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Learning Embedded Linux using the Yocto Project

You're reading from   Learning Embedded Linux using the Yocto Project Develop powerful embedded Linux systems with the Yocto Project components

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784397395
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Cross-compiling 3. Bootloaders 4. Linux Kernel 5. The Linux Root Filesystem 6. Components of the Yocto Project 7. ADT Eclipse Plug-ins 8. Hob, Toaster, and Autobuilder 9. Wic and Other Tools 10. Real-time 11. Security 12. Virtualization 13. CGL and LSB Index

Specific support for the Yocto Project

In the Poky reference system, support is provided for the development of LSB and LSB compatible applications. Inside Poky, there is a special poky-lsb.conf distribution policy configuration that is defined in case a distribution is interested in developing applications that are LSB-compliant. This holds true when generating a Linux distribution that is LSB-compliant or at least prepares to take the LSB certification. The build steps required for a Linux distribution that prepares for an LSB certification will be presented here. In case you are interested in developing LSB-compliant applications, the process is simpler and will also be briefly presented here; however, it is in contrast to the former.

The first step is simple: it only requires cloning the poky repository and the meta-qt3 dependency layer because of the requirements of the LSB modules:

git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/poky.git
git clone git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-qt3

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