Development Environment Setup
2025-05-20
Host Requirements
| Configuration | Tools |
|---|---|
| x86 computer | Git 1.8.3.1 or higher |
| Quad-core CPU, e.g., 3.4 GHz Intel i7-2600 (equivalent or higher) | Tar 1.28 or higher |
| 300 GB free disk space (Swap space > 32 GB) | Python 3.10.2 or higher |
| 16 GB RAM | GCC 7.5 or higher |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | GNU Make 4.0 or higher |
Tool Installation
Install the following packages to prepare the host environment for Yocto builds:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install repo gawk wget git diffstat unzip texinfo gcc build-essential chrpath socat cpio python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 libegl1-mesa libsdl1.2-dev pylint xterm python3-subunit mesa-common-dev zstd liblz4-tool locales tar python-is-python3 file libxml-opml-simplegen-perl vim whiptail g++
Set Locales (if not configured):
sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
sudo update-locale LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Update Git Configuration
Check if identity is configured in .gitconfig:
git config --get user.email
git config --get user.name
If account identity is not set in .gitconfig, execute the following command:
git config --global user.email <Your email ID>
git config --global user.name <"Your Name">
Add the following UI color options for console output (optional):
git config --global color.ui auto
Add the following Git configurations to get large repositories and avoid unreliable connections:
git config --global http.postBuffer 1048576000
git config --global http.maxRequestBuffer 1048576000
git config --global http.lowSpeedLimit 0
git config --global http.lowSpeedTime 999999