
ARM Cross Compiler	apt install binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu
SWIG	apt install swig
Build Essentials	apt install build-essential

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U-Boot Bootloader

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#user@localhost:~/u-boot$
make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=${CC} DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 all

You can use simpler syntax for make defconfig, like:

$ make ARCH=arm your_board_defconfig

See the full list of available defconfigs with:

$ make ARCH=arm help | grep defconfig

If you need to do reverse action (i.e. create a neat small defconfig from extensive .config), you can use savedefconfig rule:

$ make ARCH=arm savedefconfig

Also, as 0andriy mentioned, you can use diffconfig script to see changes from one .config to another one:

$ scripts/diffconfig .config_old .config_new

I have a puppy linux img that is 8gb but I need it to fit on a 6gb drive. How do I resize the ext2 partition on the img?

NOTE Make a backup, anything can go wrong ... I ran all those as root :

bind a loop device to the image: losetup /dev/loop10 $image_file
refresh partitions: partprobe /dev/loop10
adjust partition size: gparted /dev/loop10
undo the loop: losetup -d /dev/loop10
remove unwanted space: truncate -s -${SIZE}G $image_file (you might want to calculate the exact size based on values from fdisk/cfdisk * sector size)

NOTE You might need to double check the partitions' UUIDs, mine seem to have changed and I had to update fstab