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| author | Ryan <fauxpark@gmail.com> | 2020-03-21 19:00:44 +1100 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-03-21 19:00:44 +1100 |
| commit | 0d189582c124472acc4a47ff7c4c8f1019a226c1 (patch) | |
| tree | 82cd0bfe8b2aaf46e7985f9a97b0aa36657d6531 | |
| parent | c6b667623a49d8dd2f1b74cd0ac0e5531d5d91a8 (diff) | |
Update newbs installation procedure for MSYS2 (#8423)
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/newbs_getting_started.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md index cb8267de69..01d9c9d09e 100644 --- a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md +++ b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md @@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ We've tried to make QMK as easy to set up as possible. You only have to prepare You will need to install MSYS2, Git, and the QMK CLI. * Follow the installation instructions on the [MSYS2 homepage](http://www.msys2.org). -* Close any open MSYS2 terminals and open a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal. +* Close any open MSYS2 terminals and open a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal. NOTE: This is **not** the same as the MSYS terminal that opens when installation is completed. -After opening a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal run these commands: +After opening a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal, make sure `pacman` is up to date with: + + pacman -Syu + +You may be asked to close and reopen the window. Do this and keep running the above command until it says `there is nothing to do`. Then run the following: pacman -S git python3-pip python3 -m pip install qmk |