ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update buildtools instructions

- Stop mentioning the buildtools i586 environment setup file,
  no longer available.

- Remove trivial or redundant instructions.

(From yocto-docs rev: 589c7b22b8279ebc62a72106969fde2af92f8753)

Signed-off-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Michael Opdenacker
2022-12-13 19:47:52 +01:00
committed by Richard Purdie
parent 22e75ec79f
commit 4925cd4168

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@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ supported AlmaLinux-8 Linux distribution:
$ sudo dnf install make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
&PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
.. _system-requirements-buildtools:
Required Git, tar, Python, make and gcc Versions
================================================
@@ -207,8 +209,8 @@ the following version requirements for Git, tar, and Python:
If your host development system does not meet all these requirements,
you can resolve this by installing a ``buildtools`` tarball that
contains these tools. You can get the tarball one of two ways: download
a pre-built tarball or use BitBake to build the tarball.
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:
@@ -263,7 +265,7 @@ installer and automatically installs the tools for you:
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:
you can use the ``--make-only`` option::
$ cd poky
$ scripts/install-buildtools --make-only
@@ -273,9 +275,6 @@ installer and automatically installs the tools for you:
$ source /path/to/poky/buildtools/environment-setup-x86_64-pokysdk-linux
Of course, you need to supply your installation directory and be sure to
use the right file (i.e. i586 or x86_64).
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
@@ -291,7 +290,9 @@ If you would prefer not to use the ``install-buildtools`` script, you can instea
download and run a pre-built buildtools installer yourself with the following
steps:
#. Locate and download the ``*.sh`` at :yocto_dl:`/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;/buildtools/`
#. Go to :yocto_dl:`/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;/buildtools/`, locate and
download the ``.sh`` file corresponding to your host architecture
and to ``buildtools``, ``buildtools-extended`` or ``buildtools-make``.
#. Execute the installation script. Here is an example for the
traditional installer::
@@ -310,14 +311,10 @@ steps:
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::
#. As instructed by the installer script, you will have to source the tools
environment setup script::
$ source /home/your_username/buildtools/environment-setup-i586-poky-linux
Of
course, you need to supply your installation directory and be sure to
use the right file (i.e. i585 or x86-64).
$ 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
@@ -347,7 +344,7 @@ installer:
$ bitbake buildtools-tarball
or run the BitBake command to build the extended tarball::
or to build the extended tarball::
$ bitbake buildtools-extended-tarball
@@ -363,22 +360,21 @@ installer:
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.
"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 the machine that does not meet the requirements, run the ``.sh``
file to install the tools. Here is an example for the traditional
installer::
#. 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
Here is an example for the extended installer::
For the extended installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-extended-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
or for the make-only installer::
And for the make-only installer::
$ sh ~/Downloads/x86_64-buildtools-make-nativesdk-standalone-&DISTRO;.sh
@@ -391,9 +387,6 @@ installer:
$ source /home/your_username/buildtools/environment-setup-x86_64-poky-linux
Of course, you need to supply your installation directory and be sure to
use the right file (i.e. i586 or x86_64).
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