Installing TinyOS

First off, What to Read First.

Then, this page details how to get TinyOS installed and running on your system. It is organized into two main sections: Officially Supported Methods, User Contributed Methods. The current instructions are for installing TinyOS version 2.1.2. For legacy reasons a separate page has instructions for versions 2.1 and 2.0.2. At the bottom of the page are some links to additional information addressing some common problems encountered during the installation procedure and tools that ease developing.

It is advisable to follow the automatic install guide, since it provides the newest version of TinyOS (as of April 2013). All other methods are considered to be out of date.

Officially Supported Methods

• Linux:
  • Automatic installation with apt-get
  • Manual installation using RPM packages
• Windows:
  • Manual installation using cygwin and RPM packages
• Virtual Machine:
  • Use TinyOS in a virtual machine

User Contributed Methods

• Installing XubunTOS (with TinyOS from tp-freeforall/prod repository) in VirtualBox
• Installing TinyOS on Mac OS (Tiger & Leopard)
• Installing TinyOS-2.x on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)
• Installing TinyOS on Gentoo
• Unofficial MacPorts toolchains for MSP430 and AVR
• Installing TinyOS from Source on Fedora 13 64bit
• Installing Xubuntos in VirtualBox
• Unofficial AVR toolchain for TinyOS for OpenSolaris followers

Other Methods

• Running a Jetos Virtual Machine Image in VMware Player

Next Step

Once installed, find out how to finish setting up and doing your first build in the tutorial Getting Started with TinyOS.

You might also want to install editors like NESCDT,Yeti or the syntax highlighting for gedit.

Additional Information

• Common Java problems on Cygwin