TinyOS is an open source, BSD-licensed operating system designed for low-power wireless devices, such as those used in sensor networks, ubiquitous computing, personal area networks, smart buildings, and smart meters.

Installation procedure on UBUNTU

Remove any old tinyos repository from /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following: A common pool supports all Ubuntu distributions which are defined through karmic.

 

deb http://hinrg.cs.jhu.edu/tinyos karmic main

 

Update your repository cache:  

     

 sudo apt-get update

Run the following to install the latest release of tinyos and all its supported tools: 

sudo apt-get install tinyos-2.1.1

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