Getting Started

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• GNU/Linux
• Microsoft Windows

GNU/Linux

Download the current cc65 source code an unzip it to a path of your choice. Change the current working directory to the 'cc65-master' subdirectory of that path and enter 'make'. This builds both the cc65 binaries (located in the 'bin' subdirectory) and the cc65 libraries. Now cc65 is fully functional without further steps.

If you want to be able to run the cc65 binaries without providing their path you may additionally enter 'sudo make avail'. This creates symbolic links to the binaries in '/usr/local/bin'.

Microsoft Windows

Download the current cc65 source code and unzip it to a path of your choice that doesn't contain spaces (let's presume 'c:\cc65' here). Download the 'Make for Windows' binary and its dependencies and unzip them both to the same path of your choice (let's presume 'c:\cc65\gnu' here). Now you have two options...

• Build the cc65 binaries using Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Express:
  Open a 'Visual Studio Command Prompt (2010)', change the current working directory to 'c:\cc65\cc65-master' and enter 'c:\cc65\gnu\bin\make'. This builds both the cc65 binaries (located in 'c:\cc65\cc65-master\bin') and the cc65 libraries. Now cc65 is fully functional without further steps.
  Note: If you receive an error message complaining about a permission denied then you need to run the Visual Studio Command Prompt as administrator.

• Use prebuilt cc65 binaries:
  Download the latest cc65 binaries for Microsoft Windows and unzip the them to 'c:\cc65\cc65-master'. Rename the directory 'c:\cc65\cc65-master\drop' to 'c:\cc65\cc65-master\bin'. Open a Command Prompt, change the current working directory to 'c:\cc65\cc65-master' and enter 'c:\cc65\gnu\bin\make lib'. This builds the cc65 libraries. Now cc65 is fully functional without further steps.
  Notes:
  • If you receive an error message complaining about 'MSVCR100.dll' missing then you need to install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86).
  • If you receive an error message saying 'Cannot create temporary file: Permission denied' then you need to run the Command Prompt as administrator.

If you want to be able to run the cc65 binaries without providing their path you may additionally add 'c:\cc65\cc65-master\bin' to your 'Path' environment variable.