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==Intention==
 
==Intention==
This page is intended to make the live of new developers easier. Feel free to add all your usual bitbake commands to this page
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This page is intended to make the life of new developers easier. Feel free to add all your usual bitbake commands to this page
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==Start a build==
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To get a package build just type
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  bitbake foo
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where foo is the name of the package without any extension or version number.
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==Clean up==
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  bitbake -c clean foo
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This command will clean up your tmp dir for the given package. It is very useful if you work on a new .bb recipe. Without it your changes to the recipe may not work.
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==Working with tmp/work==
 
==Working with tmp/work==
A thing you usually do not want to miss is to be able to recompile your source code if you change a line in it.
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To recompile your source code if you change a line in it.
 
   bitbake -f -c compile foo
 
   bitbake -f -c compile foo
will only recompile your source nothing else
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The command above recompiled the code for foo. To build the ipk
after that do a
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use the command below
 
   bitbake foo
 
   bitbake foo
to get a new package
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==Check Recipe Version==
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  bitbake -s | grep foo
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==Check Bitbake Version==
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  bitbake --version
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==Run Bitbake A Little at a Time==
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  bitbake -c listtasks foo
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      # lists the tasks
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  bitbake -c taskname foo
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==Show build environment==
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    bitbake -e foo
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Latest revision as of 14:29, 27 April 2016

Intention

This page is intended to make the life of new developers easier. Feel free to add all your usual bitbake commands to this page

Start a build

To get a package build just type

 bitbake foo

where foo is the name of the package without any extension or version number.

Clean up

 bitbake -c clean foo

This command will clean up your tmp dir for the given package. It is very useful if you work on a new .bb recipe. Without it your changes to the recipe may not work.

Working with tmp/work

To recompile your source code if you change a line in it.

 bitbake -f -c compile foo

The command above recompiled the code for foo. To build the ipk use the command below

 bitbake foo

Check Recipe Version

 bitbake -s | grep foo

Check Bitbake Version

  bitbake --version

Run Bitbake A Little at a Time

  bitbake -c listtasks foo
     # lists the tasks
  bitbake -c taskname foo

Show build environment

   bitbake -e foo