roborio-python

This repository holds builds of Python for the RoboRIO, and associated build scripts. You don't need to build this yourself, instead use the robotpy-installer and execute robotpy-installer download-python to download them.

Build process

Compiling this can eat up most of your RoboRIO's disk space, so you'll probably want 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/bin
mkdir /media/sda1/include
mkdir /media/sda1/lib
mkdir /media/sda1/lib

rmdir /usr/local/lib

ln -s /media/sda1/bin /usr/local/bin
ln -s /media/sda1/include /usr/local/include
ln -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.