NOTE: Please suggest bitbake commands you find it useful!
bitbake command
| Description
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| bitbake <image> | Bake an image (add -k to continue building even errors are found in the tasks execution) |
| bitbake <package> -c <task> | Execute a particular package's task. Default Tasks names: fetch, unpack, patch, configure, compile, install, package, package_write, and build.
Example: To (force) compiling a kernel and then build, type: $ bitbake linux-imx -f -c compile $ bitbake linux-imx
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bitbake <image > -g -u depexp
| Show the package dependency for image.
Example: To show all packages included on fsl-image-gui $ bitbake fsl-image-gui -g -u depexp NOTE: This command will open a UI window, so it must be execute on a console inside the host machine (either virtual or native). |
| bitbake <package> -c devshell | Open a new shell where with neccesary system values already defined for package |
| hob | bitbake frontend/GUI.
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| bitbake <package> -c listtasks | List all tasks for package |
bitbake virtual/kernel -c menuconfig
| Interactive kernel configuration |
| bitbake <image> -c fetchall | Fetch sources for a particular image |
| bitbake-layers show-layers | Show layers |
| bitbake-layers show-recipes "*-image-*" | Show possible images to bake. Without "*-images-*", it shows ALL recipes |
| bitbake -g <image> && cat pn-depends.dot | grep -v -e '-native' | grep -v digraph | grep -v -e '-image' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq | Show image's packages |
| bitbake -g <pkg> && cat pn-depends.dot | grep -v -e '-native' | grep -v digraph | grep -v -e '-image' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq | Show package's dependencies |
| bitbake –v <image> 2>&1 | tee image_build.log | Print (on console) and store verbose baking |
| bitbake -s | grep <pkg> | Check if certain package is present on current Yocto Setup |
