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 First install Buildroot's required dependencies. See:
 [The buildroot user manual, chapter 2: System requirements](https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html#requirement)
+Also install openocd, it is required for the flashing script (see below).
 
 Then set up the required source code: