Armbian Linux build framework generates custom Debian or Ubuntu image for x86, aarch64, riscv64 & armhf
For stable branch use --branch=v23.11
apt-get -y install git
git clone --depth=1 --branch=main https://github.com/armbian/build
cd build
./compile.sh
Show work-in-progress areas in interactive mode:
./compile.sh EXPERT="yes"
Build minimal CLI Armbian Jammy for Bananapi M5 with LTS kernel:
./compile.sh \
BOARD=bananapim5 \
BRANCH=current \
RELEASE=jammy \
BUILD_MINIMAL=yes \
BUILD_DESKTOP=no \
KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no
Build with GitHub actions: (advanced version)
name: "Build Armbian"
on:
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
build-armbian:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: armbian/build@main
with:
armbian_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" # GitHub token
armbian_release: "jammy" # userspace
armbian_target: "build" # build=image, kernel=kernel
armbian_board: "bananapim5" # build target
Generated image will be uploaded to your repository release. Note: GitHub upload file limit is 2Gb.
Function | Armbian | Yocto | Buildroot |
---|---|---|---|
Target | general purpose | embedded | embedded / IOT |
U-boot and kernel | compiled from sources | compiled from sources | compiled from sources |
Board support maintenance | complete | outside | outside |
Root file system | Debian or Ubuntu based | custom | custom |
Package manager | APT | any | none |
Configurability | limited | large | large |
Initramfs support | yes | yes | yes |
Getting started | quick | very slow | slow |
Cross compilation | yes | yes | yes |
├── cache Work / cache directory
│ ├── aptcache Packages
│ ├── ccache C/C++ compiler
│ ├── docker Docker last pull
│ ├── git-bare Minimal Git
│ ├── git-bundles Full Git
│ ├── initrd Ram disk
│ ├── memoize Git status
│ ├── patch Kernel drivers patch
│ ├── pip Python
│ ├── rootfs Compressed userspaces
│ ├── sources Kernel, u-boot and other sources
│ ├── tools Additional tools like ORAS
│ └── utility
├── config Packages repository configurations
│ ├── targets.conf Board build target configuration
│ ├── boards Board configurations
│ ├── bootenv Initial boot loaders environments per family
│ ├── bootscripts Initial Boot loaders scripts per family
│ ├── cli CLI packages configurations per distribution
│ ├── desktop Desktop packages configurations per distribution
│ ├── distributions Distributions settings
│ ├── kernel Kernel build configurations per family
│ ├── sources Kernel and u-boot sources locations and scripts
│ ├── templates User configuration templates which populate userpatches
│ └── torrents External compiler and rootfs cache torrents
├── extensions Extend build system with specific functionality
├── lib Main build framework libraries
│ ├── functions
│ │ ├── artifacts
│ │ ├── bsp
│ │ ├── cli
│ │ ├── compilation
│ │ ├── configuration
│ │ ├── general
│ │ ├── host
│ │ ├── image
│ │ ├── logging
│ │ ├── main
│ │ └── rootfs
│ └── tools
├── output Build artifact
│ └── deb Deb packages
│ └── images Bootable images - RAW or compressed
│ └── debug Patch and build logs
│ └── config Kernel configuration export location
│ └── patch Created patches location
├── packages Support scripts, binary blobs, packages
│ ├── blobs Wallpapers, various configs, closed source bootloaders
│ ├── bsp-cli Automatically added to armbian-bsp-cli package
│ ├── bsp-desktop Automatically added to armbian-bsp-desktopo package
│ ├── bsp Scripts and configs overlay for rootfs
│ └── extras-buildpkgs Optional compilation and packaging engine
├── patch Collection of patches
│ ├── atf ARM trusted firmware
│ ├── kernel Linux kernel patches
| | └── family-branch Per kernel family and branch
│ ├── misc Linux kernel packaging patches
│ └── u-boot Universal boot loader patches
| ├── u-boot-board For specific board
| └── u-boot-family For entire kernel family
├── tools Tools for dealing with kernel patches and configs
└── userpatches User: configuration patching area
├── lib.config User: framework common config/override file
├── config-default.conf User: default user config file
├── customize-image.sh User: script will execute just before closing the image
├── atf User: ARM trusted firmware
├── kernel User: Linux kernel per kernel family
├── misc User: various
└── u-boot User: universal boot loader patches
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