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109 environment. The build system is sometimes referred to as the development 109 environment. The build system is sometimes referred to as the development
110 host. 110 host.
111 111
112 :term:`buildtools`
113 Build tools in binary form, providing required versions of development
114 tools (such as Git, GCC, Python and make), to run the OpenEmbedded build
115 system on a development host without such minimum versions.
116
117 See the ":ref:`system-requirements-buildtools`" paragraph in the
118 Reference Manual for details about downloading or building an archive
119 of such tools.
120
121 :term:`buildtools-extended`
122 A set of :term:`buildtools` binaries extended with additional development
123 tools, such as a required version of the GCC compiler to run the
124 OpenEmbedded build system.
125
126 :term:`buildtools-make`
127 A variant of :term:`buildtools`, just providing the required
128 version of ``make`` to run the OpenEmbedded build system.
129
112 :term:`Classes` 130 :term:`Classes`
113 Files that provide for logic encapsulation and inheritance so that 131 Files that provide for logic encapsulation and inheritance so that
114 commonly used patterns can be defined once and then easily used in 132 commonly used patterns can be defined once and then easily used in