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authorRyan <fauxpark@gmail.com>2020-03-21 19:00:44 +1100
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-03-21 19:00:44 +1100
commit0d189582c124472acc4a47ff7c4c8f1019a226c1 (patch)
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Update newbs installation procedure for MSYS2 (#8423)
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@@ -42,9 +42,13 @@ We've tried to make QMK as easy to set up as possible. You only have to prepare
You will need to install MSYS2, Git, and the QMK CLI.
* Follow the installation instructions on the [MSYS2 homepage](http://www.msys2.org).
-* Close any open MSYS2 terminals and open a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal.
+* Close any open MSYS2 terminals and open a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal. NOTE: This is **not** the same as the MSYS terminal that opens when installation is completed.
-After opening a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal run these commands:
+After opening a new MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit terminal, make sure `pacman` is up to date with:
+
+ pacman -Syu
+
+You may be asked to close and reopen the window. Do this and keep running the above command until it says `there is nothing to do`. Then run the following:
pacman -S git python3-pip
python3 -m pip install qmk