updated makefile docs

todbot · Feb 4, 2013 · b0ab746 · b0ab746
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diff --git a/commandline/Makefile b/commandline/Makefile
@@ -14,16 +14,15 @@
 # Platform-specific notes:
 #
 # Mac OS X 
-#   - Install Xcode with "Unix Dev Support" and "Command-line tools"
+#   - Install Xcode with "Unix Dev Support" and "Command-line tools" (in Preferences)
 #   - make
 #
 # Windows XP/7  
 #   - Install MinGW and MSYS (http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/ )
 #   - make
 #
 # Linux (Ubuntu) 
-#   - apt-get install gcc-avr avr-libc   (to build firmware files)
-#   - apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev
+#   - apt-get install build-essential libusb-1.0-0-dev
 #   - make
 #
 # FreeBSD

diff --git a/hardware/firmware/Makefile b/hardware/firmware/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # blink(1) firmware Makefile
 #
+# To build the firmware, you need the avr-gcc compiler.
+# On Linux, that's: 
+#   - apt-get install gcc-avr avr-libc   (to build firmware files)
+#
+#
 # 2012, Tod E. Kurt, http://thingm.com/  http://todbot.com/blog/
 #
 # Originally from EasyLogger by Christian Starkjohann