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The OpenEmbedded build system should be able to run on any modern distribution with the following versions for tar, and Python.
tar 1.24 or greater.
Python 2.7.3 or greater excluding Python 3.x, which is not supported.
Pre-Requisites
Requirements | Remarks |
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Ubuntu versions | 32 bit Ubuntu 12.04 OS /Ubuntu 14.04 OS /32 bit Ubuntu 16.04 OS |
Free HDD Space | Minimum 50GB Free Memory |
The instructions provided below are meant to be executed via the command line on an Ubuntu machine:
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential gettext bison 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 openjdk-7-jre
Note : Please note openjdk-7-jre package is not available for Ubuntu-16.04 anymore. Presumably openjdk-8-jre should be used instead.
sudo 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”
Upgrade your Git version to 1.8.x or higher
On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, if you are unable to upgrade your git version using apt-get, then follow the below steps in order to upgrade
$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install git
Once git is installed, configure your name and email using the below commands
$ git config --global user.email " you@example.com "
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
In order to install Repo make sure you have a /bin directory in your home directory and that it is included in your path
Repo Setup Steps
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Note: it is also recommended to put credentials in .netrc when interacting with repo.
A sample .netrc file is illustrated below
.netrc
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