OpenEmbedded is a software framework to create Linux distributions aimed for, but not restricted to, embedded devices.
Questions tagged [openembedded]
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How do I extend someone else's repo manifest?
In my project, I want to take an existing Yocto setup for the Automotive Grade Linux distribution and add some layers with recipes for our own components.
There exists a manifest file, publicly available, on their gerrit site. What I'd like to do…
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yocto: how to install command locale & localedef?
How to install command locale & localedef for my image in the yocto project? I have try the following:
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " glibc-locale"
But it does not work. How can I do it?
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What are the differences between Open Embedded Core and meta-openembedded
Until now, I am still really confused between the recipes in Openembedded-core vs the one in meta-openembedded. And many time, have trouble to put the recipes in the right directory. They are really similar yet seem to be so different in the…
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How to create do_populate_sysroot_append task in yocto
How could we add some additional kernel files to sysroot directory? I want to extend do_populate_sysroot task, how can we to copy few more files into sysroot after do_populate_sysroot and before do_package? I tried to create…
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Differences between openembedded-core and poky
We want to build a embedded Linux device using Yocto which is SELinux Enabled.
I was looking at meta-selinux layer Dependencies.
Dependencies
This layer depends on the openembedded-core metadata and the
meta-python and meta-oe layers from the…
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Using PREMIRRORS in Bitbake configuration
How do I use PREMIRRORS in Bitbake local configurations or recipes?
I want to provide my own download locations for some slow or inaccessible third-party URLs, but the official PREMIRRORS documentation is vague and lacks examples.
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Post-install script on Yocto-built linux
I need to run a script on a target OS built by Yocto.
This script needs to be ran as part of the install and thus must be ran only once (either after the entire OS install or on the first boot). It cannot be ran on the host system, as it depends on…
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Yocto Bitbake - Git Fetch always stuck
I am using YOCTO to build an image but the Bitbake process always get stuck at any task including fetch from git
Ex:
Currently 2 running tasks (1373 of 2477):
0: rpi-mkimage-native-git-r0 do_fetch (pid 2372)
1:…
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Bitbake error - Nothing RPROVIDES
I would to split and application into multiple packages. Basically I just would like to add an other one which could be build by using a specific image.
Inside the .bb file associated to the application I added :
SRC_URI = " \
...
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ogs
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Run a command in bitbake recipe as if on live system
Is it possible to run a command in a recipe as if it were run on the live system? If so, how? I want to import my key(s) into gpg before the image is created so I don't have to log onto the system after formatting the SD card.
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What are the differences between Yocto Poky and Texas Instruments Arago?
I am very new to this field so my terminology may be incorrect.
My goal is to build a custom linux distribution for an embedded device equipped with Texas Instruments AM335x ARM processor.
I played a little with Yocto 1.6.1 (Daisy release), bitbake…
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How does bitbake dependency work for source code?
I am a beginner in the ways of the "bitbake" and i wonder what happens in the following situations, when building a project with several thousand packages:
You bitbake the full image (all packages) and it finishes successfully.
You make a change to…
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What is the meaning of '__anonymous' function in a yocto/bitbake recipe?
In a yocto project, the core-image.bbclass contains the following code.
python __anonymous() {
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}
What is the meaning of the __anonymous function here?
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Only one --hash-style in embedded Linux. Why?
I am trying to get a software package built and deployed into rootfs with OpenEmbedded-based Arago. Unfortunately the software package includes prebuilt shared libs. As far as I understand, Arago builds the entire Linux distro with --hash-style=gnu,…
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yocto - User-Agent: falling back to 'libdnf': could not detect OS or basearch
I am using Yocto (Hardknott) to build an image and to create the package-feed(rpm packages). One of the image dependencies is u-boot-karo (it's a custom u-boot for karo modules) and it seems this recipe has some issue with the libdnf. Could anyone…
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