[View]  [Edit]  [Lock]  [References]  [Attachments]  [History]  [Home]  [Changes]  [Search]  [Help] 

[pi8] Setup from clean raspbian installation

Raspbian Installation

  1. Download the last Noobs zip file in a PC
  2. Clean and format new SDCard (32Gb reccomended)
  3. Decompress noobs zip file in the root of clean sdcard
  4. Put the SDCard in the Raspberry Pi
  5. Turn On your Rasperry Pi
  6. Install Raspbian OS

Update and Upgrade Raspbian OS

  1. sudo apt-get update
  2. sudo apt-get upgrade
  3. sudo apt-get clean
    (if you want to free some space, not required if yo use a 32Gb card)

Toolset to build V8

Uploaded Image: alert.gifNote that you DO NOT need to install this tools to use S8!
  1. Install depot_tools
  2. cd ~
    git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
    export PATH=`pwd`/depot_tools:"$PATH"
  3. mkdir ~/v8
    cd ~/v8
    fetch v8
    cd v8
  4. gclient sync
  5. Staying up-to-date
    git pull
    gclient sync
  6. Generating build scripts
    tools/dev/v8gen.py arm.release
ERRORAt this point the Google's toolset do not work on the Raspberry Pi
It is actually considered a BUG, see V8 Community conversation about his issue
GIT hash9b5042575c944114ed90adf781c25814c87081ca
Issue reporthttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/v8/issues/detail?id=6458
Waiting Uploaded Image: wait3.gifWhile waiting for a solution of the issue we will [pi8] try to build Raspberry Pi version of gn binary