Toit for Linux
Install the Toit CLI
The Toit CLI is used for interacting with the Toit console and your Toit devices.
Download
Download the Toit executable for Linux.
Move the downloaded file to your preferred installation directory.
Unpack
Uncompress the downloaded
tgz
-file that contains the Toit CLI.Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory where you uncompressed the Toit CLI.
To unpack the Toit CLI, run
- The result of unpacking the Toit CLI is an executable file, named
toit
:


Add Toit to PATH
Add the folder where the toit
executable is located to your PATH environment variable, so that you can run the Toit CLI in a terminal window from any directory.
Depending on the shell you use: edit either the .rczsh
file or the .bashrc
file located in your home directory.
For example, if you use bash
and if you chose to put the toit
executable into the $HOME/local/bin
folder,
execute the following command in a terminal window:
Check installation
Open a new terminal window and type
to verify that the changes have taken effect. The output is a list of all available commands in the Toit CLI.
Install Visual Studio Code
Toit comes with a language server and provides a Visual Studio Code Language Extension for the Toit programming language.
You can download Visual Studio Code here.
Install language extension
The Toit Language Extension provides built-in language support for the Toit programming language, but also a device view and a serial view from where you can interact directly with your devices.
The Toit language extension also provides helpful commands for the developer, such that you can run or deploy Toit programs on your devices directly from Visual Studio Code.
When you have downloaded and installed Visual Studio Code, get the language extension for Toit either from the Visual Studio marketplace or from the open marketplace.
The Toit Language Extension is currently only supported for Visual Studio Code.