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10 changes: 9 additions & 1 deletion doc/installing.rst
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Expand Up @@ -47,10 +47,13 @@ Prerequisites
- Python 3.x (https://python.org)
- terminal, console, or command prompt (depending on your OS)
- Internet connection
- Uninstalling any core version installed via Board Manager

Instructions - Windows 10
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- First, make sure you don't already have the ESP8266 library installed using the Board Manager (see above)
- First, make sure you don't already have an ESP8266 core version installed
using the Board Manager (see above). If you do, uninstall it from the
Board Manager before proceeding.

- Install git for Windows (if not already; see https://git-scm.com/download/win)

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Instructions - Other OS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- First, make sure you don't already have an ESP8266 core version installed
using the Board Manager (see above). If you do, uninstall it from the
Board Manager before proceeding.

- Open the console and go to Arduino directory. This can be either your
*sketchbook* directory (usually ``<Documents>/Arduino``), or the
directory of Arduino application itself, the choice is up to you.

- Clone this repository into hardware/esp8266com/esp8266 directory.
Alternatively, clone it elsewhere and create a symlink, if your OS
supports them.
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