Install software prerequisites

Update the package list and install the libraries needed to build the SDK. Open the terminal and type the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y \
  automake \
  build-essential \
  cmake \
  git \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
  gstreamer1.0-tools \
  gstreamer1.0-omx-generic \
  libcurl4-openssl-dev \
  libgstreamer1.0-dev \
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
  liblog4cplus-dev \
  libssl-dev \
  pkg-config

If you’re using the libcamera stack, also install the libcamerasrc GStreamer plugin. This GStreamer plugin doesn't come installed by default.

sudo apt-get install gstreamer1.0-libcamera

Copy the following PEM file to /etc/ssl/cert.pem:

sudo curl https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem -o /etc/ssl/AmazonRootCA1.pem
sudo chmod 644 /etc/ssl/AmazonRootCA1.pem