**no you do not need to blow away your system and install debian 10 native**
you can e.g. use debian/11 at the "host" level and some people have managed
-to use archlinux but you are **on your own if you do so**.
+to use archlinux but you are **on your own if you do so, and should only
+consider the option of using your own preferred host OS if you are an
+advanced expert**. We do **NOT** provide "personal end-user support"
+for Host OS problems.
Note: these scripts assume that you are using debian/10 and that you
understand and accept why we have standardised on that as an OS
$ git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git
$ cd dev-env-setup
$ sudo bash
+ (optional: # export CHROOT_DEBIAN_MIRROR=http://ftp.<mirror>.debian.org/debian)
# ./mk-deb-chroot libresoc
+ # ./cp-scripts-to-chroot libresoc # copies dev-env-setup to chroot
# exit
$ schroot -c libresoc
- (libresoc)$ git clone https://git.libre-soc.org/git/dev-env-setup.git
- (libresoc)$ cd dev-env-setup
(libresoc)$ sudo bash
(libresoc)# ./install-hdl-apt-reqs
(libresoc)# ./hdl-tools-yosys
(libresoc)# ./hdl-dev-repos
(libresoc)# ./ppc64-gdb-gcc # needed for compiling unit tests
+ (libresoc)# ./binutils-gdb-install # needed for binutils-svp64
(libresoc)# exit
(libresoc)$