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### Instructions
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- 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.
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- Open the console and go to Arduino directory. This can be either your *sketchbook* directory (usually `<Documents>` or `<Documents>/Arduino`), or the directory of Arduino application itself, the choice is up to you. For Windows 10 the directory will typically be: `C:\Users\{username}\Documents\hardware\`
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- Note that although the Arduino installer will use (for Windows)
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`C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\esp8266\hardware` this is not the recommended directory for the git version. (and it is probably best not to install both)
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- 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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