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Section 5: Downloading the FTC SDK

Step 5.1 — Install Git​

If you do not have Git installed:

  • Windows: Download from https://git-scm.com/download/win. Install with defaults.
  • macOS: Run git --version in Terminal. If not installed, macOS will prompt you to install Xcode Command Line Tools.
  • Linux: Run sudo apt install git (Ubuntu/Debian) or sudo dnf install git (Fedora).

Step 5.2 — Clone the FTC Robot Controller Repository​

Open a terminal and navigate to the folder where you want to store your robot code. Then run:

git clone https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController.git

This creates a folder called FtcRobotController containing the complete SDK.

Team working together?

Only one person should do this step. They should then push it to your team's private GitHub repository. Every other team member clones from the team's repo, not from FIRST's repo directly.

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