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How to install Ground Control from the source

Note, this method does not work well for Raspberry Pi. See the Raspberry Pi instructions here.

Step 1: Install Kivy

Install Kivy using by folowing the instructions found at https://kivy.org/docs/installation/installation-linux.html

NOTE: at this time Ground Control does not support Python3, so use Python2 instead

Step 2: Install PySerial

Install the PySerial package by running the command pip install pyserial

On Debian/Ubuntu distros you may be able to install pySerial using sudo apt-get install python-serial

Step 3: Download the Source Code

Download a copy of the Ground Control source code from https://github.com/MaslowCNC/GroundControl using the "clone or download" button on the right side.

Step 4: Launch Ground Control

Launch Ground Control by using the command python main.py from within the folder