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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
Yocto Scarthgap					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:

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.

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-= Introduction =
-= Installing Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit in VMWare Player =
+= Supported Linux Distributions =
-There are many examples on the WEB. we Recommend:
-* [http://wiki.opencog.org/w/Setting_up_Ubuntu_in_VMWare_for_Noobs Setting up Ubuntu in VMWare]
+The full list of the Linux distributions that are suitable for the latest Yocto Project development is referenced  [https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/system-requirements.html#supported-linux-distributions here].
+'''We recommend using Ubuntu 64-bit on a powerful physical PC (though using a virtual machine is also possible).'''<br>
+Please see the table below for a list of Ubuntu versions recommended for each release of the Yocto project:<br>
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
+|-
+! scope="col"|
+! scope="col"| Ubuntu 14.04
+! scope="col"| Ubuntu 16.04
+! scope="col"| Ubuntu 18.04
+! scope="col"| Ubuntu 20.04
+! scope="col"| Ubuntu 22.04
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Krogoth (or earlier)
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Morty
+| x
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Pyro
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Rocko
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Sumo
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Thud
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Warrior
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Zeus
+|
+|
+| x
+|
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Dunfell
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Gatesgarth
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Hardknott
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+|
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Kirkstone
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+| x
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Langdale
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+| x
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Mickledore
+|
+|
+|
+| x
+| x
+|-
+! scope="row"| Yocto Scarthgap
+|
+|
+|
+|
+| x
+|-
+|}
+= Installing Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit in VMWare Player (for Yocto Morty and below) =
+There are many tutorials on the web. For example:
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv6V6ESOyUk VMware Player | How to install Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ]
-== Installation recommendations ==
-* Set the number of CPUs to maximum possible
+= Installing Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit in VMWare Player (for Yocto Morty through Warrior) =
-* Set the memory size to at least 4GB.
+There are many tutorials on the web. For example:
+* [https://www.shaileshjha.com/how-to-install-ubuntu-16-04-1-lts-and-vmware-tools-in-vmware-workstation-12-pro/ Setting up Ubuntu in VMWare]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHxvu_t-wAc 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 use it as a physical partition and set you home directory to it.
+* 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 first login.
+* Update Ubuntu right after the first login.
-= Installing additional packages for Ubuntu 14.04 =
-First time you login into Ubuntu Install additional pacakages
-<pre>
-Yocto essentials pacakages:
-$ sudo apt-get install gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib build-essential chrpath socat libsdl1.2-dev xterm
-Yocto Documentation:
-$ sudo apt-get install make xsltproc docbook-utils fop dblatex xmlto
-ADT Installer Extras:
+= Using a docker container =
-$ sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libtool libglib2.0-dev libarchive-dev
+Variscite provides Docker containers that can be used for a development environment as an alternative to using a virtual machine or a dedicated computer.
-Additional :
+To learn more, please see Variscite's [[Docker_Build_Environment | Docker Build Environment]] guide.
-$ sudo apt-get install bison flex patch libncurses-dev
-$ sudo apt-get install gettext texinfo curl subversion
-$ sudo apt-get install minicom wireshark
-$ sudo apt-get install ssh vde2 nfs-kernel-server debootstrap uml-utilities
-$ sudo apt-get install bridge-utils dnsmasq xinetd tftpd tftp
-$ sudo apt-get install u-boot-tools
-</pre>

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