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- A modern GNU/Linux Operating host system either natively or via a virtual machine:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit recommended. Other distributions will likely work, please note that some setup information as well as OS-specific commands and paths may differ.
- If using a virtual machine, VMWare Workstation, VMWare Player, and VirtualBox are all viable solutions.
- Root access to your Linux Host PC. Some commands in the Quickstart will not work if you don’t have sudo access (ex. package installation, formatting SD card).
- At least 40-50GB free on target build partition and at least 4GB of RAM available to the build host.
- SD card reader operational under Linux.
- If you do not have SD card access under Linux then formatting, copying the bootloader, and mounting the root file system on an SD card will not be possible.
- Active Internet connection
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