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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
*******************
System Requirements
*******************
Welcome to the Yocto Project Reference Manual. This manual provides
reference information for the current release of the Yocto Project, and
is most effectively used after you have an understanding of the basics
of the Yocto Project. The manual is neither meant to be read as a
starting point to the Yocto Project, nor read from start to finish.
Rather, use this manual to find variable definitions, class
descriptions, and so forth as needed during the course of using the
Yocto Project.
For introductory information on the Yocto Project, see the
:yocto_home:`Yocto Project Website <>` and the
":ref:`overview-manual/development-environment:the yocto project development environment`"
chapter in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual.
If you want to use the Yocto Project to quickly build an image without
having to understand concepts, work through the
:doc:`/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index` document. You can find "how-to"
information in the :doc:`/dev-manual/index`. You can find Yocto Project overview
and conceptual information in the :doc:`/overview-manual/index`.
.. note::
For more information about the Yocto Project Documentation set, see
the :ref:`ref-manual/resources:links and related documentation` section.
Minimum Free Disk Space
=======================
To build an image such as ``core-image-sato`` for the ``qemux86-64`` machine,
you need a system with at least &MIN_DISK_SPACE; Gbytes of free disk space.
However, much more disk space will be necessary to build more complex images,
to run multiple builds and to cache build artifacts, improving build efficiency.
If you have a shortage of disk space, see the ":doc:`/dev-manual/disk-space`"
section of the Development Tasks Manual.
.. _system-requirements-minimum-ram:
Minimum System RAM
==================
You will manage to build an image such as ``core-image-sato`` for the
``qemux86-64`` machine with as little as &MIN_RAM; Gbytes of RAM on an old
system with 4 CPU cores, but your builds will be much faster on a system with
as much RAM and as many CPU cores as possible.
.. _system-requirements-supported-distros:
Supported Linux Distributions
=============================
Currently, the &DISTRO; release ("&DISTRO_NAME;") of the Yocto Project is
supported on the following distributions:
- Ubuntu 20.04 (LTS)
- Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS)
- Ubuntu 24.04 (LTS)
- Fedora 38
- Fedora 39
- Fedora 40
- CentOS Stream 8
- Debian GNU/Linux 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian GNU/Linux 12 (Bookworm)
- OpenSUSE Leap 15.4
- OpenSUSE Leap 15.5
- OpenSUSE Leap 15.6
- AlmaLinux 8
- AlmaLinux 9
- Rocky 9
The following distribution versions are still tested, even though the
organizations publishing them no longer make updates publicly available:
- Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS)
- Ubuntu 23.04
Note that the Yocto Project doesn't have access to private updates
that some of these versions may have. Therefore, our testing has
limited value if you have access to such updates.
Finally, here are the distribution versions which were previously
tested on former revisions of "&DISTRO_NAME;", but no longer are:
*This list is currently empty*
.. note::
- While the Yocto Project Team attempts to ensure all Yocto Project
releases are one hundred percent compatible with each officially
supported Linux distribution, you may still encounter problems
that happen only with a specific distribution.
- Yocto Project releases are tested against the stable Linux
distributions in the above list. The Yocto Project should work
on other distributions but validation is not performed against
them.
- In particular, the Yocto Project does not support and currently
has no plans to support rolling-releases or development
distributions due to their constantly changing nature. We welcome
patches and bug reports, but keep in mind that our priority is on
the supported platforms listed above.
- If your Linux distribution is not in the above list, we recommend to
get the :term:`buildtools` or :term:`buildtools-extended` tarballs
containing the host tools required by your Yocto Project release,
typically by running ``scripts/install-buildtools`` as explained in
the ":ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`" section.
- You may use Windows Subsystem For Linux v2 to set up a build host
using Windows 10 or later, or Windows Server 2019 or later, but validation
is not performed against build hosts using WSL 2.
See the
:ref:`dev-manual/start:setting up to use windows subsystem for linux (wsl 2)`
section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual for more information.
