This is what i should have done to begin with! The instructions are very similar to previous ones except this time we clone the right git repository!
On a fresh copy of Fedora 11 I updated the system and installed the packages reccommended by OE:
su -c “yum install python m4 make wget curl ftp cvs subversion tar bzip2 gzip unzip
python-psyco perl texinfo texi2html diffstat openjade docbook-style-dsssl
docbook-style-xsl docbook-dtds docbook-utils sed bison bc glibc-devel glibc-static
gcc binutils pcre pcre-devel git quilt groff linuxdoc-tools patch linuxdoc-tools
gcc-c++ help2man perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker”
I then made a folder called OE in my home directory and git cloned the mini2440 repo:
cd ~
mkdir OE
cd OE
git clone git://repo.or.cz/openembedded/mini2440.git openembedded
I then setup the source-me.txt similar to before:
gedit source-me.txt
I put the following in:
export OETREE="/home/doug/OE"
BBPATH=${OETREE}/:${OETREE}/openembedded/
echo Setting up dev env for Ångström
if [ -z ${ORG_PATH} ] ; then
ORG_PATH=${PATH}
export ORG_PATH
fi
if [ -z ${ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ] ; then
ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
fi
PATH=${OETREE}/openembedded/bitbake/bin:${ORG_PATH}
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH BBPATH
export LANG=C
export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="MACHINE DISTRO OETREE ANGSTROM_MODE ANGSTROMLIBC LIBC"
su -c 'sysctl vm.mmap_min_addr=0'
echo "Altered environment for OE Development"
Now all you need to do is setup the local.conf. Simply edit the example and copy it to the right place:
cd openembedded
gedit mini2440_local_conf_example.conf
Read this file and edit as appropriate. I have attached mine as an example. Now copy it to the conf/local.conf
cp mini2440_local_conf_example.conf conf/local.conf
If you want qt4-embedded or any other package included in the build simply edit the recipe in:
openembedded/recipes/images/mini2440-image.bb
I added qt4-embedded:
#Angstrom bootstrap image
IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND = "create_etc_timestamp"
ANGSTROM_EXTRA_INSTALL ?= ""
DEPENDS = "task-base-extended
psplash-zap
esekeyd u-boot-utils tslib
i2c-tools i2c screen rsync nfs-utils
directfb gdbserver directfb mtd-utils
"
IMAGE_INSTALL = "task-base-extended
${ANGSTROM_EXTRA_INSTALL}
psplash-zap qt4-embedded
esekeyd u-boot-utils tslib-calibrate tslib-tests
i2c-tools i2c screen rsync nfs-utils-client
directfb gdbserver directfb mtd-utils
rsvg pango
"
export IMAGE_BASENAME = "mini2440-image"
IMAGE_LINGUAS = ""
inherit image
Then all you have to do is source the script from wherever you put it:
source source-me.txt
and run bitbake:
bitbake mini2440-image
from the ~/OE/openembedded/ directory..
If you get an error trying to build a package try cleaning it:
bitbake -c clean INSERTPACKAGENAME
Then try and build the image again. Maybe you won't have this problem. I guess it's either because the checksum parser failed to build or my hdd is dodgy. It only happened once on binutils but worked fine after cleaning it.
A few hours later if all goes well you should have images in:
~/OE/oetmp/deploy/glibc/images/mini2440/
Obviously that directory depends on what you setup in the local.conf.
Good luck!
Please Note: I noticed a few people were having trouble with the Angstrom build using Doug's article, so I thought I'd post the exact method I used (which seemed to work!) so others can retrace my steps with out confusing anyone by editing the previous article! If you have already successfully baked an Angstrom image please ignore this post!
First off I'd like to point out that this article is essentially an amalgamation of the Open Embedded Wiki (Getting Started) and Angstrom's 'Building Angstrom' articles but in context relating to the mini2440 Embedded PC. If you would like a more detailed and probably better written explanation please refer to these two articles.
