Install TinyOS 2.1.1 in ubuntu 12.04

TinyOS is a open source operating system for low power wireless device used in sensor networks,person area network, smart meters etc. You can find more information about tinyos from here

These configurations are done for tiny os  2.1.1 for micaz mote

Open /etc/apt/sources.list and add the following line at the end of file.

deb http://tinyos.stanford.edu/tinyos/dists/ubuntu karmic main

Update apt-get and install tinyos

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tinyos-2.1.1

Change the ownership of tinyos root directory to your user

sudo chown : -R /opt/tinyos-2.1.1/ 

Edit .bashrc in user home and add the following lines at the end

export TOSDIR=$TOSROOT/tos
export CLASSPATH=$TOSROOT/support/sdk/java/tinyos.jar:.$CLASSPATH
export MAKERULES=$TOSROOT/support/make/Makerules
export PATH=/opt/msp430/bin:$PATH
source /opt/tinyos-2.1.1/tinyos.sh

Install the java tools using

sudo tos-install-jni

Install Java docs 

Go to /opt/tinyos-2.1.1/support/sdk/java

make
make install
make javadoc 

Common Errors

1.Unexpected operator during tos-jni-install command

Error

sudo tos-install-jni 
[: 31: =: unexpected operator 

Installing 32-bit Java JNI code in /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/lib/i386 …

done.

Solution  

Edit /usr/bin/tos-install-jni and change 1st line from “#!/bin/sh” to “#!/bin/bash”