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Frequently Asked Questions

General

How can I install the Wonderful Toolchain?

See the getting started guide for more information.

What is the Wonderful Toolchain?

The Wonderful Toolchain is my personal research project - a space to experiment with development tooling approaches for “retro” handhelds and other forgotten platforms. As such, it may not be the best choice if you want a long-term, dependable solution. However, if you like to tinker, you might find it just right.

What long-term stability guarantees does the Wonderful Toolchain provide?

Unfortunately, due to the R&D nature of the toolchain, no long-term stability guarantees can be made; I wish to retain the freedom to break and modify things to improve them. I will try my best to provide migration advice and information for any such breaking changes, however.

Installation

Can I use a system-provided version of the Pacman package manager?

No, and it is unlikely to ever be possible. wf-pacman is customized to (a) treat /opt/wonderful as the root directory and (b) allow running without root.