How to Install PetaLinux 2019.1

Clean install on a virtual machine

This is my guide for installing PetaLinux 2019.1 from scratch on a virtual machine. The VM will run Ubuntu 18.04.4 64-bit and the host workstation is an Intel Xeon with 64GB RAM and 3TB HDD running Windows 10 64-bit. The PetaLinux user guide says that the latest supported version of Ubuntu is 18.04.1 however in my experience it works just fine in the more recent 18.04.4 version. Step 1: Create the Virtual Machine Get VirtualBox from here, then install and launch it. [Read More]