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authorRyan <fauxpark@gmail.com>2020-06-21 19:54:53 +1000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2020-06-21 10:54:53 +0100
commit32340e14fb8491b9e381b1b5d971a2ee946ded72 (patch)
treed74812d33d194e1a2e24737ca1904c9413f552a5
parentb7da69ec85c5f3e3981dd4590c52139a1539bc17 (diff)
Update newbs MSYS2 pacman instructions (#9445)
-rw-r--r--docs/newbs_getting_started.md11
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diff --git a/docs/newbs_getting_started.md b/docs/newbs_getting_started.md
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@@ -41,16 +41,11 @@ 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. NOTE: This is **not** the same as the MSYS terminal that opens when installation is completed.
+Follow the installation instructions on the [MSYS2 homepage](http://www.msys2.org). Close any open MSYS terminals and open a new 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, make sure `pacman` is up to date with:
+Then, run the following:
- 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 mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pip
+ pacman --needed --noconfirm --disable-download-timeout -S git mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pip
python3 -m pip install qmk
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