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@@ -7,7 +7,45 @@ still find [what documentation](http://mjo.tc/atelier/2009/02/arduino-cli.html "Documentation") exists. -If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, you can find this in the arduino-core package. +If you're using Debian or Ubuntu, you can find this in the +arduino-core package. + +# Important Changes, 2012-04-29 + +I've rejigged the path calculations so that: + +1. Few, if any paths, need to specified in the project specific Makefiles. + +1. The paths can be grabber from the environment e.g. set up in a user's .bashrc. + +1. It should be easier to move between e.g. Mac and Linux. + +I'm indebted to Christopher Peplin for making me think about this, and indeed for +contributing code which did similar things in different ways. + +The upshot of all this is that you'll need to set up some variables if you want +this to work: + +On the Mac you might want to set: + + ARDUINO_DIR = /Applications/Arduino.app/Contents/Resources/Java + ARDMK_DIR = /usr/local + +On Linux, you might prefer: + + ARDUINO_DIR = /usr/share/arduino + ARDMK_DIR = /usr/local + AVR_TOOLS_DIR = /usr + +The Makefile also delegates resetting the board to a short Perl program. +You'll need to install Device::SerialPort to use it though. On Debian or +Ubuntu do + + apt-get install libdevice-serial-perl + +On other systems + + cpanm Device::SerialPort ## User Libraries |