Re: [Gumstix-users] OE questions

[Steve S. <sa...@gm...>]

> Is there anything similar to the nice "make menuconfig" of buildroot for
> selecting packages?

OE has a real package management system, so your work style will be
different.  You have multiple options:

If you just want to install a package on your machine, the easiest
thing to do is to just install the package from the repository.

To see what is available (this assumes you have a network connection
and th efollowing is doen from your gumstix command line):

#ipkg update
#ipkg list

You'll get a very long list!  Say you see perl in the list and decide
to install it:

#ipkg install perl

That's it, you are done!

If what you want isn't in the repository, you will have to build the
package from source.  Just type the following on your build machine
for the perl case:

#bitbake perl

When it completes, use scp (or you other favorite method to get files
onto your gumstix) to copy the ipkg that ends up under the tmp/deploy
directory to your gumstix.

Once it is there, at your gumstix command line you type (the actual
ipkg name will be a bit longer):

#ipkg install perl.ipkg

Finaly, if you want to put extra packages in your rootfs image, you
will need to create a custom image recipe  Look in the
com.gumstix.collection/packages/images directory for some sample image
recipes

> What is the simplest way to add you own little application that does not
> have a fullblown configure script? (Basically just one .c-file and a
> very simple makefile.)

For a somewhat simple example, look in the
com.gumstix.collection/packages/i2c directory for an example of a c
command line program.  It's got a bit of extra stuff in it because it
also creates an init, but it will give you the general idea.

Steve

> Regards,
> Magnus Ekhall
>
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