1.1. Welcome

Welcome to the Yocto Project Reference Manual. This manual provides reference information for the current release of the Yocto Project. This manual is best used after you have an understanding of the basics of the Yocto Project. The manual is neither meant to be read as a starting point to the Yocto Project nor read from start to finish. Use this manual to find concepts, variable definitions, class descriptions, and so forth as needed during the course of using the Yocto Project.

For introductory information on the Yocto Project, see the Yocto Project Website and the "Introducing the Yocto Project Development Environment" section.

If you want to use the Yocto Project to test run building an image without having to understand concepts, work through the Yocto Project Quick Start. You can find "how-to" information in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.

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For more information about the Yocto Project Documentation set, see the "Links and Related Documentation" section.