From 7ecfe12e08fb894e7438223ddf4bd9f53ad6dae0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sanky Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 19:12:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Adding INSTALL, screw markdown --- INSTALL | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+) create mode 100644 INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c21791954 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Know ASM, but not your way around linux? Want to help or just try out building pokecrystal on Windows, but got stuck +somewhere along the way? Fear not, for.. whatever, just follow this tutorial. + +1. Get `cygwin`. Cygwin provides a virtual linux enviorment on Windows systems. Just get `setup.exe`: +http://cygwin.com/install.html + During the install: + I. Keep the defaults + II. It shouldn't matter which mirror you choose. http://mirrors.kernel.org worked for me. + III. Now you'll be presented with a package selection screen. Select the following packages. You may use the +search. + * `python` (installed by default) + * `gcc`, `gcc-core` (under devel) + * `byacc` (under devel) + * `make` (under devel) + * `wget` (under web) + * `git` (under devel) + * `mercurial` (optional, if you wish to work with pokered as well) + * `nano` (optional, a simple terminal text editor) + IV. Finish the install. Might take a sec while all packages are downloading. +2. Launch `cygwin`. + Hopefully you know your way around the linux terminal. If not, a crash course: + * `ls` - list directory + * `pwd` - write current directory + * `cd` - change directory +3. First of all, we need to build `rgbds`, the GB compiler. Type: + $ git clone git://github.com/bentley/rgbds.git + $ cd rgbds + $ YACC=byacc make + $ export PATH=$PATH:`pwd` + $ echo "export PATH=$PATH:`pwd`" >> ~/.bashrc + At this point, you should be able to close cygwin, reopen it and successfully run `rgbasm`. + $ cd ~ + $ wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py + $ easy_install unittest2 + Now we should be able to build `pokecrystal` for the first time. + $ cd ~ + $ git clone https://github.com/kanzure/pokecrystal.git + $ cd pokecrystal + Please download a Pokemon Crystal ROM and save it as `C:\cygwin\home\(your username)\pokecrystal\baserom.gbc` + $ make + This will take between 5 and 15 seconds, depending on your computer. + If you see `cmp baserom.gbc pokecrystal.gbc` as the last line, the build was successful! Rejoice! + Now you may try messing around with `main.asm`, or just do whatever you wanted to. + To build again, you should use the following command: + $ make clean && make + +Feel free to ask us on #skeetendo if something goes wrong (remember to tell where)! +