From 52bc1df424cfcdb05cd912ae64b8a51af1cf8b1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Develo Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:30:01 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update installing.rst (#6625) Add uninstalling of previous core versions into prerequisites for latest git instructions Added prior step for uninstalling to Other OS --- doc/installing.rst | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/installing.rst b/doc/installing.rst index 6e4728aec..a83d4161f 100644 --- a/doc/installing.rst +++ b/doc/installing.rst @@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ Prerequisites - Python 3.x (https://python.org) - terminal, console, or command prompt (depending on your OS) - Internet connection +- Uninstalling any core version installed via Board Manager Instructions - Windows 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- First, make sure you don't already have the ESP8266 library installed using the Board Manager (see above) +- First, make sure you don't already have an ESP8266 core version installed + using the Board Manager (see above). If you do, uninstall it from the + Board Manager before proceeding. - Install git for Windows (if not already; see https://git-scm.com/download/win) @@ -131,9 +134,14 @@ Note that you could, in theory install in ``C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\hardw Instructions - Other OS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +- First, make sure you don't already have an ESP8266 core version installed + using the Board Manager (see above). If you do, uninstall it from the + Board Manager before proceeding. + - Open the console and go to Arduino directory. This can be either your *sketchbook* directory (usually ``/Arduino``), or the directory of Arduino application itself, the choice is up to you. + - Clone this repository into hardware/esp8266com/esp8266 directory. Alternatively, clone it elsewhere and create a symlink, if your OS supports them.