[yocto] apt-get

[Ran Shalit]

I now see that I have smart:
root at lec-imx6:~# smart
Usage: smart command [options] [arguments]

I was not familiar with "smart" command before, so that is good enough.

The image is based on fsl-image-qt5 image  (lec-imx6 from adlink)

Thanks,
Ran

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Burton, Ross <ross.burton at intel.com> wrote:
> 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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