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Expand Up @@ -13,15 +13,20 @@ your image, follow the instructions in [Exercise 1 - Deploy SONiC/PINS Target
Image to Switches](./Exercise1).

The following software is needed to build the image: `curl, zip, unzip, tar,
python,` and `j2cli`. If you need to do a local build of the ONOS driver and SAI
python, j2cli` and `docker`.
> Note: Ensure that docker is not installed through snap. You may follow this guide [here](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/). Follow post-install steps to make sure docker runs without `sudo`.

If you need to do a local build of the ONOS driver and SAI
pipeline, you will also need `maven` and a Java JDK.

1. Clone the PINS/sonic-buildimage repository using one of the following:
* HTTPS: `git clone https://github.com/Azure/sonic-buildimage.git`
* SSH: `git clone [email protected]:Azure/sonic-buildimage.git`
* Github CLI: `gh repo clone Azure/sonic-buildimage`
2. Change to the new directory: `cd sonic-buildimage`
3. Download submodules and checkout the correct commit number: `make init`
3. Ensure that overlay module is loaded on your development system: `sudo modprobe overlay`
4. (Optional) Checkout a specific branch. By default, it uses master branch: `git checkout [branch_name]`
5. Download submodules and checkout the correct commit number: `make init`

### Build Target Binary

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