains the applications to install and is listed again for convenience.  There are two main ways to install the software, both of which will be descibed here.

 

The first, and probably most recommended, is to use apt-get, package management software, to install the software.

 

sudo apt-cache update

 

It is always a good idea to search for the package first in case of spelling errors or other simularly named packages.  It is mainly a way of double checking what you are going to install.  The following is an example of how to search for an application:

 

sudo apt-get search *application*

 

sudo apt-get install *application*

 

The second method of installing the applications is to use the Synaptic Package Manager.