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* [http://www.python.org/ Python] (Version 2.5.0 or 2.6.x for latest development version of bitbake) | * [http://www.python.org/ Python] (Version 2.5.0 or 2.6.x for latest development version of bitbake) | ||
** Note that you may also need certain development files for Python e.g. for bitbake's setup.py to work. Depending on the distribution you use you may want to look for a package called "python-dev", "python-devel", or similar. | ** Note that you may also need certain development files for Python e.g. for bitbake's setup.py to work. Depending on the distribution you use you may want to look for a package called "python-dev", "python-devel", or similar. | ||
* [http://www.python.org/ Python] python-ply | |||
* [http://www.python.org/ Python] python-progressbar | |||
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html GNU Patch] (Version 2.5.9 or later, see ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ . It is a "testing release" and is not mirrored on the GNU mirrors.) | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/patch.html GNU Patch] (Version 2.5.9 or later, see ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ . It is a "testing release" and is not mirrored on the GNU mirrors.) | ||
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html GNU m4] | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html GNU m4] | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 14 May 2011
OpenEmbedded's Software Requirements
This page is the reference of what software is needed. But OEandYourDistro is likely much faster in getting you that software actually installed. A script for Ubuntu is provided.
To use the OE build system the following software is required on your system:
- Python (Version 2.5.0 or 2.6.x for latest development version of bitbake)
- Note that you may also need certain development files for Python e.g. for bitbake's setup.py to work. Depending on the distribution you use you may want to look for a package called "python-dev", "python-devel", or similar.
- Python python-ply
- Python python-progressbar
- GNU Patch (Version 2.5.9 or later, see ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/diffutils/ . It is a "testing release" and is not mirrored on the GNU mirrors.)
- GNU m4
- GNU make (Version 3.80 or later for hh.org kernels)
- Psyco JIT Compiler is recommended to increase performance (32bit only)
- perl (needs newer than 5.0, how much newer? probably at least 5.6.2)
- diffstat
- bitbake
Tools to download source files
- wget
- curl
- ftp
- cvs
- subversion
- git
- mercurial (for some recipes)
Tools to verify integrity of the downloaded sources
- md5sum
- sha256sum
Tools to unpack sources
- tar
- bzip2
- gzip
- unzip
Tools to build the various *-doc packages
- Jade or OpenJade
- I don't know which of these is preferred
- Docbook DTDs and DSSSL stylesheets
- sgmltools, called "sgmltools-lite" too
- docbook-utils
- docbook-utils download is hard to find; look in ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/docbook-tools/new-trials/SOURCES
- Texinfo
- texi2html (Perl script that converts Texinfo to HTML)
Other packages
- GNU sed 4.x
- Bison
- bc (binary calculator), if you want to build a Zaurus 2.4 or any of the collie kernels
- glibc headers (libc6-dev in Debian, glibc-devel in RPM based (in PLD also glibc-static is needed))
- pcre headers (Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library, required for e.g. konqueror-embedded)
- SDL headers to build qemu-native (apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev under Ubuntu/Debian)
- mktemp (required by quilt and used in some package patches)
- help2man - Create simple man pages from --help output
- gawk - Text Processing Tool
- chrpath - change the rpath or runpath in binaries
There is an ongoing effort to accurately document the required software within the OpenEmbedded and ultimately, this will be reflected in the ASSUME_PROVIDED variable.