Host requirements installation.¶
The host development environment for Yocto Linux is based on Ubuntu, please install Ubuntu version 14.04 64bit LTS http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Installing Repo¶
The following command installs repo:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ mkdir ~/bin
$ PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$ curl http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
Install fastboot and ADB¶
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
Install GIT¶
Please provide correct credentials during git initialization.
$ sudo apt-get install git
$ git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
$ git config --global user.name "Your Name"
Whiptail or Dialog¶
Setting up the build environment will first search for whiptail, if it is not present then it will search for dialog. You only need one of the following packages to ensure your setup-environement runs correctly:
or