
So you can use the included 5.4.0, xc8 free if you had it installed, and any other toolchain version you want.Įdit- I'll also add that changing the gpl licensed xc8-avr from free to pro is easy, but not really worth the trouble as something like 7.3.0 from arduino is a better option anyway.

Extracted the hardware/tools/avr folder and pointed Studio to its bin folder as another 8bit compiler option. I posted the sou Copy cracked xclm.exe to 'C:Program FilesMicrochipxc8v2.31bin'. I also downloaded Arduino Windows zip version just to get a better toolchain (I can never find just the toolchain from arduino, so plan b is get arduino, extract only the toolchain). Xclm.exe Xc8 Now every compiler has own xclm.exe, but you can change every xclm with this. There was a complaint later about not being able to find xc8, but I think that was when I started to add another toolchain as described below. MPLAB ICD 4 In-Circuit Debugger with MPLAB XC8 PRO Compiler (Network Server License. You still get the 'avr toolchain' (gcc 5.4.0) even when xc8 skipped.

They are nuts (first microsoft, then atmel). I declined everything I could decline after selecting only avr (no avr32, no sam), cancelled xc8 (I think I clicked 'I do not agree', but I imagine it would be the same result had I clicked cancel), and of course ended up with 18 additions to my programs and features.

Had I known it would take 30 minutes to install, I would not have done it. Before the question was answered, I had sacrificed a spare Windows 10 pc to install Microchip Studio (I don't use).
