Setting up Pokemon Ruby disassembly in Linux

hell_abhi

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Apr 1, 2018

Introduction

Spoiler:

I will be making two folders in the ~/Desktop (hope you know relative and absolute path in Linux):

pokemon_ruby
agbcc

Code:

cd Desktop
mkdir pokemon_ruby
mkdir agbcc

Installing devkitARM

Spoiler:

There is a perl script available that will automatically install it in Linux:(can't post link, google it)
Save it in a file with 'pl' extension (say ~/Desktop/script.pl) and run following commands:

Code:

chmod +777 script.pl
perl script.pl

This will start the installation process.
After devkitARM is installed, you need to set two environment variables: DEVKITPRO and DEVKITARM. Run the following commands in your terminal:

Code:

echo "export DEVKITPRO=/opt/devkitpro" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export DEVKITARM=/opt/devkitpro/devkitARM" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Setting up the environment

Spoiler:

Go to pokemon_ruby folder and get the disassembly code:

Code:

cd pokemon_ruby/
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/pret/pokeruby.git
git pull origin master
cd ..

Get the agbcc compiler:

Code:

cd agbcc/
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/pret/agbcc.git
git pull origin master
./build.sh
./install.sh ~/Desktop/pokemon_ruby
cd ..

Then, in the pokemon_ruby directory, build the tools and then the rom:

Code:

cd pokemon_ruby/
./build_tools.sh
make

You should see the following message as the last line after building the ROM:
pokeruby.gba: OK

You have successfully set up a working environment.