Build Prerequisites

Before you build the ISO, verify that you have the performed the following tasks:

  • Installed a build operating system running the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 14.04 or later version.

  • Downloaded and installed the following packages for Ubuntu: bison gawk g++ createrepo python-aptdaemon genisoimage texinfo python-requests libfuse-dev libssl-dev uuid-dev libreadline-dev kpartx git bc

  • Downloaded and installed the following packages for Photon OS:
    “rsync” “docker-18.09.9” “docker-py3” “python3-pyOpenSSL” “python3-six” “python3-pip” “cdrkit” “createrepo_c” “dosfstools” “openssl-devel” “python3-curses” “zlib-devel” “util-linux-devel”

  • Installed Docker

  • Downloaded the source code from the Photon OS repository on GitHub into $HOME/workspaces/photon.

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