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Expand Up @@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ Your system must have the following (very common) software packages installed (w

### Installation on Ubuntu
```bash
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install gh git curl openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-jre nix screen cmake
$ sudo snap install code --classic
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh git curl openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-jre nix screen cmake
sudo snap install code --classic
```

### Installation on macOS
```bash
$ brew install --cask visual-studio-code
$ brew install gh git cmake curl openjdk@17 screen
$ curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
brew install --cask visual-studio-code
brew install gh git cmake curl openjdk@17 screen
curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh
```

## Lingua Franca Toolchain
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To install them from the command line, run:
```bash
$ code --install-extension ms-vscode.cmake-tools
$ code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools
$ code --install-extension lf-lang.vscode-lingua-franca --pre-release
$ code --install-extension marus25.cortex-debug
code --install-extension ms-vscode.cmake-tools
code --install-extension ms-vscode.cpptools
code --install-extension lf-lang.vscode-lingua-franca --pre-release
code --install-extension marus25.cortex-debug
```

## Permissions
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To use `nix` on Linux, make sure that your user is a member of the `nix-users` group. To check this, run:

```bash
$ groups
groups
```

If `nix-users` is not listed, run:

```bash
$ sudo usermod -aG nix-users $USER
sudo usermod -aG nix-users $USER
```

Please note that you might need to reboot your system after running `usermod` in order for the new group membership to be reflected.

### Using `picotool` on Linux/WSL
To allow access to the RP2040 via USB without superuser privileges, add custom `udev` rules using the following command:
```bash
$ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/picotool/master/udev/60-picotool.rules | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/60-picotool.rules >/dev/null
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raspberrypi/picotool/master/udev/60-picotool.rules | sudo tee -a /etc/udev/rules.d/60-picotool.rules >/dev/null
```