Make sure you have the packages needed for Open Embedded(OE) by visiting here and looking under the section relating to your distro. Running fedora 11 I did:
su -c "yum install python m4 make wget curl ftp cvs subversion tar bzip2 gzip unzip
python-psyco perl texinfo texi2html diffstat openjade docbook-style-dsssl
docbook-style-xsl docbook-dtds docbook-utils sed bison bc glibc-devel glibc-static
gcc binutils pcre pcre-devel git quilt groff linuxdoc-tools patch linuxdoc-tools
gcc-c++ help2man perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker"
Getting down to business...
Open up a terminal. Issue these commands:
su -
mkdir -p /stuff2/build/conf
chmod 777 -Rf /stuff2/
exit
cd /stuff2/
Download latest bitbake from here and extract the bitbake directory in the archive (eg. bitbake-1.8.16) to /stuff2/
A few more commands:
mv bitbake-1.8.16/ bitbake
git clone git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded
cp openembedded/conf/local.conf.sample build/conf/local.conf
Edit the config you have just copied using your favourite text editor.
gedit build/conf/local.conf
It is important that you read the config carefully so that you understand what everything does...
Next edit it to look something like this (which is just a slightly modified version of openembedded/contrib/angstrom/local.conf) :
Note: Do not copy and paste from this article due to formatting issues. You can download a pre-made local.conf here.Just extract to /stuff2/build/conf/ ...
MACHINE = "mini2440"
# Where to store sources
DL_DIR = "/stuff2/downloads"
INHERIT += " rm_work "
# Make sure you have these installed
ASSUME_PROVIDED += "gdk-pixbuf-csource-native imagemagick-native librsvg-native"
# Which files do we want to parse:
BBFILES := "/stuff2/openembedded/recipes/\*/\*.bb"
BBMASK = ""
# What kind of images do we want?
IMAGE_FSTYPES += " tar.bz2 "
# Set TMPDIR instead of defaulting it to $pwd/tmp
TMPDIR = "/stuff2/${DISTRO}-dev"
# Make use of SMP and fast disks
PARALLEL_MAKE = "-j2"
BB_NUMBER_THREADS = "2"
#tinderbox
#INHERIT += "oestats-client"
OESTATS_BUILDER = "myname"
DISTRO = "angstrom-2008.1"
Save and exit the editor. Download this script and move it to the directory /stuff2/ .
Check it is ok:
gedit /stuff2/source-me.txt
It should look something like this:
export OETREE="/stuff2"
export PATH=/stuff2/bitbake/bin:$PATH
BBPATH=${OETREE}/:${OETREE}/build/:${OETREE}/openembedded/
PKGDIR=${OETREE}/build/
DL_DIR=${OETREE}/downloads
echo Setting up dev env for Ångström
if [ -z ${ORG_PATH} ] ; then
ORG_PATH=${PATH}
export ORG_PATH
fi
if [ -z ${ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH} ] ; then
ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
export ORG_LD_LIBRARY_PATH
fi
PATH=${OETREE}/openembedded/bitbake/bin:${ORG_PATH}
cd $PKGDIR
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
export PATH LD_LIBRARY_PATH BBPATH
export LANG=C
export BB_ENV_EXTRAWHITE="MACHINE DISTRO OETREE ANGSTROM_MODE ANGSTROMLIBC LIBC"
echo "Altered environment for OE Development"
save, and start the script:
cd /stuff2/
source source-me.txt
cd ../openembedded
one last update:
git pull
Issue a few commands to fix build issues:
su
sysctl vm.mmap_min_addr=0
setenforce 0 (Fixes an SELINUX problem during building)
exit
issue build commands:
bitbake base-image ; bitbake console-image ; bitbake x11-image
Be prepared to saturate your internet connection, wait a long time and take up a lot of disk space! The result ends up in:
stuff2/angstrom-dev/deploy/glibc/images/mini2440
You should have the image(s) in .jffs2 for flashing and .tar.gz for mounting using NFS.