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Requirement

Yocto 2.2 (Morty)

Yocto 3.1 LTS (Dunfell)

Linux

32/64 bit Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Precise supported distributions and versions are here

64 bit Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Precise supported distributions and versions are here

Free HDD Space

Minimum 100GB Free Memory

Minimum 100GB Free memory space

Oracle Virtual Box

5.0.40 or higher

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Wireless Adapter

Brand Name: Tenda ralink & Model Number:W311MI

TP-Link Archer T4U AC 1200

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USB to Ethernet Switch

To connect with Ethernet Switch & Multiple Clients


Host Tools version

  • Git 1.8.3.1 or greater

  • tar 1.24 or greater

  • Python 2.7.3

  • Git 1.8.3.1 or greater

  • tar 1.28 or greater

  • Python 3.5.0 or greater

Install the following packages for setting up your host VM

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# essential packages installation
# super user mode is required

# major essential packages
sudo apt-get install build-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib g++-multilib build-essential getchrpath textsocat bison curl
# supportive packages
sudo apt-get install libfile-slurp-perl gawk libncurses-dev autoconf flex doxygen libtool automake libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev subversion minicom putty libssl-dev rpm python-pexpect python-svn python-argparse vim tofrodos meld dos2unix cmake uuid-dev ruby transfig libglib2.0-dev xutils-dev lynx-cur gperf autopoint python-dulwich python-dev curl vim diffstat texinfo chrpath openjdkdev openjdk-7-jre
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Note : Please note openjdk-7-jre package is not available for Ubuntu-16.04 anymore. Presumably openjdk-8-jre should be used instead.

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titlefor yocto 3.1 (dunfell)
# essential packages installation
# super user mode is required

# major essential packages
sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib g++-multilib build-essential chrpath socat bison curl cpio python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 libegl1-mesa libsdl1.2-dev pylint3 xterm

Configure bash as default command interpreter for shell scripts

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sudo

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dpkg-reconfigure dash

Select “No”
To choose bash, when the prompt asks if you want to use dash as the default system shell - select “No”

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sudo apt-get install python-software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository pparepository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

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# review your existing configuration
git config --list --show-origin

# configure user name and email address
git config --global user.name "John Doe"
git config --global user.email johndoe@example.com

# configure git cookies. Needed for Gerrit to only contact the LDAP backend once.
git config --global http.cookieFile /tmp/gitcookie.txt
git config --global http.saveCookies true

Configure repo

In order to use Yocto build system, first you need to make sure that repo is properly installed on the machine:

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A sample .netrc file is illustrated below

machine code.rdkcentral.com

    login <YOUR_USERNAME>

    password <YOUR_PASSWORD>

Downloading Source Code & Building

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repo init -u https://code.rdkcentral.com/r/manifests -m rdkb.xml -b morty


$ repo sync -j`nproc` --no-clone-bundle

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

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