Installing on WindowsΒΆ

Note

The recommended method for installing PROS on all platforms is now using our VS Code extension. Instructions for this can be found on the Getting Started page.

If you do not want to use VS Code, the method below will allow you to install the CLI by iteslf. This method does require the knowledge and access to change environment variables on your computer. You can learn more about changing environment variables here.

If you are an advanced user looking to install the PROS CLI through Python pip, check out the instructions on the Installing on Linux page instead.

  1. Download the latest CLI release from here: https://github.com/purduesigbots/pros-cli/releases, it will be named in this format pros_cli-X.X.X-win-64bit.zip
  2. Extract the zip file
  3. Open your environment variables and Add the extracted folder to PATH.
  4. Download the latest Toolchain from here https://github.com/purduesigbots/toolchain/releases. Be sure to download the one called pros-toolchain-windows-formatted.zip.
  5. Extract the zip file.
  6. ensure that there is an empty folder called tmp inside. If there is not, create it.
  7. Add the usr folder to an environment variable called PROS_TOOLCHAIN