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authorKshitij Sisodia <kshitij.sisodia@arm.com>2023-06-09 11:58:26 +0100
committerKshitij Sisodia <kshitij.sisodia@arm.com>2023-06-09 12:02:11 +0100
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MLECO-4065: Revising scripts to use Python3.923.05
Revising documentation and scripts to use Python3.9 explicitly to remove the need for installing it system-wide that might break a distro's desktop and pacakge manager utilities. Change-Id: I683b55dd0243d0a726dc94eba2431005d4897c8c Signed-off-by: Kshitij Sisodia <kshitij.sisodia@arm.com>
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@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ Before proceeding, it is *essential* to ensure that the following prerequisites
> **Note:** If you have an older version of Python installed (< 3.9) see the
> [Troubleshooting](./troubleshooting.md#how-to-update-python3-package-to-newer-version)
- > for instruction on how to update it.
+ > for instruction on how to install and use it.
+ > **Note:** This scenario might be true if you are using an Arm Virtual Hardware instance.
+ > See the troubleshooting link above on how to set up the environment in this case.
- The build system creates a Python virtual environment during the build process. Please make sure that Python virtual
environment module is installed by running:
@@ -112,12 +114,6 @@ Before proceeding, it is *essential* to ensure that the following prerequisites
python3 -m venv
```
- > **Note:** If you are using an Arm Virtual Hardware instance then Python virtual environment is not installed by default.
- > You will need to install it yourself by running the following command:
- > ```commandline
- > sudo apt install python3.8-venv
- > ```
-
- The build system uses external Python libraries during the building process. Please make sure that the latest pip and
libsndfile versions are installed.
@@ -362,7 +358,11 @@ for the default 128 MACs configuration of the Arm® *Ethos™-U55* NPU and for t
Arm® *Ethos™-U65* NPU.
> **Note:** This script requires Python version 3.9 or higher. Please make sure all [build prerequisites](./building.md#build-prerequisites)
-> are satisfied.
+> are satisfied. If your environment points to system installed Python3 that is an older version than 3.9, choose the
+> required version explicitly after installing it:
+> ```sh
+> python3.9 ./set_up_default_resources.py
+> ```
>
> **Note:** This script also installs required version of CMake into the virtual environment, which can be used by activating it.