Build host environment setup

System requirements

  • x86_64 or aarch64 host to build the stack and execute the FVP

  • Ubuntu Desktop or Server 22.04 Linux distribution

  • At least 500GiB of free disk for the download and builds

  • At least 32GiB of RAM memory

  • At least 12GiB of swap memory

Note

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Install dependencies

  • Follow the Yocto Project documentation on how to install the essential packages required for the build host. The packages needed to build the Yocto Project documentation manuals are not required.

  • Install the kas tool and its optional dependency (to use the “menu” plugin):

    sudo -H pip3 install -U pip && sudo -H pip3 install --upgrade kas==4.8.1 && sudo apt install python3-newt python3-kconfiglib

    For more details on kas installation, see

    kas Dependencies & installation.

  • Install tmux and telnet (required for the runfvp tool):

    sudo apt install tmux telnet