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---
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id: build-env
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title: Creating a build/development environment
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sidebar_label: Building Meshtastic
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---
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This project uses the simple PlatformIO build system. PlatformIO is an extension to Microsoft VSCode.
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## GUI Installation
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1. Install [Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/).
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2. Install [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads) or [GitHub Desktop](https://desktop.github.com/)
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3. Install [Microsoft Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
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4. Install [PlatformIO](https://platformio.org/platformio-ide).
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5. Click the PlatformIO icon on the side bar.
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6. Under `Quick Access, Miscellaneous, Clone Git Project` enter the URL of the Meshtastic repo found [here](https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device).
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7. Select a file location to save the repo.
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8. Once loaded, open the `platformio.ini` file.
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9. At the line `default_envs` you can change it to the board type you are building for ie. `tlora-v2, tlora-v1, tlora-v2-1-1.6, tbeam, heltec, tbeam0.7` (boards are listed further down in the file).
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10. The hardware can be configured for different countries by adding a definition to the `configuration.h` file. `#define HW_VERSION_US` or `HW_VERSION_EU433, HW_VERSION_EU865, HW_VERSION_CN, HW_VERSION_JP`. Other country settings can be found in `MeshRadio.h`. The default is `HW_VERSION_US`.
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11. Click the PlatformIO icon on the side bar. Under `Project Tasks` you can now build or upload.
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:::note
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To get a clean build you may have to delete the auto-generated file `./.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json`, close and re-open Visual Studio and WAIT until the file is auto-generated before compiling again.
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:::
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## Manual Installation on Linux
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1. On a Linux distro (like Ubuntu), ensure you have pre-requisites installed:
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```
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install python3 g++ zip
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```
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2. Install PlatformIO (which is usually via wget/curl command).
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```
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wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/platformio/platformio-core-installer/master/get-platformio.py -O get-platformio.py
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chmod +x get-platformio.py
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python3 get-platformio.py
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```
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3. Clone the repo https://github.com/meshtastic/Meshtastic-device
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4. Change into the Meshtastic-device and then download submodules
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```
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cd Meshtastic-device
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git submodule update --init --recursive
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```
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Note: If you get an error like this:
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```
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Compiling .pio/build/rak4631_5005/src/plugins/PositionPlugin.cpp.o
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src/nrf52/NRF52CryptoEngine.cpp:3:10: fatal error: ocrypto_aes_ctr.h: No such file or directory
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```
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then you need to run that submodule command from the main Meshtastic-device directory.
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5. Activate the Platformio python virtual environment
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```
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source ~/.platformio/penv/bin/activate
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```
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6. Build everything (optionally just build what you really need by editing platformio.ini)
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```
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./bin/build-all.sh
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```
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7. See the newly built bits in release/archive/firmware-1.2.49.XXX.zip (where XXX is the git commit)
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