https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/enContents © 2025 <a href="mailto:dzu@member.fsf.org">Detlev Zundel</a> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:16:35 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html?pk_campaign=feedDetlev Zundel<div><p>Although Xilinx <a class="reference external" href="https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/embedded-software/petalinux-sdk.html">PetaLinux</a> officially supports the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS GNU/Linux distribution, there is a small glitch in the installation procedure. Following <a class="reference external" href="https://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/sw_manuals/xilinx2018_2/ug1144-petalinux-tools-reference-guide.pdf">UG1144</a> the installation aborts like this:</p> <div class="code"><pre class="code console"><a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-1" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-1" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-1"></a><span class="gp">dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ </span>bash<span class="w"> </span>petalinux-v2019.1-final-installer.run <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-2" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-2" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-2"></a><span class="go">INFO: Checking installation environment requirements...</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-3" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-3" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-3"></a><span class="go">awk: read error (Bad address)</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-4" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-4" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-4"></a> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-5" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-5" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-5"></a><span class="go">Please refer to the PetaLinux Tools Installation Guide.</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-6" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-6" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-6"></a> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-7" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-7" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-7"></a><span class="go">Check the troubleshooting guide at the end of that manual, and if you are</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-8" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-8" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-8"></a><span class="go">unable to resolve the issue please contact customer support with file:</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-9" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-9" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-9"></a><span class="go"> /home/dzu/Downloads/petalinux_installation_log</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-10" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-10" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-10"></a> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-11" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-11" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-11"></a><span class="go">petalinux-v2019.1-final-installer.run: line 140: /tmp/tmp.rlFbcgKOQZ/petalinux-env-check: No such file or directory</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-12" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-12" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-12"></a><span class="go">ERROR: Failed to extract Petalinux installer...</span> <a id="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-13" name="rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-13" href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html#rest_code_75165bf29a75454e8390663680a9256c-13"></a><span class="gp">dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$</span> </pre></div> <p>The fix is rather straightforward and easy, but I'll include the explanation for a better understanding.</p> <p><a href="https://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.html?pk_campaign=feed">Read more…</a> (2 min remaining to read)</p></div>petalinuxubuntuxilinxhttps://blog.lazy-evaluation.net/posts/linux/petalinux-v2019-1-ubuntu-18-04.htmlTue, 09 Jul 2019 08:05:51 GMT