Installation of required third-party tools#
Third-party tools required for command-line usage#
The following third-party tools must be installed on the host to use the XCommon CMake build system provided in this release of the XTC Tools.
This build system is required to use certain examples provided with the XTC Tools and to use these XTC Tools with other selected XMOS products.
cmake#
CMake (minimum version 3.21)
Downloadable installers are available for supported Windows, Mac and Linux hosts in binary formats.
Ensure this tool is added to the the system path so it may be accessed from the command-line environment (Console or Terminal) used to run XTC Tools. On Windows hosts a step in the click-through installer asks whether this should be done. Select this option.
git#
Git (minimum version 2.25)
Downloadable installers are available for supported Windows, Mac and Linux hosts in binary formats.
Ensure this tool is added to the the system path so it may be accessed from the command-line environment (Console or Terminal) used to run XTC Tools. On Windows a step in the click-through installer asks whether this tool is installed to be used from the command line and also from third-party software. Select this option.
Installation of the VS Code graphical code editor#
Install VS Code from https://code.visualstudio.com/download. V1.89.0 is the earliest version supported.
Use the VS Code click-through installer. Select the check-box Add to PATH to ensure it is available when using the XMOS XTC Tools Command Prompt.
Follow Apple instructions to install VS Code into the /Applications folder,
typically under /Applications/Visual Studio Code.app.
Download the .deb package and install using the the apt tool.
See documentation on this tool for further information.
Terminology#
VS Code terminology is referred to in the remainder of this document. For details see: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/userinterface.