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+title: Preparing Your Build Host
+---
+
+Preparing your build host so that it can build an AGL image means
+making sure your system is set up to use the
+[Yocto Project](https://yoctoproject.org) OpenEmbedded build system,
+which is based on
+[BitBake](https://docs.yoctoproject.org/bitbake.html).
+
+This section presents minimal information so you can prepare the build host
+to use the "Dunfell" version of the Yocto Project (i.e. version 3.1.2).
+If you want more details on how the Yocto Project works, you can reference
+the Yocto Project documentation
+[here](https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/).
+
+**NOTE:** This entire section presumes you want to build an image.
+You can skip the entire build process if you want to use a ready-made
+development image.
+The [supported images](https://download.automotivelinux.org/AGL/snapshots/master/latest/) exist for several boards as
+well as for the Quick EMUlator (QEMU).
+See the
+"[Quickstart](../01_Quickstart/01_Using_Ready_Made_Images.md)"
+section for more information on the ready-made images.
+
+1. **Use a Supported Linux Distribution:** To use the AGL software, it is
+ recommended that your build host is a native Linux machine that runs a
+ Yocto Project supported distribution as described by the
+ "[Supported Linux Distributions](https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/system-requirements.html#supported-linux-distributions)"
+ section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
+ Basically, you should be running a recent version of Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE,
+ CentOS, or Debian.
+
+2. **Be Sure Your Build Host Has Enough Free Disk Space:**
+ Your build host should have at least 100 Gbytes.
+
+3. **Be Sure Tools are Recent:** You need to have recent versions for the following tools:
+
+ - Git 1.8.3.1 or greater
+ - Tar 1.27 or greater
+ - Python 3.4.0 or greater
+
+ If your distribution does not meet these minimal requirements, see the
+ "[Required Git, tar, and Python Versions](https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/system-requirements.html#required-git-tar-python-and-gcc-versions)"
+ section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual for steps that you can
+ take to be sure you have these tools.
+
+4. **Install Essential, Graphical, and Eclipse Plug-in Build Host Packages:**
+ Your build host needs certain host packages.
+ Depending on the Linux distribution you are using, the list of
+ host packages differ.
+ See
+ "[The Build Host Packages](https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/system-requirements.html#required-packages-for-the-build-host)"
+ section of the Yocto Project Quick Start for information on the packages you need.
+
+ **NOTE:** If you are using the CentOS distribution, you need to
+ separately install the epel-release package and run the `makecache` command as
+ described in
+ "[The Build Host Packages](https://docs.yoctoproject.org/ref-manual/system-requirements.html#required-packages-for-the-build-host)"
+ section of the Yocto Project Quick Start.
+
+ Aside from the packages listed in the previous section, you need the following:
+
+ * **Ubuntu and Debian:** curl
+ * **Fedora:** curl
+ * **OpenSUSE:** glibc-locale curl
+ * **CentOS:** curl