Clone the SDK samples repository on your host machine. This repository contains the Bazel-based Fuchsia SDK and sample components.

The tasks include:

• Bootstrap the SDK samples repository.
• Download the SDK toolchain to initialize the SDK environment.
• Verify that you can run ffx commands.

Do the following:

1. Open a terminal.

2. In the terminal, change to your home directory:

   cd
   

3. Clone the Fuchsia samples repository:

   git clone https://fuchsia.googlesource.com/sdk-samples/getting-started fuchsia-getting-started --recurse-submodules
   

   This git clone command creates a new directory named fuchsia-getting-started and clones the content of the SDK samples repository{:.external}.

4. Go to the new directory:

   cd fuchsia-getting-started
   

5. Run the bootstrap script to install Bazel and other required dependencies:

   scripts/bootstrap.sh
   

6. Download the SDK toolchain:

   tools/bazel build @fuchsia_sdk//:fuchsia_toolchain_sdk
   

   This command may take a few minutes to download all the tools and dependencies, such as Clang{:.external} and Fuchsia IDK (which includes the ffx tool).

   When finished successfully, it prints output similar to the following:

   $ tools/bazel build @fuchsia_sdk//:fuchsia_toolchain_sdk
   ...
   INFO: Elapsed time: 25.063s, Critical Path: 0.03s
   INFO: 1 process: 1 internal.
   INFO: Build completed successfully, 1 total action
   

7. To verify that you can use the ffx tool in your environment, run the following command:

   tools/ffx sdk version
   

   This command prints output similar to the following:

   $ tools/ffx sdk version
   11.20230109.3.1
   

   At this point, you only need to confirm that you can run ffx commands without error.

   Note: The output above shows the version 11.20230109.3.1, which indicates that this SDK was built and published on January 9, 2023.