Getting Started Guide - Drone Mission Compute SDK#

Overview#

The Drone Mission Compute SDK provides a comprehensive development environment for drone applications using Intel’s optimized compute tools and frameworks.

Learning Objectives#

Upon completion of this guide, you will be able to:

  • Install and configure the Drone Mission Compute SDK

System Requirements#

Verify that your development environment meets the following specifications:

  • Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

  • Memory: Minimum 16GB RAM (32GB recommended)

  • Storage: 100GB available disk space

  • Network: Active internet connection for package downloads

  • Hardware: Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processor with integrated GPU recommended

Installation Process#

Execute the automated installation script to configure the complete development environment:

curl -fsS https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-edge-platform/edge-ai-suites/refs/heads/main/metro-ai-suite/metro-sdk-manager/scripts/drone-mission-compute-sdk.sh | bash

Next Steps#

After installation completes:

  1. Navigate to $HOME/oep/ to explore the cloned repositories