Yocto Development Environment

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Setting A Development Environment

Supported Linux Distributions

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

  • We recommended to use Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit on PC or inside Virtual Machine
Since Yocto Morty it is possible to use Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit as development environment

Installing Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit in VMWare Player

There are many examples on the WEB. We recommend:

Installing Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit in VMWare Player (for Yocto Morty and above)

There are many examples on the WEB. We recommend:


Installation recommendations

  • Set the number of CPUs to maximum possible
  • Set the memory size to at least 4GB.
  • 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.
  • Update Ubuntu right after first login.