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Update for Sysupdate images

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
62/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active

Research direction

Find the basic setup documentation referenced in the issue and review the current SDK installation directions. Update the relevant instructions for OS 9 to use sysexts instead of host or apt-based installation, then verify that the setup steps are complete and consistent.

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Description

What Happened?

Current directions assume that we install things to the host or use apt.

Steps to Reproduce

Check out for example the basic setup which includes install the sdk with apt

Expected Behavior

We should update these directions for OS 9 and using sysexts to install the sdk etc

OS Version

8.x (Circe)

OS Architecture

amd64 (on most hardwares)

Session Type

Secure Session (Wayland, This is the default)

Software Version

Latest release (I have run all updates)

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88
Forks
30
Avg merge
18h 33m
Merged PRs (30d)
2

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