Package Management (deb)

Image configuration

IMAGE_FEATURES += "package-management"

# For debian packages, install apt commands
IMAGE_INSTALL += "apt"

When building a recipe, the generated package will be put in $POKY/build/tmp/deploy/deb This directory must be served by a web server.

Each time you create/modify a package, you will need to re-generate the package index by executing

bitbake package-index

You must add the repository address to a file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ on the target:

deb http://192.168.42.1/all/ ./
deb http://192.168.42.1/m_ab3000/ ./
#...

Using the layer meta-ab3000, you can set the variable DEBIAN_REPO_ADDRESS and the main yocto repositories will be automatically set

bitbake world

Will build all existing packages and prepare deb packages ready to be deployed.