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mcuee edited this page Jul 19, 2026 · 4 revisions

Building avrdude Python GUI

Other than the prerequsites for building avrdude under different Operating Systems, you will need Python3 and PySide6 (or legacy PySide2 if PySide6 is not available).

It is recommended that a Python Virtual Environment is used to run avrdude Python GUI.

How do I build avrdude Python binding and GUI under Linux?

Example for Ubuntu 24.04, on top of the normal avrdude build instructions.

 sudo apt install python3-venv python3-pip
 python3 -m venv py312venv
 . ./py312venv/bin/activate
 pip install pyside6
 cd avrdude (avrdude local directory)
 ./build.sh
 sudo cmake --build build_linux --target install
 avrdude-gui

Example for Fedora 42, on top of the normal avrdude build instructions.

  sudo dnf install  python3-devel python3-pip swig
  mkdir build
  cd build/
  git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude.git
  python3 -m venv py313venv
  . ./py313venv/bin/activate
  cd avrdude/
  pip install pyside6
  ./build.sh 
  sudo cmake --build build_linux --target install
  avrdude-gui

How do I build avrdude Python binding and GUI under macOS?

mkdir build
cd build
git clone https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude.git
python3 -m venv py314venv_avrdude
. ./py314venv_avrdude/bin/activate
pip install pyside6
cd avrdude
rm -rf build_darwin
./build.sh
cp ./build_darwin/src/_swig_avrdude.so ../py314venv_avrdude/lib/python3.14/site-packages
./src/python/adgui.py

Please also refer to the following comments for the example build log.

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/issues/2161#issuecomment-5015817571

How do I build avrdude Python binding and GUI under Windows with Visual Studio?

Please refer to the following comments.

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/pull/1971#issuecomment-2803650696

https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude/issues/1946#issuecomment-3336468843

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