3. Skyline Plugin Installation

Note: it is recommended you use sys-ftpd-light open on port 5000 (the default).

Installing Skyline

To install Skyline, go to its Github page and either build from source or download a latest release.

To build from source run the following command:

make clean && make send IP=X.X.X.X

where X.X.X.X is your switch's IP. Requires sys-ftpd-light.

Installing Plugins

Using FTP

First, to setup cargo-skyline for installing plugins, you need to set your switch IP, this allows you to wirelessly install mods to test quicker. Your switch IP is shared computer-wide for convenience purposes and can also be provided via --ip X.X.X.X for any command that uses it. To set your switch's ip use the following command:

cargo skyline set-ip X.X.X.X

To install a Rust plugin from source, us the following command from within its folder:

cargo skyline install

This will build your plugin if it does no already exist and install it to your switch over FTP.

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While debugging your plugins, you might find it additionally useful to install and listen for logs in the same command. For that, cargo-skyline provides the following:

cargo skyline run

Installing manually

To manually install your plugin, you first need to build it. As mentioned on the Setup page, use the following command from within the folder:

cargo skyline build

If everything went well, you should now have a \target directory. Navigate to \target\aarch64-skyline-switch\release\ and you should see a file called libXXXXXXX.nro (XXXXXXX being the name of your project).

Using your favorite file transfer method, place this file on your SD at this location: atmosphere\contents\*titleID of the game you're working on*\romfs\skyline\plugins\

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If you want to listen for logs from plugins already installed, use

cargo skyline listen

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