title: Build edk2 in linux
body: <p>i'm getting started to write a little and simple application with edk2.</p>
  <p>So to write a simple edk2 UEFI application , i have started like this :</p>
  <p>#git clone <a href="https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git</a></p>
  <pre><code>#. edksetup.sh BaseTools
  
  Loading previous configuration from /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/Conf/BuildEnv.sh
  WORKSPACE: /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2
  EDK_TOOLS_PATH: /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/BaseTools
  CONF_PATH: /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/Conf
  
  #vi Conf/target.txt
  </code></pre>
  <p>(there , i have put :
  TARGET_ARCH = IA32 X64
  TOOL_CHAIN_TAG = VS2017)</p>
  <pre><code># BUILD -a X64
  
  Build environment: Linux-5.7.0-kali1-amd64-x86_64-with-glibc2.29
  Build start time: 08:32:11, Sep.03 2020
  
  WORKSPACE        = /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2
  EDK_TOOLS_PATH   = /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/BaseTools
  CONF_PATH        = /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/Conf
  PYTHON_COMMAND   = /usr/bin/python3.8
  
  
  Processing meta-data 
  Architecture(s)  = X64
  Build target     = DEBUG
  Toolchain        = VS2017
  
  Active Platform          = /media/ledoux/Data/osdev/devos/edk2/edk2/EmulatorPkg/EmulatorPkg.dsc
  .................. 
  
  - Failed -
  Build end time: 08:32:29, Sep.03 2020
  Build total time: 00:00:18
  </code></pre>
  <p>why the build was failed ??
  Is it because the bad repository ??
  how can i create OVMF.fd file after build it ???</p>