- If you encounter problems, please go to :yocto_bugs:`Yocto Project
Bugzilla <>` and submit a bug. We are
interested in hearing about your experience. For information on
how to submit a bug, see the Yocto Project
:yocto_wiki:`Bugzilla wiki page </Bugzilla_Configuration_and_Bug_Tracking>`
and the ":doc:`../contributor-guide/report-defect`"
section in the Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded Contributor Guide.
Required Packages for the Build Host
====================================
The list of packages you need on the host development system can be
large when covering all build scenarios using the Yocto Project. This
section describes required packages according to Linux distribution and
function.
.. _ubuntu-packages:
Ubuntu and Debian
-----------------
Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
with a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution::
$ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
You also need to ensure you have the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale enabled::
$ locale --all-locales | grep en_US.utf8
If this is not the case, you can reconfigure the ``locales`` package to add it
(requires an interactive shell)::
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
.. note::
- If you are not in an interactive shell, ``dpkg-reconfigure`` will
not work as expected. To add the locale you will need to edit
``/etc/locale.gen`` file to add/uncomment the ``en_US.UTF-8`` locale.
A naive way to do this as root is::
$ echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" >> /etc/locale.gen
$ locale-gen
- If your build system has the ``oss4-dev`` package installed, you
might experience QEMU build failures due to the package installing
its own custom ``/usr/include/linux/soundcard.h`` on the Debian
system. If you run into this situation, try either of these solutions::
$ sudo apt build-dep qemu
$ sudo apt remove oss4-dev
Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
$ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
Fedora Packages
---------------
Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
with a supported Fedora Linux distribution::
$ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
$ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
$ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
openSUSE Packages
-----------------
Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
with a supported openSUSE distribution::
$ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
$ sudo pip3 install &OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
$ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
$ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
AlmaLinux Packages
------------------
Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
with a supported AlmaLinux distribution::
$ sudo dnf install -y epel-release
$ sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
$ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
$ sudo dnf makecache
$ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
.. note::
- Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (i.e. ``epel-release``) is
a collection of packages from Fedora built on RHEL/CentOS for
easy installation of packages not included in enterprise Linux
by default. You need to install these packages separately.
- The ``PowerTools/CRB`` repo provides additional packages such as
``rpcgen`` and ``texinfo``.
- The ``makecache`` command consumes additional Metadata from
``epel-release``.
Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
$ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
$ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
.. _system-requirements-buildtools:
Required Git, tar, Python, make and gcc Versions
================================================
In order to use the build system, your host development system must meet
the following version requirements for Git, tar, and Python:
- Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
- tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
- Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater
- GNU make &MIN_MAKE_VERSION; or greater
If your host development system does not meet all these requirements,
you can resolve this by installing a :term:`buildtools` tarball that
contains these tools. You can either download a pre-built tarball or
use BitBake to build one.
In addition, your host development system must meet the following
version requirement for gcc:
- gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater
If your host development system does not meet this requirement, you can
resolve this by installing a :term:`buildtools-extended` tarball that
contains additional tools, the equivalent of the Debian/Ubuntu ``build-essential``
package.
For systems with a broken make version (e.g. make 4.2.1 without patches) but
where the rest of the host tools are usable, you can use the :term:`buildtools-make`
tarball instead.
In the sections that follow, three different methods will be described for
installing the :term:`buildtools`, :term:`buildtools-extended` or :term:`buildtools-make`
toolset.
Installing a Pre-Built ``buildtools`` Tarball with ``install-buildtools`` script
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The ``install-buildtools`` script is the easiest of the three methods by
which you can get these tools. It downloads a pre-built :term:`buildtools`
installer and automatically installs the tools for you:
#. Execute the ``install-buildtools`` script. Here is an example::
$ cd poky
$ scripts/install-buildtools \
--without-extended-buildtools \
--base-url &YOCTO_DL_URL;/releases/yocto \
--release yocto-&DISTRO; \
--installer-version &DISTRO;
During execution, the :term:`buildtools` tarball will be downloaded, the
checksum of the download will be verified, the installer will be run
for you, and some basic checks will be run to make sure the
installation is functional.
