Bitbake available images - Shell/Bash

If you are a developer who works with the Yocto Project, then you might be familiar with Bitbake. Bitbake is a build tool that is used to build packages and images for the Yocto Project. In this guide, we will take a look at how you can find out which images are available to build using Bitbake.

Finding available images

To find out which images are available to build using Bitbake, you can run the following command in your terminal:

bitbake -h | grep image

This command will display a list of available images that you can build using Bitbake. The output should look something like this:

  meta-skeleton/images/skeleton-initramfs       : Build the Yocto initramfs image for testing purposes
  meta-skeleton/images/skeleton-live           : Build the Yocto live image for testing purposes
  meta-skeleton/images/skeleton-minimal        : Build the Yocto minimal image for testing purposes
  meta-skeleton/images/skeleton-sato           : Build the Yocto sato image for testing purposes
  meta-skeleton/images/skeleton-sdk            : Build the Yocto SDK image for testing purposes

As you can see, there are several images available to build, including an initramfs image, a live image, a minimal image, a sato image, and an SDK image.

Building an image

To build an image using Bitbake, you will need to specify the name of the image you want to build. For example, if you want to build the minimal image, you would run the following command:

bitbake <image-name>

Replace <image-name> with the name of the image you want to build. For example:

bitbake skeleton-minimal

This will start the build process for the minimal image. The process may take several minutes, depending on your system's specifications.

Conclusion

In this guide, we have learned how to find out which images are available to build using Bitbake and how to build an image using Bitbake. We hope that this guide has been helpful and that you now have a better understanding of Bitbake and the Yocto Project.