[yocto] Yocto SDK: how to deploy application with step "make install" to target?

[Eric Schwarz]

Hi Jerry,

Am 01.12.2017 15:07, schrieb Jerry Lian:

> I am new to embedded linux, and some concepts confuse me:
> * I have downloaded an Autotools-based application to run on my board.
> * If I boot the board with original image/original SDK, I normally 
> build/install it with steps:
> ----- ./bootstrap
> ----- ./configure
> ----- make
> ----- make install

You may build your app within yocto build process so your application is 
contained in your rootFS directly.

> * Now if I boot the board with yocto image without SDK, how can I 
> deploy the application?
> ---- (surely I do "bitbake -c populate_sdk some-image", and source the 
> environment!)
> 
> ----- ./bootstrap (Yocto SDK on host)
> ----- ./configure (Yocto SDK on host)
> ----- make         (Yocto SDK on host)
> ----- make install (???)

If you build it w/ the SDK outside of the yocto build process just 
install it to a local directory and copy all the stuff w/ e.g. scp onto 
your boards rootFS.

> * How to do "make install"? (I want to install it on target, but how?)
> 
> Thanks!

Cheers
Eric