To avoid the need of ``sudo`` privileges, the ``install-buildtools``
script will by default tell the installer to install in::
/path/to/poky/buildtools
If your host development system needs the additional tools provided
in the :term:`buildtools-extended` tarball, you can instead execute the
``install-buildtools`` script with the default parameters::
$ cd poky
$ scripts/install-buildtools
Alternatively if your host development system has a broken ``make``
version such that you only need a known good version of ``make``,
you can use the ``--make-only`` option::
$ cd poky
$ scripts/install-buildtools --make-only
#. Source the tools environment setup script by using a command like the
following::
$ source /path/to/poky/buildtools/environment-setup-x86_64-pokysdk-linux
After you have sourced the setup script, the tools are added to
``PATH`` and any other environment variables required to run the
tools are initialized. The results are working versions versions of
Git, tar, Python and ``chrpath``. And in the case of the
:term:`buildtools-extended` tarball, additional working versions of tools
including ``gcc``, ``make`` and the other tools included in
``packagegroup-core-buildessential``.
Downloading a Pre-Built ``buildtools`` Tarball
----------------------------------------------
If you would prefer not to use the ``install-buildtools`` script, you can instead
download and run a pre-built :term:`buildtools` installer yourself with the following
steps:
#. Go to :yocto_dl:`/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;/buildtools/`, locate and
download the ``.sh`` file corresponding to your host architecture
and to :term:`buildtools`, :term:`buildtools-extended` or :term:`buildtools-make`.
#. Execute the installation script. Here is an example for the
traditional installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
Here is an example for the extended installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-extended-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
An example for the make-only installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-make-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
During execution, a prompt appears that allows you to choose the
installation directory. For example, you could choose the following:
``/home/your-username/buildtools``
#. As instructed by the installer script, you will have to source the tools
environment setup script::
$ source /home/your_username/buildtools/environment-setup-x86_64-pokysdk-linux
After you have sourced the setup script, the tools are added to
``PATH`` and any other environment variables required to run the
tools are initialized. The results are working versions versions of
Git, tar, Python and ``chrpath``. And in the case of the
:term:`buildtools-extended` tarball, additional working versions of tools
including ``gcc``, ``make`` and the other tools included in
``packagegroup-core-buildessential``.
Building Your Own ``buildtools`` Tarball
----------------------------------------
Building and running your own :term:`buildtools` installer applies only when you
have a build host that can already run BitBake. In this case, you use
that machine to build the ``.sh`` file and then take steps to transfer
and run it on a machine that does not meet the minimal Git, tar, and
Python (or gcc) requirements.
Here are the steps to take to build and run your own :term:`buildtools`
installer:
#. On the machine that is able to run BitBake, be sure you have set up
your build environment with the setup script
(:ref:`structure-core-script`).
#. Run the BitBake command to build the tarball::
$ bitbake buildtools-tarball
or to build the extended tarball::
$ bitbake buildtools-extended-tarball
or to build the make-only tarball::
$ bitbake buildtools-make-tarball
.. note::
The :term:`SDKMACHINE` variable in your ``local.conf`` file determines
whether you build tools for a 32-bit or 64-bit system.
Once the build completes, you can find the ``.sh`` file that installs
the tools in the ``tmp/deploy/sdk`` subdirectory of the
:term:`Build Directory`. The installer file has the string
"buildtools" or "buildtools-extended" in the name.
#. Transfer the ``.sh`` file from the build host to the machine that
does not meet the Git, tar, or Python (or gcc) requirements.
#. On this machine, run the ``.sh`` file to install the tools. Here is an
example for the traditional installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
For the extended installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-extended-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
And for the make-only installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-make-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
During execution, a prompt appears that allows you to choose the
installation directory. For example, you could choose the following:
``/home/your_username/buildtools``
#. Source the tools environment setup script by using a command like the
following::
$ source /home/your_username/buildtools/environment-setup-x86_64-poky-linux
After you have sourced the setup script, the tools are added to
``PATH`` and any other environment variables required to run the
tools are initialized. The results are working versions versions of
Git, tar, Python and ``chrpath``. And in the case of the
:term:`buildtools-extended` tarball, additional working versions of tools
including ``gcc``, ``make`` and the other tools included in
``packagegroup-core-buildessential``.
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