<emphasis>Set Up the Build Environment:</emphasis>
Be sure you are set up to use BitBake in a shell.
See the
- "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_QS_URL;#qs-building-images'>Building Images</ulink>"
- section in the Yocto Project Quick Start for steps that
- show you how to set up the Yocto Project environment.
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#setting-up-the-development-host-to-use-the-yocto-project'>Setting Up the Development Host to Use the Yocto Project</ulink>"
+ section in the Yocto Project Development Manual for information
+ on how to get a build host ready that is either a native
+ Linux machine or a machine that uses CROPS.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Clone the <filename>poky</filename> Repository:</emphasis>
+ You need to have a local copy of the Yocto Project
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>
+ (i.e. a local <filename>poky</filename> repository).
+ See the
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#cloning-the-poky-repository'>Cloning the <filename>poky</filename> Repository</ulink>"
+ and possibly the
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#checking-out-by-branch-in-poky'>Checking Out by Branch in Poky</ulink>"
+ and
+ "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_DEV_URL;#checkout-out-by-tag-in-poky'>Checking Out by Tag in Poky</ulink>"
+ sections all in the Yocto Project Development Manual for
+ information on how to clone the <filename>poky</filename>
+ repository and check out the appropriate branch for your work.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <emphasis>Initialize the Build Environment:</emphasis>
+ While in the root directory of the Source Directory (i.e.
+ <filename>poky</filename>), run the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-core-script'><filename>&OE_INIT_FILE;</filename></ulink>
+ environment setup script to define the OpenEmbedded
+ build environment on your build host.
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ source &OE_INIT_FILE;
+ </literallayout>
+ Among other things, the script creates the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#build-directory'>Build Directory</ulink>,
+ which is <filename>build</filename> in this case
+ and is located in the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#source-directory'>Source Directory</ulink>.
+ After the script runs, your current working directory
+ is set to the <filename>build</filename> directory.
+ <note>
+ For information on running a memory-resident
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#usingpoky-components-bitbake'>BitBake</ulink>,
+ see the
+ <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>
+ setup script.
+ </note>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
<emphasis>Make Sure You Are Building an Installer for the Correct Machine:</emphasis>