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If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must install the latest version of
WinAVR! It should also work perfectly with Windows 2K and XP. If not, you
can try one of the older versions that are also on the CD (before you make a
new installation of WinAVR, you have to uninstall the existing version rst!).
Ofcially Win x64 is not yet supported but the CD contains a patch for Win x64
systems if a problem arises. You will nd more information on the software
page of the CD menu.
AVR-GCC, avr-libc uad avr-binutils - for Linux
(Windows users can skip this section!)
Linux might require more effort. Some distributions already contain the re-
quired packages but they are mostly obsolete versions. Therefore you need
to compile and install newer versions. It is impossible to describe in detail
the numerous Linux distributions as SuSE, Ubuntu, RedHat/Fedora, Debian,
Gentoo, Slackware, Mandriva etc. that exist in many versions with their own
particularities and we will keep here only to the general lines.
The same applies to all other Linux sections in this chapter!
The procedure described here must not necessarily work for you. It is often
helpful to search in the internet e.g. for “<LinuxDistribution> avr gcc” or similar.
(Try different spellings). The same applies to all other Linux sections - of
course with the suitable keywords! If you encounter problems with the instal-
lation of the AVR-GCC, you can also take a look in our robot network forum or
in one of the numerous Linux forums. First of all, you have to uninstall already
installed versions of the avr-gcc, the avr-binutils and the avr-libc because, as
said, these are mostly obsolete. You can do that via the package manager of
your distribution by searching for “avr” start up and uninstall the three above
mentioned packages - as far as they exist in your computer. You can nd out
easily if the avr-gcc has already been installed or not via a console as e.g.
> which avr-gcc