Installing Intelligent Device Platform Tools on the Host System
5
Installing Intelligent Device
Platform Tools on the Host
System
The Intel
®
Gateway Solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) – Development Kit –
DK50 includes access to an installer for the Wind River tools for software
development. The host software tools are Wind River Linux 5.0.1, Wind River
Intelligent Device Platform XT 2.0, and Wind River Workbench 3.3.5.
See the Dear Customer Letter included in the Development Kit for instructions to
obtain the installer and necessary licenses.
Host System OS Requirements
5.1
The Wind River Systems development tools may be installed on many different
Linux*-based Host Systems. Before proceeding, review Wind River Linux 5.0/5.0.1
Recommended Development Host Distributions to ensure that you have installed the
appropriate packages and that your system meets the minimum operating system
requirements. The document is included on the USB flash drive in the
documents
folder and is called
Recommended-Hosts-List_5.0.1.pdf
.
Note:
These instructions were validated on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit Host System.
Host System Hardware Recommendations
5.2
The following Host System hardware is recommended.
•
3
rd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ i5 processor or better
•
CPU with four or more cores and with Intel
®
Hyper-Threading Technology
(Intel
®
HT Technology)
•
150 GB or more of free disk space
•
4 GB or more RAM
•
Ethernet connection to the internet
With the minimum hardware above, a typical initial compile will take about 3 hours.
Improving the specifications of the Host System can reduce this to about 2 hours.
Intel
®
Gateway Solutions for the IoT – Development Kit – DK50
Getting Started Guide
October 2014
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Document Number: 330496-005