Microchip mplab
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MPLABX vs MPLAB
MPLAB is the windows-only version of MPLAB. MPLABX is the version that is multi platform, and also works under linux. MPLAB however is mature, and MPLABX is beta at this moment. The simulator of MPLABX is not yet as good as the simulator of MPLAB.
Installation
install wine
# pacman -S wine # pacman -S wine_gecko
install winetrics
# pacman -S winetrics
install needed dll's
$ winetricks vcrun6
install MPLAB
Download mplab from the following site: [www.microchip.com [1]]. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and download MPLAB IDE
unzip mplab:
$ unzip MPLAB_IDE_8_83.zip $ wine setup.exe
MPLAB is installed in the following location: .wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Microchip/MPLAB IDE/Core
Starting MPLAB
$ cd .wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Microchip/MPLAB IDE/Core $ wine MPLAB.exe