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+====== Installing PixyMon on Linux ======
+====== 1. Introduction ======
+The following procedure will walk you through building PixyMon for Linux. This procedure assumes the following:
+  * Your system has Linux Mint-17 installed
+  * Pixy firmware has been updated to 1.0.2
+  * Your system is connected to the internet
+The Mint-17 distribution of Linux can be downloaded here: http://www.linuxmint.com
+Instructions for updating the Pixy firmware are here: [[wiki:v1:Uploading_New_Firmware|Uploading New Firmware]]
+Although this procedure uses Linux Mint-17, it //should// work with any Linux distribution that uses the Debian package manager (e.g. Ubuntu).
+====== 2. Procedure ======
+===== 2.1. Install dependencies for building PixyMon =====
+Start the terminal application:
+{{wiki:img:78184a8b63cf10782c18339b791db9f85a0d8bc0.png?400}}
+==== 2.1.1. Install git ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%sudo apt-get install git%%''
+==== 2.1.2. Install libusb-1.0-0-dev ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev%%''
+{{wiki:img:da64e20cd40baefbd00b8bb4fce081a0f9b76abd.png?400}}
+==== 2.1.3. Install QT ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools%%''\\
+{{wiki:img:2383c6567221648c447861d741195085437aefa6.png?400}}
+''%%sudo apt-get install qt4-qmake%%''\\
+{{wiki:img:fa252fee6bcaea3bd9cc93e57379042fded5dd72.png?400}}
+''%%sudo apt-get install qt4-default%%''\\
+{{wiki:img:a7cf5a5a9af585bf9bbc8c83b0530dc91387084d.png?400}}
+==== 2.1.4. Install g++ (compiler) ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%sudo apt-get install g++%%''
+{{wiki:img:208f77c0feb60df1b578d0a67c31972a6e32e285.png?400}}
+===== 2.2. Building PixyMon =====
+==== 2.2.1. Download Pixy source code ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%git clone https://github.com/charmedlabs/pixy.git%%''\\
+{{wiki:img:dcf634a40148751c2a5f59668335e326013c2183.png?400}}
+==== 2.2.2. Run the build script ====
+Change directory to the pixy build tools folder and run the build script.
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%cd pixy/scripts%%''\\
+''%%./build_pixymon_src.sh%%''
+==== 2.2.3. Add permissions for Pixy USB interface ====
+In order to communicate with Pixy over USB as a non-root user you must set permissions for Pixy.
+To do this copy the 'pixy.rules' file to '/etc/udev/rules.d'
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%cd ../src/host/linux/%%''\\
+''%%sudo cp pixy.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/%%''
+{{wiki:img:4a97375dee1ace2c3a8c6059e99c9c2200f9a342.png?400}}
+===== 2.3. Running PixyMon =====
+==== 2.3.1. Connect Pixy to your Linux system using a USB Mini cable ====
+{{wiki:img:e0e66b6f1b2c5231027c1d03c811e16207772021.jpg?400}}
+==== 2.3.2. Change directory to the PixyMon build folder ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%cd ../../../build/pixymon/bin/%%''
+==== 2.3.3. Run PixyMon ====
+In the terminal window type:
+''%%./PixyMon%%''
+{{wiki:img:c3853354ec6a7f9c9f843996e1e05d615a0e355c.png?400}}
+What's next? Let's [[wiki:v1:Teach_Pixy_an_Object_2|teach Pixy an object]]!

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