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Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Projects - Second Edition
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Embedded Linux Development using Yocto Projects - Second Edition

by Otavio Salvador, Daiane Angolini
November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
162 pages
4h 8m
English
Packt Publishing
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Choosing a package format

Support for formats is provided using a set of classes (package_rpm, package_deb, and package_ipk). We can select one or more formats using the PACKAGE_CLASSES variable, as shown in the following example:

PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm package_deb package_ipk"

This can be done, for example, in the build/conf/local.conf file. Using the PACKAGE_CLASSES variable, we can generate the packages in one or more formats.

Images are created from the first package format found in PACKAGE_CLASSES.

Poky defaults to the RPM package format, which uses the DNF package manager. However, the format choice depends on several aspects, including package format-specific features, memory and resource usage, and so on. Another aspect is ...

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