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Instructions for compiling the https://github.com/CHERTS/esp8266-devkit ESP8266 Windows Dev Kit
Here are the instructions:
1. Install the MinGW with MSYS and MSyS MinGW Dev system checked
2. Download the Repository from
https://github.com/CHERTS/esp8266-devkit
3. Copy the Downloaded Repository Folder to Root "C:" making it =:
C:\esp8266-devkit
4. Open Administrator command prompt ("Type cmd in search bar, then rightclick on the icon and Run as Administrator")
5. Now cd C:\esp8266-devkit\Espressif
6. Run Command "install-mingw-package.bat" - press enter to begin
7. Once the package installation is complete then close the Command window
8. Run the batch file C:\MinGW\msys\1.0\msys.bat to open a MinGW console
9. in the Terminal cd /c/esp8266-devkit/Espressif
10. Run the Command ./build-xtensa-lx106-elf.sh = Need coffey as it would take lots of time
11. Once the complete compilation was success copy the "Espressif" into C:\
12. Remove the Directory "C:\Espressif\dl" and "C:\Espressif\build" this would help to save some space.
Each of these are around 3-4 GBytes so compilation of the tools are not needed for using the devkit.
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