November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
162 pages
4h 8m
English
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.
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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