How Do I install KISS IDE and Compiler on fedora 17?

Hi Ryan, welcome to the Botball Community! As you've found out, KISS-IDE isn't particularly easy to install on Linux-based systems. I haven't used KISS-IDE on Linux, so I probably won't be of much help, but as workarounds, you could either use a Windows or Mac VM via VMWare, or you could download code to the CBC via WiFi (it runs an SSH daemon, so scp will copy code over, and I think there's a bash script in /mnt/kiss/ which will compile code... KISS-IDE is only necessary if you want to use the slow USB cable).

Usually the KIPR devs keep an eye on this forum, so hopefully they'll be able to help you, but seeing as they're busy on the Kovan these days, it might be a while before they reply. Sorry I can't be of more help.

I believe we talked over email as well. KISS IDE 4 is about a week and a half away from alpha release, so I'll be sure to post build instructions here once it is out.

Thanks, I got your last email after posting this. can't wait to try it.

Apologies for the delays... I know I promised a release by Chistmas, and have failed to deliver. I've been insanely busy making sure the CBCv2's successor is ready for Botball 2013 in January. Please be patient with me. :/

We've been holding out for this release too. I promised my daughter that we'd have this running by spring semester so I'll install it on our windows disk :( and will get her setup.

Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. I can try to help build the deb package or something. (I do mostly middleware / java work but could try.)

- Matt

Norman, OK

Thanks for the offer, Matt. I might take you up on it. There will almost certainly be a KISS IDE release for Mac OS X and Windows by January 9th, since that is the technical beginning of the Botball season (instructors summit in Norman, OK.) I will keep you updated.

Thanks,

Any news? Just adding, Using Fc18.

Alright guys, KISS IDE 4 has been in the wild for a few days now, and there are a *lot* of issues. The software will continually improved this season (we expect a release every other week), so keep up to date for the latest and greatest.

You'll need to install Qt4 and qscintilla2 from your package manager to begin.

# libkar
git clone git@github.com:kipr/libkar.git
cd libkar
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make install
cd ..
# pcompiler
git clone git@github.com:kipr/pcompiler.git
cd pcompiler
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make install
cd ..
# libkovanserial
git clone git@github.com:kipr/libkovanserial.git
cd pcompiler
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make install
cd ..
# kiss
git clone git@github.com:kipr/kiss.git
cd kiss
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make install
cd ..


The simulator is currently not working on linux, so I will post build instructions for that when it is up and running. To download to the Link, you'll need to manually specify the port from the Target selection dialog. This will probably be /dev/ttyACM0 . You probably won't have permissions to write to this port, though, so either run KISS IDE as root or ensure you have the necessary permissions for opening the device.

Let me know if you have any issues. It's still very much beta software, so I apologize in that regard.

I just successfully built this on one of my machines and ran it. Thanks!

I found a couple errors in your instructions. (it was URL formatting for ANON git access and dependencies -- all perfectly acceptable errors for someone building from a machine with the correct SSH keys and packages.)

Here is a modified script for debian (Ubuntu,Mint,etc) distros:

(substitute "yum" for "apt-get" if you're using Redhat, Fedora, Mangeia)

sudo apt-get install g++ libqscintilla2-dev cmake codeblocks
git clone git://github.com/kipr/libkar.git
git clone git://github.com/kipr/pcompiler.git
git clone git://github.com/kipr/libkovanserial.git
git clone git://github.com/kipr/kiss.git
cd libkar
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ..
sudo make install
cd ../../pcompiler/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ..
sudo make install
cd ../../libkovanserial/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ..
sudo make install
cd ../../kiss/
mkdir build
cd build/
cmake ..
sudo make install
./deploy/KISS


Whoops, sorry about that. Didn't even think about the github urls :P Thanks.