My IDE setup for C++ programming the Nintendo 3DS with devkitpro and Qt-Creator in Linux

July 17, 2024

Ever wanted to write an app for the Nintendo 3DS? Now you can!

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https://github.com/gearmo3ds/youtube/blob/main/installing_devkitpro.md

Install dkp-pacman from devkitpro

https://devkitpro.org/wiki/Getting_Started
https://devkitpro.org/wiki/devkitPro_pacman

sudo apt-get install pkg-config wget
wget https://apt.devkitpro.org/install-devkitpro-pacman
chmod +x ./install-devkitpro-pacman
sudo ./install-devkitpro-pacman

Optional fix for out of space error
nano /opt/devkitpro/pacman/etc/pacman.conf
Comment out the CheckSpace line

Install 3DS toolchain environment, yay!
sudo dkp-pacman -S 3ds-dev

Add permanent environment variables to .bashrc file
export DEVKITPRO=/opt/devkitpro
export DEVKITARM=/opt/devkitpro/devkitARM
export DEVKITPPC=/opt/devkitpro/devkitPPC
export PATH=$DEVKITPRO/tools/bin:$PATH

Install gcc, QtCreator and git
sudo apt-get install build-essential qtcreator git

Copy examples directory to home
cp -r /opt/devkitpro/examples ~

source

by Noise Commander 3DS

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