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diff --git a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst index c8c1381cb..80378cedb 100644 --- a/poky/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst +++ b/poky/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ distributions: - Debian GNU/Linux 10.x (Buster) -- OpenSUSE Leap 15.1 +- openSUSE Leap 15.1 .. note:: @@ -256,11 +256,11 @@ Required Git, tar, Python 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 1.8.3.1 or greater +- Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater -- tar 1.28 or greater +- tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater -- Python 3.5.0 or greater +- Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater If your host development system does not meet all these requirements, you can resolve this by installing a ``buildtools`` tarball that @@ -270,11 +270,15 @@ a pre-built tarball or use BitBake to build the tarball. In addition, your host development system must meet the following version requirement for gcc: -- gcc 5.0 or greater +- gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater If your host development system does not meet this requirement, you can resolve this by installing a ``buildtools-extended`` tarball that -contains additional tools, the equivalent of ``buildtools-essential``. +contains additional tools, the equivalent of the Debian/Ubuntu ``build-essential`` +package. + +In the sections that follow, three different methods will be described for +installing the ``buildtools`` or ``buildtools-extended`` toolset. Installing a Pre-Built ``buildtools`` Tarball with ``install-buildtools`` script -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -294,7 +298,7 @@ installer and automatically installs the tools for you: During execution, the 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 to make sure the + 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`` @@ -331,8 +335,9 @@ installer and automatically installs the tools for you: Downloading a Pre-Built ``buildtools`` Tarball ---------------------------------------------- -Downloading and running a pre-built buildtools installer is the easiest -of the two methods by which you can get these tools: +If you would prefer not to use the ``install-buildtools`` script, you can instead +download and run a pre-built buildtools installer yourself with the following +steps: 1. Locate and download the ``*.sh`` at &YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL;/buildtools/ |