This repository holds builds of Python for the RoboRIO, and associated buildscripts. You don't need to build this yourself, instead use the robotpy-installerand executerobotpy-installer download-python to download them.
Compiling this can eat up most of your RoboRIO's disk space, so you'll probablywant to reimage it before using the RoboRIO in a competition.
There are several non-automated steps:
- You must execute this build from a Linux environment
- Make a USB flash drive to be swap
- Use
cfdisk to partition your USB drive - Use
mkswap to initialize the space - Mount it on the roborio via
swapon
- Make another USB flash drive to be extra storage space
- Use
cfdisk to partition as linux partition - Use
mkfs.ext2 to format it - Plug it into the roborio and you should see it at /media/sda1
- Run the following to redirect the install folders to your drive:
mkdir /media/sda1/binmkdir /media/sda1/includemkdir /media/sda1/libmkdir /media/sda1/tmprmdir /usr/local/libln -s /media/sda1/bin /usr/local/binln -s /media/sda1/include /usr/local/includeln -s /media/sda1/lib /usr/local/lib
Once your RoboRIO is sufficiently mangled, execute this from your host:
make ROBORIO=roborio-XXXX-frc.local BUILD_HOME=/media/sda1 all
Building on a first generation RoboRIO takes about 6 to 7 hours.