Step 1: Download and install FemtoIDE
FemtoIDE is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), which combines all the tools you need to create softwares for Pokitto in a single graphical user interface (GUI). FemtoIDE consists of:
- Source code editor: with features such as syntax highlighting, and auto-completion.
- Build automation.
- Debugger: supports both PokittoEmu and Segger J-Link hardware debuggers.
- Pokitto emulator.
- Sprite Editor.
Download
Simply download the right one according to your operating system and proceed to installation.
Download it from here
Installation
Windows
Extract the zip and run IDE.exe.
Macintosh
Extract and install
Linux
Before you can run the IDE’s emulator, you must download the SDL2 libraries with the following command:
Fedora
sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_net SDL2_image
Debian / Ubuntu
sudo apt install libsdl2 libsdl2_net libsdl2_image
Once that’s done, extract the Linux release and run IDE.
In case you’re facing “GLIBCXX_“ error after a successful compilation of the project, you can try to run this commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.9
sudo apt-get upgrade libstdc++6