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

[Jerry Lian]

Thanks Philip!
I will try "sshfs" later. Right now using copy (via scp) works fine for
both "make install" and "make modules_install", and my application runs.





On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Philip Balister <philip at balister.org> wrote:

> On 12/01/2017 10:15 AM, Jerry Lian wrote:
> > Thanks Eric for your explanation!
> > * (I know I can build the app within yocto build, but sometimes I prefer
> > the SDK method outside yocto build.)
> > * So just copy manually? I thought there are some tricks  that I don't
> know.
> >
> > Now I have follow-up question:
> > * It seems that "make install" will copy different files to different
> > folders
> > * Can I do like these:?
> > --- make
> > --- copy (via scp)
> > --- make install
> > * Or it needs to be:
> > --- make
> > --- make install
> > --- copy (via scp) -----then how do I know: what files to go which
> folder?
> > --- can you explain:
> >     "... you may supply a custom install prefix directory to configure."
> > --- how?
>
> I've used sshfs to mount the target on the machine with the sdk and then
> something like:
>
> make install DESTDIR=~/mydevice
>
> From:
>
> https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/Cross_compile_an_
> OOT_and_install_on_target
>
> Philip
>
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 9:34 AM, Eric Schwarz <eas at sw-optimization.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Am 01.12.2017 15:16, schrieb 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.
> >>>
> >>
> >> ... you may supply a custom install prefix directory to configure.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> * How to do "make install"? (I want to install it on target, but how?)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Eric
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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