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• tar 1.24 or greater.

• Python 2.7.3 or greater excluding Python 3.x, which is not supported.

Pre-Requisites

Install the following packages for setting up your host VM

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$ mkdir <workspace dir>
$ cd <workspace dir>
$ repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -b rdk-next -m rdkb-extsrc.xml
$ repo sync -j4 --no-clone-bundle
$ source meta-cmf-raspberrypi/setup-environment (Select option raspberrypi-rdk-broadband.conf)
$ bitbake rdk-generic-broadband-image

Note  :  On Successful build,Note. The kernel Image and root filesystem will be created under the below path,

-             ~/tmp/deploy/images/raspberrypi-rdk-broadband folder

Flashing Procedure

Following command can be used to flash the RPI image to sd card using linux machine . dd tool should be available in linux

sudo dd if=<path to ImageName.rpi-sdimg> of=<path to SD card space> bs=4M
Example:
$ sudo dd if=rdk-generic-broadband-image-raspberrypi-rdk-broadband.rpi-sdimg of=/dev/sdb bs=4M

https://www.balena.io/etcher/ can be used to flash RPI image in sd card using windows