Quickstart: Mac

This guide assumes you have the Homebrew package manager installed.

Install the following:

1. Command line utilities.

   $ brew install wget pipx git coreutils
   

2. Clone the Tock kernel repository.

   $ git clone https://github.com/tock/tock
   

3. rustup. This tool helps manage installations of the Rust compiler and related tools.

   $ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
   

4. arm-none-eabi toolchain and riscv64-unknown-elf toolchains. This enables you to compile apps written in C.

   $ brew install arm-none-eabi-gcc riscv64-elf-gcc
   

5. tockloader. This is an all-in-one tool for programming boards and using Tock.

   $ pipx install tockloader
   

   Note: You may need to add tockloader to your path. If you cannot run it after installation, run the following:

   $ pipx ensurepath
   

6. JLinkExe to load code onto your board. JLink is available from the Segger website. You want to install the "J-Link Software and Documentation Pack". There are various packages available depending on operating system.

7. OpenOCD. Another tool to load code. You can install through package managers.

   $ brew install open-ocd