Technical requirements
To follow along with the examples, make sure you have the following:
- An Ubuntu 24.04 or later LTS host system with at least 90 GB of free disk space
- Buildroot 2024.02.6 LTS release
- A microSD card reader and card
- balenaEtcher for Linux
- An Ethernet cable and router with an available port for network connectivity
- Raspberry Pi 4
- A 5 V USB-C power supply capable of delivering 3 A
You should have already installed the 2024.02.6 LTS release of Buildroot in Chapter 6. If you have not, then refer to the System requirements section of The Buildroot user manual (https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.html) before installing Buildroot on your Linux host according to the instructions from Chapter 6.
The code used in this chapter can be found in the chapter folder in this book’s GitHub repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-Embedded-Linux-Development/tree/main/Chapter20/buildroot.
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