Yocto Project Application Development and the Extensible Software Development Kit (eSDK)

Table of Contents

• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 eSDK Introduction
    • 1.1.1 The Cross-Development Toolchain
    • 1.1.2 Sysroots
    • 1.1.3 The QEMU Emulator
  • 1.2 SDK Development Model
• 2 Using the Extensible SDK
  • 2.1 Why use the Extensible SDK and What is in It?
  • 2.2 Installing the Extensible SDK
  • 2.3 Running the Extensible SDK Environment Setup Script
  • 2.4 Using devtool in Your SDK Workflow
    • 2.4.1 Use devtool add to Add an Application
    • 2.4.2 Use devtool modify to Modify the Source of an Existing Component
    • 2.4.3 Use devtool upgrade to Create a Version of the Recipe that Supports a Newer Version of the Software
  • 2.5 A Closer Look at devtool add
    • 2.5.1 Name and Version
    • 2.5.2 Dependency Detection and Mapping
    • 2.5.3 License Detection
    • 2.5.4 Adding Makefile-Only Software
    • 2.5.5 Adding Native Tools
    • 2.5.6 Adding Node.js Modules
  • 2.6 Working With Recipes
    • 2.6.1 Finding Logs and Work Files
    • 2.6.2 Setting Configure Arguments
    • 2.6.3 Sharing Files Between Recipes
    • 2.6.4 Packaging
  • 2.7 Restoring the Target Device to its Original State
  • 2.8 Installing Additional Items Into the Extensible SDK
  • 2.9 Applying Updates to an Installed Extensible SDK
  • 2.10 Creating a Derivative SDK With Additional Components
• 3 Using the Standard SDK
  • 3.1 Why use the Standard SDK and What is in It?
  • 3.2 Installing the SDK
  • 3.3 Running the SDK Environment Setup Script
• 4 Using the SDK Toolchain Directly
  • 4.1 Autotools-Based Projects
  • 4.2 Makefile-Based Projects
• 5 Obtaining the SDK
  • 5.1 Locating Pre-Built SDK Installers
  • 5.2 Building an SDK Installer
  • 5.3 Extracting the Root Filesystem
  • 5.4 Installed Standard SDK Directory Structure
  • 5.5 Installed Extensible SDK Directory Structure
• 6 Customizing the Extensible SDK
  • 6.1 Configuring the Extensible SDK
  • 6.2 Adjusting the Extensible SDK to Suit Your Build Host’s Setup
  • 6.3 Changing the Extensible SDK Installer Title
  • 6.4 Providing Updates to the Extensible SDK After Installation
  • 6.5 Changing the Default SDK Installation Directory
  • 6.6 Providing Additional Installable Extensible SDK Content
  • 6.7 Minimizing the Size of the Extensible SDK Installer Download
• 7 Customizing the Standard SDK
  • 7.1 Adding Individual Packages to the Standard SDK
  • 7.2 Adding API Documentation to the Standard SDK
• 8 Manual Revision History

---

The Yocto Project ®

<docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales as published by Creative Commons.

To report any inaccuracies or problems with this (or any other Yocto Project) manual, or to send additions or changes, please send email/patches to the Yocto Project documentation mailing list at docs@lists.yoctoproject.org or log into the freenode #yocto channel.