@@ -64,11 +64,12 @@ following requirements:
- tar &MIN_TAR_VERSION; or greater
- Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater.
- gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater.
+ - GNU make &MIN_MAKE_VERSION; or greater
If your build host does not meet any of these three listed version
requirements, you can take steps to prepare the system so that you
can still use the Yocto Project. See the
-:ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`
+:ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`
section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for information.
Build Host Packages
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ Project Build Host:
3. *Meet Minimal Version Requirements:* The OpenEmbedded build system
should be able to run on any modern distribution that has the
- following versions for Git, tar, Python and gcc.
+ following versions for Git, tar, Python, gcc and make.
- Git &MIN_GIT_VERSION; or greater
@@ -321,10 +321,12 @@ Project Build Host:
- gcc &MIN_GCC_VERSION; or greater.
+ - GNU make &MIN_MAKE_VERSION; or greater
+
If your build host does not meet any of these listed version
requirements, you can take steps to prepare the system so that you
can still use the Yocto Project. See the
- ":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`"
+ ":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`"
section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for information.
4. *Install Development Host Packages:* Required development host
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ provide packages for these, you can install and use the Buildtools
tarball, which provides an SDK-like environment containing them.
For more information on this requirement, see the
-":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`"
+":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`"
section.
.. _migration-1.5-atom-pc-bsp:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ build host is now 1.7.8 because the ``--list`` option is now required by
BitBake's Git fetcher. As always, if your host distribution does not
provide a version of Git that meets this requirement, you can use the
``buildtools-tarball`` that does. See the
-":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`"
+":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`"
section for more information.
.. _migration-1.7-autotools-class-changes:
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ These additional changes exist:
- The minimum Git version has been increased to 1.8.3.1. If your host
distribution does not provide a sufficiently recent version, you can
install the buildtools, which will provide it. See the
- :ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`
+ :ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`
section for more information on the buildtools tarball.
- The buggy and incomplete support for the RPM version 4 package
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ You will now need at least Python 3.6 installed on your build host. Most recent
distributions provide this, but should you be building on a distribution that
does not have it, you can use the ``buildtools-tarball`` (easily installable
using ``scripts/install-buildtools``) - see
-:ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`
+:ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`
for details.
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC : "$ sudo pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml"
MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.6.0"
MIN_TAR_VERSION : "1.28"
MIN_GIT_VERSION : "1.8.3.1"
-MIN_GCC_VERSION : "5.0"
+MIN_GCC_VERSION : "7.5"
+MIN_MAKE_VERSION : "4.0"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Can I still use the Yocto Project?
**A:** You can get the required tools on your host development system a
couple different ways (i.e. building a tarball or downloading a
tarball). See the
-":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python and gcc versions`"
+":ref:`ref-manual/system-requirements:required git, tar, python, make and gcc versions`"
section for steps on how to update your build tools.
**Q:** How can you claim Poky / OpenEmbedded-Core is stable?
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ supported CentOS-8 Linux distribution:
$ sudo dnf install make python3-pip which
&PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
-Required Git, tar, Python and gcc Versions
-==========================================
+Required Git, tar, Python, make 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:
@@ -246,6 +246,8 @@ the following version requirements for Git, tar, and Python:
- Python &MIN_PYTHON_VERSION; or greater
+- GNU make &MIN_MAKE_VERSION; or greater
+
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