This chapter presents the key concepts to understand Poky and BitBake; it teaches us the concepts related to packaging. We will learn about the supported package formats, what shared state cache is and why it is needed, the package versioning components, how to set up and use package feeds to support our development process, and more.
Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project
Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project
Overview of this book
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Meeting the Yocto Project
Baking Our Poky-based System
Using Hob to Bake an Image
Grasping the BitBake Tool
Detailing the Temporary Build Directory
Assimilating Packaging Support
Diving into BitBake Metadata
Developing with the Yocto Project
Debugging with the Yocto Project
Exploring External Layers
Creating Custom Layers
Customizing Existing Recipes
Achieving GPL Compliance
Booting Our Custom Embedded Linux
References
Index
Customer Reviews