1// -*- mode:doc; -*- 2// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: 3 4[[getting-buildroot]] 5== Getting Buildroot 6 7Buildroot releases are made every 3 months, in February, May, August and 8November. Release numbers are in the format YYYY.MM, so for example 92013.02, 2014.08. 10 11Release tarballs are available at http://buildroot.org/downloads/[]. 12 13For your convenience, a https://www.vagrantup.com/[Vagrantfile] is 14available in `support/misc/Vagrantfile` in the Buildroot source tree 15to quickly set up a virtual machine with the needed dependencies to 16get started. 17 18If you want to setup an isolated buildroot environment on Linux or Mac 19Os X, paste this line onto your terminal: 20 21-------------------- 22curl -O https://buildroot.org/downloads/Vagrantfile; vagrant up 23-------------------- 24 25If you are on Windows, paste this into your powershell: 26 27-------------------- 28(new-object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile( 29"https://buildroot.org/downloads/Vagrantfile","Vagrantfile"); 30vagrant up 31-------------------- 32 33If you want to follow development, you can use the daily snapshots or 34make a clone of the Git repository. Refer to the 35http://buildroot.org/download[Download page] of the Buildroot website 36for more details. 37