PetaLinux v2019.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Although Xilinx PetaLinux officially supports the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS GNU/Linux distribution, there is a small glitch in the installation procedure. Following UG1144 the installation aborts like this:
dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ bash petalinux-v2019.1-final-installer.run INFO: Checking installation environment requirements... awk: read error (Bad address) Please refer to the PetaLinux Tools Installation Guide. Check the troubleshooting guide at the end of that manual, and if you are unable to resolve the issue please contact customer support with file: /home/dzu/Downloads/petalinux_installation_log petalinux-v2019.1-final-installer.run: line 140: /tmp/tmp.rlFbcgKOQZ/petalinux-env-check: No such file or directory ERROR: Failed to extract Petalinux installer... dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$
The fix is rather straightforward and easy, but I'll include the explanation for a better understanding.
So the error is thrown by the awk tool which first appeared on the scene 42 years ago in 1977. It is certainly amazing that tools of that age are still used for non-legacy things, but why exactly does it prevent us from installing PetaLinux to our machine?
Searching for the answer leads us into the Debian alternatives system:
dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ awk --version awk: not an option: --version dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ ls -l /usr/bin/awk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 May 28 17:17 /usr/bin/awk -> /etc/alternatives/awk dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/awk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 May 28 17:17 /etc/alternatives/awk -> /usr/bin/mawk dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$
So the default awk flavor of Ubuntu 18.04 is not the continuously improved GNU awk but rather a minimal POSIX compatible implementation called mawk. Xilinx indeed documents the requirement of gawk in UG1144 on page 10, but the same document forgets to mention it in the "Quick Installation of Packages" section for Ubuntu.
So all in all, fixing the problem is straightforward:
dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ sudo apt install gawk Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: gawk-doc The following NEW packages will be installed: gawk 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 58 not upgraded. Need to get 401 kB of archives. After this operation, 1552 kB of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 gawk amd64 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1build1 [401 kB] Fetched 401 kB in 0s (1388 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package gawk. (Reading database ... 181794 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../gawk_1%3a4.1.4+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking gawk (1:4.1.4+dfsg-1build1) ... Setting up gawk (1:4.1.4+dfsg-1build1) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ... dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$
This automatically takes care of installing gawk as the preferred awk flavor and is enough for the PetaLinux installer to run correctly:
dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/awk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Dec 29 2018 /etc/alternatives/awk -> /usr/bin/gawk* dzu@zarniwoop:~/Downloads$ bash petalinux-v2019.1-final-installer.run INFO: Checking installation environment requirements... INFO: Checking free disk space INFO: Checking installed tools INFO: Checking installed development libraries INFO: Checking network and other services WARNING: No tftp server found - please refer to "PetaLinux SDK Installation Guide" for its impact and solution INFO: Checking installer checksum... INFO: Extracting PetaLinux installer... LICENSE AGREEMENTS PetaLinux SDK contains software from a number of sources. Please review the following licenses and indicate your acceptance of each to continue. You do not have to accept the licenses, however if you do not then you may not use PetaLinux SDK. Use PgUp/PgDn to navigate the license viewer, and press 'q' to close Press Enter to display the license agreements
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