[DEV TUT] Vita programming Tutorials: Part 0 -- Installation
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2016 7:12 am
Hi guys,
welcome to my tutorial series on how to develop homebrew for the Vita with the unofficial vitaSDK toolchain and vita2dlib. In this series, we will start with part zero, which guides you through the installation of the necessary components, then we will continue in part one with a graphical hello world and we'll do a Game Menu in part two. Along the way, I'll explain all the function calls in the sample programs, and why they are needed, to you. Now, let's get started.
Requirements:
- An up-to-date Linux distribution which runs either natively or in a VM (some distros have Virtualbox images, so you can just plug and play, for example the Kali Linux distribution).
To update your linux system (provided you use apt as your package manager), you can open a terminal and type:
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- An internet connection
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- Some common sense for troubleshooting, etc.
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So, let's begin with the installation of the VitaSDK toolchain.
Here we'll do a manual install instead of running the automated vdpm script, because we want to keep a light ship and know exactly where everything is located.
1.:
Open a terminal and download the nightly build of the linux version:
2.: Untar the archive:
3.: Move the contents of the untarred folder into the correctly named one:
4.: Move the vitasdk folder to /usr/local/:
5.: Set the $VITASDK enviroment variable (this step varies between linux distributions):
then press control+f and type .bash_aliases.
If this returns anything, then execute and add the line:
else, add the line
to your .bashrc file (gedit ~./bashrc)
Now, we install vita_portlibs followed by vitasdk:
1.:
Clone vita_portlibs
2.:
Make
3.:
Clean up
4.:
Clone vita2dlib and install it
5.:
And, lastly, it's always good to clean up behind you!
And that was it! Quite simple, right?
welcome to my tutorial series on how to develop homebrew for the Vita with the unofficial vitaSDK toolchain and vita2dlib. In this series, we will start with part zero, which guides you through the installation of the necessary components, then we will continue in part one with a graphical hello world and we'll do a Game Menu in part two. Along the way, I'll explain all the function calls in the sample programs, and why they are needed, to you. Now, let's get started.
Requirements:
- An up-to-date Linux distribution which runs either natively or in a VM (some distros have Virtualbox images, so you can just plug and play, for example the Kali Linux distribution).
To update your linux system (provided you use apt as your package manager), you can open a terminal and type:
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apt-get update
apt-get upgrade- An internet connection
********************************************************************************************************************
- Some common sense for troubleshooting, etc.
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So, let's begin with the installation of the VitaSDK toolchain.
Here we'll do a manual install instead of running the automated vdpm script, because we want to keep a light ship and know exactly where everything is located.
1.:
Open a terminal and download the nightly build of the linux version:
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wget https://bintray.com/vitasdk/vitasdk/download_file?file_path=vitasdk-gcc-5.4-linux-compat-nightly-e4a61561aa42a32280c28406395a9e82fb0e75cd.tar.bz2
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tar -xvf vitasdk-gcc-5.4-linux-compat-nightly-e4a61561aa42a32280c28406395a9e82fb0e75cd.tar.bz2
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mkdir vitasdk
mv ~/gcc-arm-vita-eabi-5_4-2016q3/* ~/vitasdk/
rmdir gcc-arm-vita-eabi-5_4-2016q3/
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mv ~/vitasdk/ /usr/local/vitasdkCode: Select all
gedit ~/.bashrcIf this returns anything, then execute
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gedit ~/.bash_aliases Code: Select all
export VITASDK=/usr/local/vitasdkCode: Select all
export VITASDK=/usr/local/vitasdkNow, we install vita_portlibs followed by vitasdk:
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Clone vita_portlibs
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git clone https://github.com/xerpi/vita_portlibs
cd vita_portlibsMake
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sudo makeClean up
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cd .. & rm -R vita_portlibsClone vita2dlib and install it
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git clone https://github.com/xerpi/libvita2d
cd libvita2d/libvita2d/
sudo make & sudo make installAnd, lastly, it's always good to clean up behind you!
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cd ~/
rm -R libvita2d