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@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ If you're using FreeBSD, Debian or Ubuntu, you can find this in the `arduino-mk` ## Usage +You can also find more [detailed instructions in this guide](http://hardwarefun.com/tutorials/compiling-arduino-sketches-using-makefile) or also checkout the sample makefiles inside the examples/ folder + Download a copy of this repo some where in your system. On the Mac you might want to set: @@ -50,14 +52,20 @@ On other systems: cpanm Device::SerialPort cpanm YAML -You can also find more [detailed instructions in this guide](http://hardwarefun.com/tutorials/compiling-arduino-sketches-using-makefile) or also checkout the sample makefiles inside the examples/ folder +## Including Libraries + +You can specify space separated list of libraries that are needed for your sketch to the variable `ARDUINO_LIBS`. + +`ARDUINO_LIBS = Wire SoftwareSerial` + +The libraries will be searched in the following places in the following order. + +- `/libraries` folder inside your sketchbook folder. Sketchbook folder will be auto detected from your Arduino preference file. You can also manually set it through `ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK`. +- `/libraries` folder inside your Arduino folder, which is read from `ARDUINO_DIR`. -## User Libraries +The libraries inside user folder will take precedence over libraries present in Arduino core folder. -In order to use Arduino libraries installed in the user's sketchbook folder (the -standard location for custom libraries when using the Arduino IDE), you need to -set the `ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK` variable to point to this directory. By default it -is set to `$HOME/sketchbook`. +The makefile can autodetect the libraries that are included from your sketch and can include them automatically. But it can't detect libraries that are included from other libraries. (see [issue #93](https://github.com/sudar/Arduino-Makefile/issues/93)) ## avrdude |