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The essential packages you need for a supported Ubuntu or Debian distribution are shown in the following command$ sudo

sudo apt-get install make gcc g++ diffstat texinfo chrpath gcc-multilib git gawk build-essential autoconf libtool libncurses-dev gettext gperf lib32z1 libc6-i386 g++-multilib python-git

Building

In order to use Yocto build system, the repo tool must be properly installed on the machine.

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In order to install Repo make sure you have a /bin directory in your home directory and that it is included in your path$ mkdir

mkdir ~/bin

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PATH=~/bin:$PATH

Download the repo tool and ensure that it is executable

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curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo

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chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Note: it is also recommended to put credentials in .netrc when interacting with repo.

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Initilaizing the Build Environment

To build, follow below instructions

$ mkdir <workspace dir> ###GUIDELINE: Make sure "$ readlink -f  <workspace dir>" is not exceeding 60 characters to avert potential build issue with python3-kconfig

$ cd <workspace dir>

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Note: Cloning the code before login once to code.rdkcentral.com, user would get the Authentication error, even though the account is in good standing and has all the required access.

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Please login to code.rdkcentral.com before attempting to clone.

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To build, follow below instructions

Create workspace directory

mkdir <workspace dir>
cd <workspace dir>

Follow below instructions to create build with external sources

Building image with no external source

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkb-turris-pod-nosrc.xml -b rdk-next
repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
MACHINE=turris-extender source meta-turris/setup-environment build-turris-ext
bitbake rdk-generic-extender-image

Building image with Else, follow below instructions to create build with no external source

repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkb-turris-pod-extsrc.xml -b rdk-next
repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
MACHINE=turris-extender source meta-turris/setup-environment build-turris-ext
bitbake rdk-generic-extender-image

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