Installation on Debian

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Dependencies

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The PSP SDK requires a couple of dependencies to be installed before use. To install them, run the following command from a terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake pkgconf libreadline8 libusb-0.1 libgpgme11 libarchive-tools fakeroot

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Installing the PSP SDK itself can be done with the following steps:

Download the latest version of the toolchain here.
Extract the downloaded archive into your home directory, resulting in /home/YOURUSERNAME/pspdev being created.
To make the toolchain usable, some environment variables need to be set. The first step in doing so it to open the ~/.bashrc file with the nano text editor using the following command from a terminal:
```
nano ~/.bashrc
```
Add the following lines at the bottom of the file in the text editor:
```
export PSPDEV="$HOME/pspdev"
export PATH="$PATH:$PSPDEV/bin"
```
Now save and exit by pressing Ctrl+X, then Y and then enter/return.
Close the current terminal and open a new one.
From the new terminal, run the following command to confirm everything is set up correctly:
```
psp-config --pspdev-path
```

That's it, now the PSP SDK can be used to build PSP software. Check out the How to Use page for a guide on how to do so.