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Bitbake

BitBake User Manual

Bitbake tasks

  • fetch If needed, make local copy of remote sources (bz2, git, svn, …).
  • unpack prepare source of package in work directory (bz2 - unpack, git - clone from local copy, etc)
  • patch apply all *.patch files from SRC_URI
  • configure
  • compile
  • install
  • package split installed on fake sysroot files into separate packages:
    • main package or library (package_name)
    • debugging symbols (package_name-dbg)
    • documentation (package_name-doc)
    • locales (package_name-locale)
    • development headers (package_name-dev)
  • clean
  • cleanstate remove output and SSTATE cache files for given package

dependency explorer

Dependency explorer is replaced by “Task Explorer” in Yocto 3.3.1. 4.10.10 BitBake Changes