IGEP iMX6 Ubuntu Distro

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How to get the Ubuntu 14.04 Lxde
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.

Overview of How-To

This How-To is meant to be a starting point for people to learn install an Ubuntu image for iMX6 IGEP platforms as quickly and easily as possible.

This How-To covers IGEP iMX6.

For this tutorial we use IGEP iMX6 quad.

Material

  • IGEP iMX6 quad.
  • 1 MicroSD Card.
  • Serial Cable and conversor for attach the serial debug console.
  • Ethernet cable (optional)
  • Hub (optional)
  • Keyboard and mouse (optional)
  • HDMI/DVI Monitor (optional)

Download tar with ubuntu14.04

 http://www.dropbox.com/sh/fx1peebw7011jjn/AACSmJubJ8lW1CAn0TpxTT9Ga/20160510/lubuntu/ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046.tar.bz2?dl=0

downloaded from here


Decompress file ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046.tar.bz2

tar -jvxf ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046.tar.bz2

or to other directory

tar -jvxf ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046.tar.bz2 -C /route to the directory 

Enter to the directory

cd ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046

run script

sudo ./igep-media-create --mmc /dev/s** --image ./ubuntu-14.04-lxde-imx6q-igep0046.tar.bz2 --machine igep0046

s** -> ** where mount the SD in your pc

Boot your IGEP SMARC iMX6 from Ubuntu SD


root and password

igep0046 login: root

password: root