Software Installation; System Requirements; Installation Steps - Cypress CYW943907AEVAL1F User Manual

2. Software Installation

This chapter provides instructions for installing the ModusToolbox software – a set of tools that enables you to integrate
Cypress devices into your existing development methodology. This is a Beta release of ModusToolbox, and it is only available
through the ModusToolbox Early Access Program (EAP) website.

2.1 System Requirements

Cypress recommends the following minimum system configuration:
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CPU with a PassMark score > 2000 (cpubenchmark.net)
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4 GB RAM
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10% of total disk space with at least 10 GB free
ModusToolbox is not supported on 32-bit operating systems. It has been tested on the following:
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Windows 7 64-bit / Windows 10 64-bit
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macOS 10.13
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Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS
Notes:
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For Windows, you must have Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable (x64) - 14.14.26429 installed. This is
installed by default with the ModusToolbox Windows installer.
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For Linux and macOS, ModusToolbox requires the following Unix packages to work properly:
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make (v3.81)
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mktemp (v8.25)
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perl (v5.18.2)
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cmp (v2.8.1)
Some versions of Ubuntu Linux do not include 'make' by default. Use the command sudo apt-get install make to
install it.

2.2 Installation Steps

2.2.1 Step 1: Uninstall Previous Release
Uninstall any previous version already installed before installing this release.
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Windows: The current release installer will prompt you to uninstall a previous release. You can also use the Windows
Control Panel.
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Linux: Go to the directory where you extracted the tar.gz installer. Delete the ModusToolbox_<version> directory and
its contents.
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macOS: Go to the Applications directory to which you moved the ModusToolbox_<version> directory. Delete the
ModusToolbox_<version>" directory and its contents.
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