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== How to get the Ubuntu distribution ==The Ubuntu project is excited to be working with the ARM ecosystem to port Ubuntu for ARM-based devices. This work fits with our goals of making Ubuntu available as an open platform to as many people as possible. Some points to note:

== Overview of How-To ==This How-To The Ubuntu project is meant excited to be a starting point for people working with the ARM ecosystem to learn install an port Ubuntu image for OMAP3ARM-based IGEP platforms devices. This work fits with our goals of making Ubuntu available as an open platform to as quickly and easily many people as possible.Some points to note:

== Overview of How-To == This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn install an Ubuntu image for OMAP3-based IGEP platforms as quickly and easily as possible.  Unless otherwise noted, this How-To works with the '''Ubuntu 10.04''' but most of the contents are valid also for other GNU/Linux distributions. We do not issue any guarantee that this will work on other distributions. == Requirements ==

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== References ==

Much of this How-To is extracted from different sources. If you would like to read some of the original articles or resources, please visit them and thank the authors:

*The Ubuntu website ( http://www.ubuntu.com )*Ubuntu on ARM ( http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/arm )*The rootstock project ( https://launchpad.net/project-rootstock )

== Ubuntu releases ==

IGEPv2, IGEP COM Module and IGEP COM Proton Ubuntu has moved all ARM port images to the new server: page is located [[IGEPv2_Ubuntu_Distro|here]]

IGEPv5 Ubuntu page is located [http://ports.ubuntu.com http://ports.ubuntu.com[IGEPv5 Ubuntu Distro|here]]

[TIP] If you want to install the ubuntu image you should install the ubuntu rootfs and here: use the ISEE kernel and bootloader.IMPORTANT] ISEE is not responsable about the Ubuntu releases you should read the information about Ubuntu deprecation releases in the Ubuntu webpage.

[http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/]<br>  IGEPv5 Ubuntu page is located [[IGEPv5_Ubuntu_Distro|here]] We recomend use this other [https://labs.isee.biz/index.php/How_to_boot_from_MicroSD_Card howto] for install your prefered ubuntu distribution.<br>  You can read useful information at Ubuntu website:&nbsp;  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/Server/Install https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/Server/Install]  [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/]  [TIP] If you want to install the ubuntu image you should install the ubuntu rootfs and use the ISEE kernel and bootloader.  [IMPORTANT] ISEE is not responsable about the Ubuntu releases you should read the information about Ubuntu deprecation releases in the Ubuntu webpage. == Old Releases ==

The resulting two .deb files will be located in ../

=== Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) ===

==== Make a bootable MMC card on Linux ====

Thanks to Graeme Gregory and Steve Sakoman, you can now use [http://www.sakoman.com/OMAP3/a-script-for-partitioningformatting-a-bootable-sdmicrosd-card.html a script to automate the tedious process of creating a bootable SD/microSD card.]

Take care if you do not have your system in English. You have to change the word "Disk" in the former script, line #10 with the translation in the language of your system.

Having followed this excellent tutorial it's time to mount your SD card boot partition (/media/boot). With your preferred editor create a boot-ini.source file like this.

If you are not using IGEP's virtual machine, you can download and install the Poky SDK from http://www.igep.es/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=99&amp;Itemid=112&amp;dir=/var/www/vhosts/igep.es/httpdocs/downloads/01-ISEE_Products/IGEPv2/SW_Releases/poky/purple-3.2/v3.2.1-0/sdk once logged in. This will provide the /usr/local/poky directory. If you use this option, the appropriate source command is <tt>source /usr/local/poky/eabi-glibc/environment-setup-arm-none-linux-gnueabi</tt>.

The result will be a boot.ini file which you will copy to SD card boot partition

==== Get a copy of a ARM ubuntu root file system ====

In order to get a copy of a ARM ubuntu root file system, you will need to install qemu and a recent version of debootstrap and the qemu package. On some systems you may also need the qemu-kvm-extras package to run the ARM emulation.

Next, you will download a helper program to build the rootfs

The following example will create a tarball of ubuntu-desktop based image for your target device:

Typical images (example settings):

To build a xubuntu-desktop image use the following options:

For an ubuntu-desktop image (a similar size is needed if you want a kubuntu image):

A typical remote development comandline environment if you run an armel board headless (note that you should edit /etc/network/interfaces and set up your network device on first login for this):

A very light desktop (lxde):

This step can take a long time. For example, building ubuntu-desktop on a Celeron 1.6GHz laptop takes approximately 10 hours. When it is finished, a file named armel-rootfs-[date].tgz will be in your working directory.

Next, mount your SD card ext3 partition (/media/rootfs) and untar the rootfs

Finally, umount the SD card, insert the card in your board and power up.

= See also =

*[[How to get the Linaro distribution]]*[[How to get the Angstrom distribution]]*[[How to get the Android distribution]]*[[How to get the Meego distribution]]

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