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Host Environment


Requirement

Yocto 4.0 (Kirkstone)

Linux

64 bit Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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Shell BASH

https://docs.yoctoproject.org/kirkstone/ref-manual/system-requirements.html

Free HDD Space

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LayerGB
RDKE OSS 75GB
RDKE Vendor50GB
RDKE Middleware 120GB
RDKE Application 50GB
RDKE Image Assembler 30GB
Host Tools

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Versions

  • Git 1.8.3.1 or greater

  • tar 1.28 or greater

  • Python 3.9.0 or greater.

  • gcc 10.1 or greater.

  • GNU make 4.0 or greater


Ensure that python exists in /usr/bin/python. If not, create a softlink for /usr/bin/python to python executable.

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$ which python

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/usr/bin/python


Packages 

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sudo apt install ant build-essential chrpath

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cmake

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curl diffstat

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fd g++ g++-multilib gcc gcc-multilib \
git git-flow git-man jq libbz2-dev libffi-dev libglib2.0-dev libldap2-dev liblzma-dev libncurses5-dev \
libreadline-dev libsasl2-dev libsqlite3-dev libslang2-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev \
llvm make nnn python3.8 ripgrep sysstat texinfo tk-dev tree wget \
xz-utils zip zlib1g-dev zstd

You also need to ensure you have the en_US.UTF-8 locale enabled:

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locale --all-locales | grep en_US.utf8


Configure repo

In order to use Yocto build system, you need to ensure that repo is installed on the machine:

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# create a bin directory
mkdir ~/bin
export PATH=~/bin:$PATH

# Download the repo tool and ensure that it is executable
curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
chmod a+x ~/bin/repo


Configure Credentials

It is recommended to put credentials in a ~/.netrc

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# RDK Central

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Gerrit
machine

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code.rdkcentral.com
    login <RDK

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Central SSO

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email

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address>
    password <PAT> 

# RDK Central

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Github
machine

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github.

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com
    login

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<Public

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GitHub UserID>
    password <PAT>

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Creating 
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your Personal Access Tokens - PAT

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Set your Gerrit PAT here:  https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/settings/#HTTPCredentials
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For GitHub to create a PAT navigate 
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to Settings - Developer Settings - Personal access tokens - Tokens (classic)
Note: for git actions (clone/push/pr) you need to select at least the following scopes:
repo write:packages
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Source Code
Access RDK source code via Github or Gerrit

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urlhttps://code.rdkcentral.com/r/q/status:open+-is:wip
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Code Contribution Process
Please refer to the "How to Contribute" guide to explore different ways that you can contribute to the RDK community.
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.wiki-content p{  font-family: 'Helvetica', cursive;font-size: 15px;}
.oc-documentation-card{
display: flex;
align-items: center;
border: 0.1px solid #d7d7d7;
box-shadow: 4px 2px 2px 0 rgba(128, 128, 128, 30); 
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.oc-documentation-card:hover{border: 3px solid #d7d7d7;}
.ui-card{  text-align:left;
display: flex!important;
margin-block-end:1rem!important; display: flex;
border: 0.1px solid #d7d7d7;
box-shadow: 4px 2px 2px 0 rgba(128, 128, 128, 30); 
margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
background-color:#ddf0e4;
  padding-top: 15px;
  padding-right: 15px;
  padding-left: 15px;
  }