AVR-Toolchain Installer Package for MacOSX

As outlined in the article Programming ATMEL microprocessors on a Mac, installing the AVR toolchain on the Mac can be a long and tedious procedure. Downloading, compiling and installing all the stuff can take up to 6 hours!

For a workshop I gave recently we tried to simply copy over all the binaries in /usr/local/avr/ and it worked.
Now I wrapped the whole thing into a nice installer package, see below.

Installation time: < 5min.
And the best part: you don't even need the Apple Developer Tools anymore (1.85 Gig !)

Downloads

AVR Toolchain Installer for PowerPC (.dmg 22.9 MB)
AVR Toolchain Installer for Intel Macs (.dmg 26.3 MB)

Some notes

You may still need/want to download and install an uploader/downloader tool to program your AVR, like avrdude or uisp.
Don’t forget to add the avr directory to your environment variable $PATH, like so, for example: Type into a new terminal window echo 'export PATH=/usr/local/avr/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bash_profile, close the window and open a new session…
And beware: this is the first version, use at your own risk, and share your experience in the comments. Thank you.

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For a more complete and up-to-date installer you might want to take a look at AVR MacPack

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