Phytec phyFLEX-i.MX 6 - Overview of These Quickstart Instructions; System Requirements; Software Used in the Virtual Machine Hard Disk Image; Ubuntu

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1.3 Overview of these QuickStart Instructions
This QuickStart gives you an overview of the phyFLEX-i.MX6. It's content ranges from the
first startup, to building your own kernel and file system, to the point of building your own
program with
Eclipse and Qt Creator . This Quickstart is structured as follows:
 The Getting Started section describes the basics such as configure your host platform
and starting the phyFLEX-i.MX6 platform.
 The Working with Eclipse explains how to modify an example application, create, build,
debug a new project, and copy programs to the phyFLEX-i.MX6 using Eclipse with the
C/C++ CDT plugin.
 The Working with Qt Creator section explains how to modify an example application,
create, build, debug a new project, and copy programs to the phyFLEX-i.MX6 using Qt
Creator.
 The
Working with Yocto section explains how to add new packages in our Board Support
Package, build a new root filesystem and copy the root filesystem into the target’s flash.
 The Setup your own Linux-Host-PC section explains how to setup your own Linux-Host-PC
if you don’t want to use our virtual machine hard disk image.
1.4 System Requirements
The following items will be needed to complete this Quickstart successfully:
 The PHYTEC phyFLEX-i.MX6
 The PHYTEC Development Board with the included DB-9 serial cable, Ethernet crossover
cable and AC adapter supplying 12 VDC (min. 2 A)
 The PHYTEC virtual machine hard disk image (
SO-525v9 ).
 An IBM-compatible host-PC (586 or higher) with 512 MB RAM (or more)
1.5 Software used in the virtual machine hard disk image
1.5.1 Ubuntu
Ubuntu - which is used as operating system for our virtual machine - is a free and open
source operating system based on Debian Linux. Basically it is designed for desktop use.
Web statistics suggest that Ubuntu is one of the most popular operating systems in the
Linux desktop environment.
The Ubuntu release which we deliver is 14.04.3 and was released on 06. August 2015.
Ubuntu 14.04 code name "Trusty Tahr" is designated as a Long Term Support (LTS) release
and the first stable release was on 17. April 2014. LTS means that it will be supported and
updated for five years.