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+# 2 Downloading AGL Software
+
+Once you have determined the build host can build an AGL image,
+you need to download the AGL source files.
+The AGL source files, which includes the Yocto Project layers, are
+maintained on the AGL Gerrit server.
+For information on how to create accounts for Gerrit, see the
+[Getting Started with AGL](https://wiki.automotivelinux.org/start/getting-started)
+wiki page.
+
+The remainder of this section provides steps on how to download the AGL source files:
+
+1. **Define Your Top-Level Directory:**
+   You can define an environment variable as your top-level AGL workspace folder.
+   Following is an example that defines the `$HOME/workspace_agl` folder using
+   an environment variable named "AGL_TOP":
+
+   ```bash
+   $ export AGL_TOP=$HOME/workspace_agl
+   $ mkdir -p $AGL_TOP
+   ```
+
+2. **Download the `repo` Tool and Set Permissions:**
+   AGL Uses the `repo` tool for managing repositories.
+   Use the following commands to download the tool and then set its
+   permissions to allow for execution:
+
+   ```bash
+   $ mkdir -p ~/bin
+   $ export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
+   $ curl https://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
+   $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo
+   ```
+
+   **NOTE:** See the
+   "[Repo Command Reference](https://source.android.com/setup/develop/repo)"
+   for more information on the `repo` tool.
+
+3. **Download the AGL Source Files:**
+   Depending on your development goals, you can either download the
+   latest stable AGL release branch, or the "cutting-edge" (i.e. "master"
+   branch) files.
+
+   * **Stable Release:**
+     Using the latest stable release gives you a solid snapshot of the
+     latest know release.
+     The release is static, tested, and known to work.
+     To download the latest stable release branch (i.e. Flounder 6.0), use
+     the following commands:
+
+     ```bash
+     $ cd $AGL_TOP
+     $ repo init -b flounder -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
+     $ repo sync
+     ```
+
+   * **Cutting-Edge Files:**
+     Using the "cutting-edge" AGL files gives you a snapshot of the
+     "master" directory.
+     The resulting local repository you download is dynamic and can become
+     out-of-date with the upstream repository depending on community contributions.
+     The advantage of using "cutting-edge" AGL files is that you have the
+     absolute latest features, which are often under development, for AGL.
+
+     To download the "cutting-edge" AGL files, use the following commands:
+
+     ```bash
+     $ cd $AGL_TOP
+     $ repo init -u https://gerrit.automotivelinux.org/gerrit/AGL/AGL-repo
+     $ repo sync
+     ```
+
+   Once you `sync` the repository, you have the AGL files in the form of
+   "layers" (e.g. `meta-*` folders).
+   You also have the `poky` repository in your AGL workspace.
+
+   Listing out the resulting directory structure appears as follows:
+
+   ```
+   $ tree -L 1
+   .
+   ├── build
+   ├── meta-agl
+   ├── meta-agl-demo
+   ├── meta-agl-devel
+   ├── meta-agl-extra
+   ├── meta-altera
+   ├── meta-boundary
+   ├── meta-freescale
+   ├── meta-freescale-3rdparty
+   ├── meta-freescale-distro
+   ├── meta-intel
+   ├── meta-intel-iot-security
+   ├── meta-oic
+   ├── meta-openembedded
+   ├── meta-qcom
+   ├── meta-qt5
+   ├── meta-raspberrypi
+   ├── meta-renesas
+   ├── meta-renesas-rcar-gen3
+   ├── meta-rust
+   ├── meta-sdl
+   ├── meta-security-isafw
+   ├── meta-ti
+   ├── meta-updater
+   ├── meta-virtualization
+   └── poky
+   ```