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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.