[yocto] Why RDEPENDS wont install packages in rootfs

[Burton, Ross]

On 6 October 2015 at 14:24, Vivek Per <pervivek at gmail.com> wrote:

>      I am including RDEPENDS += " <package>" variable in rootfs-image.bb
> . why RDEPENDS won't install packages in roofts. I can install packages
> through IMAGE_INSTALL.can any one tell me the  reason why RDEPENDS wont
> install packages in rootfs  .
>

Because images do not behave like packages.  Use IMAGE_INSTALL and friends
(CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL for example) to install packages into images.

Ross
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