[yocto] apt-get

[Burton, Ross]

What release?  Until recently we used smart not yum.

Ross

On 9 November 2017 at 14:56, Ran Shalit <ranshalit at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
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