Installing Newt on Linux¶
You can install the latest release of the newt tool from https://mynewt.apache.org/download or download latest sources directly from GitHub https://github.com/apache/mynewt-newt and build your binary localy.
$ git clone https://github.com/apache/mynewt-newt.git
Installing Newt from Sources¶
The newt tool is written in Go (https://golang.org/). In order to build Apache Mynewt, you must have Go 1.12 or later installed on your system. Please visit the Golang website for more information on installing Go (https://golang.org/).
Run the build.sh to build the newt tool.
$ cd mynewt-newt $ ./build.sh
Add the path to the newt tool to your PATH.
$ mkdir ~/bin $ mv ./newt/newt ~/bin/. $ export PATH=$PATH:~/bin
To make newt visible in every new terminal add the export to ~/.bashrc
$ echo 'export PATH=$PATH:~/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
Checking the Installed Version of Newt¶
Check which newt you are using and that the version is the latest release version.
$ which newt /usr/bin/newt $ newt version Apache Newt 1.13.0 / c6bf556 / 2024-11-15_06:58
Get information about newt:
$ newt Newt allows you to create your own embedded application based on the Mynewt operating system. Newt provides both build and package management in a single tool, which allows you to compose an embedded application, and set of projects, and then build the necessary artifacts from those projects. For more information on the Mynewt operating system, please visit https://mynewt.apache.org/. Please use the newt help command, and specify the name of the command you want help for, for help on how to use a specific command Usage: newt [flags] newt [command] Examples: newt newt help [<command-name>] For help on <command-name>. If not specified, print this message. Available Commands: apropos Search manual page names and descriptions build Build one or more targets clean Delete build artifacts for one or more targets completion Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell create-image Add image header to target binary debug Open debugger session to target docs Project documentation generation commands help Help about any command info Show project info load Load built target to board man Browse the man-page for given argument man-build Build man pages mfg Manufacturing flash image commands new Create a new project pkg Create and manage packages in the current workspace resign-image Obsolete run build/create-image/download/debug <target> size Size of target components target Commands to create, delete, configure, and query targets test Executes unit tests for one or more packages upgrade Upgrade project dependencies vals Display valid values for the specified element type(s) version Display the Newt version number Flags: --escape Apply Windows escapes to shell commands -h, --help Help for newt commands -j, --jobs int Number of concurrent build jobs (default 4) -l, --loglevel string Log level (default "WARN") -o, --outfile string Filename to tee output to -q, --quiet Be quiet; only display error output --shallow int Use shallow clone for git repositories up to specified number of commits -s, --silent Be silent; don't output anything -v, --verbose Enable verbose output when executing commands Use "newt [command] --help" for more information about a command.