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After this is done, Ubuntu can be selected from the start menu to open a terminal. This will be used for all commands going forward.
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When this is done, restart your computer. Afterwards Ubuntu can be selected from the start menu to open a terminal, do this once to set up your user.
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From now on the Ubuntu shell will be used when running commands going forward.
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Files in Ubuntu can be accessed through a network share. In `This Computer` right click on the background and select `Map network drive`. Set the folder to `\\wsl$` to make it easily accessible.
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Alternatively, you can open an Ubuntu terminal in a specific directory by holding shift and clicking the right mouse button on the background in the file browser and selecting `Open Linux shell here`.
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## Dependencies
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{: .fs-6 .fw-700 }
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```shell
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sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake pkgconf libreadline8 libusb-0.1 libgpgme11 libarchive-tools fakeroot curl
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sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake pkgconf libreadline8 libusb-0.1 libgpgme11 libarchive-tools fakeroot wget
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## Toolchain
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Installing the PSPDEV toolchain itself can be done with the following steps:
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1. In a fresh WSL Session download the Toolchain Archive using curl `curl -O https://github.com/pspdev/pspdev/releases/latest/download/pspdev-ubuntu-latest-x86_64.tar.gz`
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2. Extract the archive using `tar -xvf pspdev-ubuntu-latest-x86_64.tar.gz`
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1. In a fresh WSL Session download the Toolchain Archive using the following command:
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```shell
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wget https://github.com/pspdev/pspdev/releases/latest/download/pspdev-ubuntu-latest-x86_64.tar.gz
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```
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2. Extract the archive using:
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```shell
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tar -xvf pspdev-ubuntu-latest-x86_64.tar.gz
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```
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3. To make the toolchain usable, some environment variables need to be set. The first step in doing so it to open the `~/.bashrc` file with the `nano` text editor using the following command from an Ubuntu terminal:
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psp-config --pspdev-path
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If everything is set up correctly, the path of the PSPDEV toolchain installation will be shown.
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That's it, now the PSPDEV toolchain can be used to build PSP software. Check out the [Basic Programs](../basic_programs.html) page to for examples on what you can do with it.

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