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authorNoah Andrews <NoahAndrews@users.noreply.github.com>2016-03-04 21:51:09 -0500
committerNoah Andrews <NoahAndrews@users.noreply.github.com>2016-03-04 21:51:09 -0500
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## Build Environment Setup
### Windows
-What these instructions look like depends on whether NoahAndrews's setup scripts get merged
+1. Install [MHV AVR Tools](https://infernoembedded.com/sites/default/files/project/MHV_AVR_Tools_20131101.exe). Disable smatch, but **be sure to leave the option to add the tools to the PATH checked**.
+2. Install [MinGW](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/Installer/mingw-get-setup.exe/download). During installation, uncheck the option to install a graphical user interface. **DO NOT change the default installation folder.** The scripts depend on the default location.
+3. Clone this repository. [This link will download it as a zip file, which you'll need to extract.](https://github.com/jackhumbert/qmk_firmware/archive/master.zip) Open the extracted folder in Windows Explorer.
+4. Right-click on the 1-setup-path-win batch script, select "Run as administrator", and accept the User Account Control prompt. Press the spacebar to dismiss the success message in the command prompt that pops up.
+5. Right-click on the 2-setup-environment-win batch script, select "Run as administrator", and accept the User Account Control prompt. This part may take a couple of minutes, and you'll need to approve a driver installation, but once it finishes, your environment is complete!
### Mac
If you're using [homebrew,](http://brew.sh/) you can use the following commands:
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3. Install [DFU-Programmer][dfu-prog].
### Linux
+Install AVR GCC and dfu-progammer with your favorite package manager.
+
+Debian/Ubuntu example:
+
+ sudo apt-get update
+ sudo apt-get install gcc-avr dfu-programmer
### Vagrant
If you have any problems building the firmware, you can try using a tool called Vagrant. It will set up a virtual computer with a known configuration that's ready-to-go for firmware building. OLKB does NOT host the files for this virtual computer. Details on how to set up Vagrant are in the [VAGRANT_GUIDE file](VAGRANT_GUIDE.md). \ No newline at end of file