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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Alex Gonzalez
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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Alex Gonzalez

Overview of this book

The Yocto Project has become the de facto distribution build framework for reliable and robust embedded systems with a reduced time to market.You'll get started by working on a build system where you set up Yocto, create a build directory, and learn how to debug it. Then, you'll explore everything about the BSP layer, from creating a custom layer to debugging device tree issues. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to add a new software layer, packages, data, scripts, and configuration files to your system. You will then cover topics based on application development, such as using the Software Development Kit and how to use the Yocto project in various development environments. Toward the end, you will learn how to debug, trace, and profile a running system. This second edition has been updated to include new content based on the latest Yocto release.
Table of Contents (7 chapters)

Using the Qt Creator IDE


Qt is a cross-platform application framework written in C++ and developed both by Digia, under the Qt company name, and by the open source Qt project community. Qt Creator is a multiplatform IDE and part of the Qt application development framework SDK. It is the IDE of choice for Qt application development in C++ and QML and is available with multiple licenses, including (L)GPLv3, and commercial licenses as well.

Getting ready

Download and install the Qt Creator 4.5.0 for your host from the Qt project downloads website. To download and install into your x86_64 Linux host, you can use the following commands:

$ wget
 http://download.qt.io/official_releases/qtcreator/4.5/4.5.0/qt-creator-opensource-linux-x86_64-4.5.0.run
$ chmod u+x qt-creator-opensource-linux-x86_64-4.5.0.run
$ ./qt-creator-opensource-linux-x86_64-4.5.0.run

Qt support in Yocto 2.4 has been moved to the external meta-qt4 and meta-qt5 layers: