Running NuPIC on Crouton Ubuntu Chromebook

Overview

• Crouton is for running Ubuntu on a Chromebook and switching between the environments
  • Note this is not a dual-boot solution (ChrUbuntu), it creates a chroot 'precise' environment
  • For installation of Crouton, reference: http://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/
• Platform: Samsung Chromebook (1.7 GHz), Linux 3.4, ARMv7 Architecture, Crouton Version (Ubuntu Precise 12.04)

Additional Packages by Terminal

• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core libtool automake cmake
• sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev libboost-dev
• sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing

Assumptions

• Executing Python 2.7 (2.7.3) - Do not use update-alternatives, causes conflicts

Python installers by Terminal

• wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py; python ez_setup.py
  • Alternatively use python setuptools -> sudo apt-get install python-setuptools
• sudo pip install numpy pytest pytest-xdist unittest2 mock validictory asteval ordereddict
  • Alternative (or if required): sudo pip install -r external/common/requirements.txt
• Matplotlib (if you want dependencies on graphing)
  • sudo easy_install -U distribute
  • sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev libpng-dev
  • sudo pip install matplotlib

Build and Execute Code

• There is no difference between the Linux x86 and ARMv7 environment for this. Normal instructions can be followed.

Next Steps

• Move to a higher end ARMv7 Architecture (e.g. Cortex A9, Cortex A15)