I cannot get nodejs latest version - imx6ulevk

[gbassi1]

Hello,

The repo approved by nxp in the Yocto manual documentation is not the latest one (master branch), but th rocko one. Why is this?

In OpenEmbedded Layer Index:

Checking rocko or master branch, it is only available version 7.10.0 for meta-nodejs (OpenEmbedded Layer Index - meta-nodejs )

In OpenEmbedded  Recipes Index:

• For rocko: v8.4.0
• For master branch: v10.15.3

Also, in recipes, there is no npm package and I need that too.

So, my questions are:

1. Why the latest branch suggested by i.MX_Yocto_Project_User's_Guide is not the latest one? It repo sync brings rocko.
2. Should I repo sync the master? How do I do that?
3. How can I get latest npm as well? (v6.x.x) The layer meta-nodejs includes nodejs-npm as a package but it is not in the latest version.

Thanks

[b36401]

You may add a layer to an image by adding following line to the conf/local.conf file inside the build directory, and then baking the image.
IMAGE_INSTALL_append = “ nodejs”

Whenever you want to see which packages are available on the BSP you can run:
bitbake -s