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Development Environment

Prerequisites​

  • A Mac (macOS 10.12+) or Linux (Ubuntu 22.04+, Fedora 39+) development machine
  • Docker installed
  • 3GB+ available disk space
  • Access to Avocado OS base images (online or pre-downloaded)

Using Pre-built Components​

Fetch pre-built base images and SDK containers:

# Create a project directory to save the SDK to
mkdir foo

# Initialize a new project
cd foo
avocado init

# Install all components (SDK, extensions, and runtime dependencies)
avocado install -f

The SDK target defaults to the QEMU x86-64 virtual machine. Choose from one of the following available SDK targets when starting a new project.

Supported Target Platforms​

Set target under [runtime.dev] in avocado.toml to one of the following available Avocado SDK targets before initializing a new project:

Arm:

  • imx8mp-evk: NXP i.MX 8M Plus Evaluation Kit
  • jetson-orin-nano-devkit-nvme: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit
  • qemuarm64: QEMU aarch64 Virtual Machine
  • raspberrypi4: Raspberry Pi 4
  • reterminal: Seeed reTerminal

x86:

  • qemux86-64: QEMU x86-64 Virtual Machine

Extension Image Build Pipeline​

Extension Image Build Pipeline