These instructions explain how to set up the tools required to build **pokered**, including [**rgbds**](https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds), which assembles the source files into a ROM.
WSL has its own file system that's not accessible from Windows, but Windows files *are* accessible from WSL. So you're going to want to install pokered within Windows. You'll have to change the **current working directory** every time you open WSL.
Run setup and leave the default settings. At the "**Select Packages**" step, choose to install the following, all of which are in the "**Devel**" category:
**Note:** If you already have an installed rgbds older than 0.6.0, you will need to update to 0.6.0 or 0.6.1. Ignore this if you have never installed rgbds before. If a version newer than 0.6.1 does not work, try downloading 0.6.1.
Now open the **Cygwin terminal** and enter the following commands.
Cygwin has its own file system that's within Windows, at **C:\cygwin64\home\\*\<user>***. If you don't want to store pokered there, you'll have to change the **current working directory** every time you open Cygwin.
For example, if you want to store pokered in **C:\Users\\*\<user>*\Desktop**:
```bash
cd /cygdrive/c/Users/<user>/Desktop
```
(The Windows `C:\` drive is called `/cygdrive/c/` in Cygwin. Replace *\<user>* in the example path with your username.)
Now you're ready to [build **pokered**](#build-pokered).
If you want to compile and install **rgbds** yourself instead, then follow the [**rgbds** instructions](https://rgbds.gbdev.io/install#building-from-source) to build **rgbds 0.6.1** from source.
If you want to compile and install **rgbds** yourself instead, then follow the [**rgbds** instructions](https://rgbds.gbdev.io/install#building-from-source) to build **rgbds 0.6.1** from source.
If `rgbds` is not available, you'll need to follow the [**rgbds** instructions](https://rgbds.gbdev.io/install#building-from-source) to build **rgbds 0.6.1** from source.
If you have different projects that require different versions of `rgbds`, it might not be convenient to install rgbds 0.6.1 globally. Instead, you can put its files in a directory within pokered, such as `pokered/rgbds-0.6.1/`. Then specify it when you run `make`: