In this guide, a relatively old version of Ubuntu is used to demonstrate the installation process without having me to worry about historic issues. Good luck if you are going to use a modern Ubuntu or even another distro.

Prerequisites

  • A fully functional virtual machine running on Ubuntu 14.04.06 with proper Internet connection.
  • A clear mind.
  • Basic Linux skills.

Installation

Set up Standford repository source

Open /etc/apt/sources.list with root privilege:

$ sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

Append the following line to the end of the file:

deb http://tinyos.stanford.edu/tinyos/dists/ubuntu lucid main

Save and exit.

Basic toolchains and TinyOS

Install required packages:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install build-essential tinyos-2.1.2 python2.7-dev
# Say yes to the following warnings
# Install these packages without verification? [y/N] y

Append these lines to ~/.bashrc:

export TOSROOT="/opt/tinyos-2.1.2"
export TOSDIR="$TOSROOT/tos"
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$TOSROOT/support/sdk/java/tinyos.jar
export MAKERULES="$TOSROOT/support/make/Makerules"
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TOSROOT/support/sdk/python

Execute source ~/.bashrc to effect immediately.

Make yourself the owner & group of the TinyOS root directory:

$ sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $TOSROOT	# Recursively change the owner and group of $TOSROOT

If you don’t want Java to later bitch about not finding appropriate JNI support:

$ sudo tos-install-jni

Compile TOSSIM for testing

$ cd $TOSROOT/apps/Blink
$ make micaz sim

You should be able to see the following output:

  copying Python script interface TOSSIM.py from lib/tossim to local directory

*** Successfully built micaz TOSSIM library.

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