[yocto] apt-get

[Ran Shalit]

I've added in local.conf both:
PACKAGE_CLASSES = "package_rpm"
IMAGE_FEATURES += "package-management"

Yet, I don't have yum command, only rpm command.

Regards,
Ran

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:25 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> (adding yocto@ back to CC)
>
> I don't know where you saw that but that is very wrong.
>
> Set PACKAGE_CLASSES to the package manager that you want to use.  If you
> want to use opkg, then PACKAGE_CLASSES should be package_ipk (historical
> naming).  If you want opkg to be present in the images ensure IMAGE_FEATURES
> contains package-management.
>
> PACKAGE_CLASSES controls what package formats are generated, and multiple
> are supported for flexibility and testing purposes.  For real world use
> there's no need to have more than one.  The first entry is the package type
> that is actually used in the rootfs generation.
>
> package-management needs to be in IMAGE_FEATURES to both get the tools
> installed (opkg in your case, apt-get for dpkg, yum for rpm) and to keep the
> package management database on the disk.  By removing package-management
> from IMAGE_FEATURES all traces of the package manager will be removed from
> the rootfs, which is useful if you don't want to support on-target use of
> the package manager.
>
> Ross
>
> On 9 November 2017 at 06:45, Ran Shalit <ranshalit at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We also consider using opkg.
>>
>> Now, I have some confusion as to how to install opkg.
>> I see in some documentation that it should be installed as following:
>>
>> PACKAGE_CLASSES ?= "package_rpm package_ipk"
>> IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " opkg "
>>
>> Does it mean there are 2 package managers active ?
>> How can we know which of them is active ?
>>
>>
>> If "?=" means that it shall be defined only if not defined previously,
>> so if it is already defined as  package_rpm , it might not install
>> package_ipk?
>> Doesn't it mean that "opkg" might be installed without the required
>> package_ipk ?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ran
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Set PACKAGE_CLASSES to package_deb, and then ensure IMAGE_FEATURES
>> > includes
>> > package-management.
>> >
>> > Ross
>> >
>> > On 8 November 2017 at 19:16, Ran Shalit <ranshalit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hello,
>> >>
>> >> Is there a way to add "apt-get" command (and package manager) in yocto
>> >> ?
>> >>
>> >> Thank you,
>> >> Ran
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