How to Install Takahē on Elementary OS Latest

Takahē is an open-source keyboard firmware for custom mechanical keyboards. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Takahē on the latest version of Elementary OS.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, we need to make sure that our system has the required software and dependencies.

  • A running instance of the latest Elementary OS
  • A keyboard with a microcontroller, supported by Takahē
  • Git
  • Python3
  • pip3

If you don't have any of these installed, you can use the following commands to install them.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git python3 python3-pip

Installation

To install Takahē, we need to follow a few steps.

Step 1: Clone the Takahē repository

We need to clone the Takahē repository to our local system. To do so, open a terminal and execute the following command.

git clone https://github.com/JonathanSalwan/Takehe.git

This command will create a local copy of the Takahē repository in your home directory.

Step 2: Install the dependency packages

Takahē depends on a few packages that we need to install before we can proceed with the installation. Open a terminal and run the following command.

sudo apt-get install build-essential avr-libc dfu-programmer dfu-util gcc-avr

Step 3: Install the Python requirements

Next, we need to install the required Python packages for Takahē. To do so, navigate to the Takehe directory using the following command.

cd Takehe

Then, install the requirements using pip.

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 4: Compile the firmware

Now that we have all the dependencies and requirements installed, we can proceed to compile the Takahē firmware. To do so, run the following command.

make dfu

This command will compile the firmware and generate a .hex file.

Step 5: Flash the firmware

Finally, we need to flash the firmware to our keyboard controller. To do so, we need to connect our keyboard to our system in DFU mode. Follow the instructions provided by your keyboard's manufacturer to enter DFU mode.

Once your keyboard is in DFU mode, run the following command to flash the firmware.

sudo make dfu

This command will flash the firmware to your keyboard.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Takahē on the latest version of Elementary OS. You can now customize your keyboard's firmware to suit your needs using Takahē.