Yocto Development Environment

Setting A Development Environment

Supported Linux Distributions

The full list of the Linux distributions that are suitable for the latest Yocto Project development is referenced here.

We recommend using Ubuntu 64-bit on a powerful physical PC (though using a virtual machine is also possible).

Please see the table below for a list of Ubuntu versions recommended for each release of the Yocto project:

	Ubuntu 14.04	Ubuntu 16.04	Ubuntu 18.04	Ubuntu 20.04	Ubuntu 22.04
Yocto Krogoth (or earlier)	x
Yocto Morty	x	x
Yocto Pyro		x
Yocto Rocko		x
Yocto Sumo		x
Yocto Thud		x
Yocto Warrior		x
Yocto Zeus			x
Yocto Dunfell			x	x
Yocto Gatesgarth			x	x
Yocto Hardknott			x	x
Yocto Kirkstone			x	x	x
Yocto Langdale			x	x	x
Yocto Mickledore			x	x	x

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit in VMWare Player (for Yocto Morty and below)

There are many tutorials on the web. For example:

• VMware Player | How to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit in VMWare Player (for Yocto Morty through Warrior)

There are many tutorials on the web. For example:

• Setting up Ubuntu in VMWare
• VMware Player | How to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

VMware player recommended settings

• Set the number of CPUs to the maximum possible.
• Set the memory size to at least 8GB.
• Set the disk size to be at least 200GB. 300GB is better.
• Use Bridge for networking.
• Install the VMWare tools.
• If you have an extra hard drive you can use it as a physical partition and set you home directory to it.
• Update Ubuntu right after the first login.

Using a docker container

Variscite provides Docker containers that can be used for a development environment as an alternative to using a virtual machine or a dedicated computer.

To learn more, please see Variscite's Docker Build Environment guide.