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
$ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
$ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
$ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo

Installing the Device Tree Compiler

Install Device tree compiler using:

$ sudo apt-get install device-tree-compiler libfdt-dev

Getting the skales tools

Install Device tree compiler using:

$ cd ~/bin
$ mkdir skales
$ git clone git://codeaurora.org/quic/kernel/skales skales
$ export PATH=~/bin/skales:$PATH

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 "you@example.com"
$ 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:

$ sudo apt-get install whiptail

or

$ sudo apt-get install dialog

DART-SD410 Yocto Host Install

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