Adding New RPM Packages in meta-petalinux

meta-petalinux supports various packages for Xilinx architectures.

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However there might be a use-case when a user wants to add additional packages to create a rpm feed channel

Step-by-step guide

Add the steps involved:

1. meta-petalinux should be setup for Yocto build setup

   • Please refer to Getting Started With Yocto using Repo to build RPM Packages

2. For example we want to add wireless-tools package to Zynq/ZynqMP architecture

   • wireless-tools is a recipe present in Yocto project for supporting tools for Linux Standard Wireless Extension Subsystem

   • http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/plain/meta/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_30.pre9.bb

3. In meta-petalinux, packagegroup-petalinux.bb contains the information about all the packages being built for each architecture

   • https://github.com/Xilinx/meta-petalinux/blob/rel-v2016.1/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-petalinux.bb

   • Lets add the desired package at the end of ZYNQ_EXTRAS

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    • ZYNQ_EXTRAS = " \ bonnie++ \ hdparm \ iperf \ libattr \ libinput \ opencv \ python-multiprocessing \ python-numpy \ python-scons \ python-shell \ python-threading \ python-smartpm \ smartmontools \ v4l-utils \ yavta \ libmetal \ wireless-tools \ "

    • save the file

    • bitbake to get the new RPM

    • $ MACHINE=<architecture>-generic bitbake petalinux-image

  • find -name "wireless-tools*rpm" in /tmp/deploy/rpm to verify it is built

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