Integrated buildtools-extended into PetaLinux - 2021.2 English

PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide

Document ID
UG1144
Release Date
2021-10-27
Version
2021.2 English

The latest Yocto SDK version (gatesgarth) requires host development machines to run gcc version 6 or higher. This is currently not available by default in RHEL7.x /CENTOS 7.x/UBUNTU 16.x . If this requirement is not met, the following error is displayed when petalinux-config or petalinux-build is run:

Error: Incompatible SDK installer! Your host gcc version is 4.8 and this SDK was built by gcc higher version.

To fix this issue, a config option is provided to allow you to use the gcc and other binaries/libraries as a part of the PetaLinux tool ($PETALINUX/components/yocto/buildtools_extended). Enable the buildtools-extended option in petalinux-config > Yocto Settings > Enable Buildtools Extended, as shown in the following figure, to use this option:

Figure 1. Integrated buildtools-extended