Adding yocto packages

Adding packages to the Yocto build

General

Packages and package groups can be added to image recipes. See the Yocto Development manual for how to customize an image:http://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/current/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#usingpoky-extend-customimage-imagefeatures

Adding a package to the local build of the BSP:

• Search for the corresponding recipe and which layer the recipe is in. This link is a useful tool for doing so:http://layers.openembedded.org/layerindex/branch/jethro/layers/

If the package is in the meta-openembedded layer, the recipe is already available in your build tree.
Add the following line to $YOCTO_DIR/build/conf/local.conf:

IMAGE_INSTALL_append = " <package>"

Note: The leading white-space between the " and the package name is necessary for the append command.

If you need to add a layer to the BSP, clone or extract it to the $YOCTO_DIR/sources/ directory. Then, modify $YOCTO_DIR/build/conf/bblayers.conf to include this new layer in BBLAYERS:

BBLAYERS += "${BSPDIR}/sources/<new_layer>"