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 install initramfs in rootfs/boot?
I want to install an initramfs in the rootfs /boot (not the same as a wic boot partition).
In rootfs /boot, there are a kernel image, and a fit image installed.
I don't bundle the initramfs in the kernel, but put it in the fit image, but this fit…

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How to add ldd utility to bitbake image
I need ldd utility in my final image of yocto. When I needed usbutils before, I went ahead and added the line in ../build/conf/local.conf file
CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "usbutils"
After searching around I came to see that ldd is part of the…

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function in recipe not overridden
I want to override a function in a recipe (bb) that inherits from a bbclass, but it doesn't work -- the function from the bbclass (superclass) is executed instead of the new one.
Here is an minimal (non-)working example.
Class:
#…

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Yocto Jethro: how do I add user to sudoers list
I added a new user as follows
inherit extrausers
EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "useradd -P p@ssW0rd user1;"
I am trying to find how to add users to sudoers list. Is there a class like extrausers
Update-1:
In class classes/extrausers.bbclass I see usermod…

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use pip install command in recipes Yocto Project
I need to use an existing library on this site https://pypi.python.org/pypi/SpeechRecognition/
library present format compressed SpeechRecognition-3.4.3.tar.gz
can I use
pip install SpeechRecognition
in overrider functions like
do_fetch ,…

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With Yocto, how can I add a lot of files to an image?
How can I add a lot of files to an image with a BitBake recipe?
The pattern that I follow to add files to an image is the following:
SRC_URI += "file://bar"
do_install () {
install -m 0775 ${S}/bar/baz/foo.txt ${D}${prefix}/test…

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How should I sed files on the Yocto-generated rootfs?
I would like to find a way to run sed scripts on files within a Yocto-generated OS from a .bbappend file. My OS has a read-only rootfs, which seems to stop any possibility of a post-installation script. Specifically, I need to make these changes to…

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Debugging bitbake pkg_postinst_${PN}: Append to config-file installed by other recipe
I'm writing am openembedded/bitbake recipe for openembedded-classic. My recipe RDEPENDS on keyutils, and everything seems to work, except one thing:
I want to append a single line to the /etc/request-key.conf file installed by the keyutils package.…

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bitbake doesn't find newer recipe
I am attempting to include upgraded autotools from the current yocto version in my existing OE environment without upgrading all of my existing packages, so I added yocto as a layer in my conf file:
BBLAYERS += " \
...
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Yocto menuconfig not working
For some reason the menuconfig menu does not come up when I try launching it from my Yocto installation. I am using the Toradex Yocto 1.6 system as is described here…

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Bitbake not finding recipes
I'm running bitbake inside of the openembedded environment, and I think it's missing 99% of my recipe files. I've edited the local.conf file in my conf directory, and it has the line:
BBFILES :=…

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Building python packages
I am bitbaking a couple of python libraries and got this warning while adding second one of them:
WARNING: The recipe is trying to install files into a shared area when those files already exist. Those files are:
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How would I pass a variable from a bitbake recipe to a makefile?
I'm trying to pass a variable from my bitbake (.bb) recipe to a Makefile that I have it calling.
In my recipe I have:
export FOO="bar"
When it runs the do_compile() method I have it calling a Makefile I generated. In the Makefile I tested the…

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Default Qemu settings for runqemu command
Is it possible to set default Qemu settings (like cpu, memory, etc) that can be used by runqemu script?
I know that there is a runtime parameter qemuparams=, but it has to be explicitly provided each time. I am looking for a permanent setting…

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Why is package included in Yocto rootfs?
I'm in the process of upgrading from Yocto Sumo to Yocto Dunfell. In this process there's quite a few packages getting added to the rootfs that wasn't there before and which I don't have use for. I would like to know why they are added? Which…

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