Chapter 10. devtool Quick Reference

Table of Contents

10.1. Getting Help
10.2. The Workspace Layer Structure
10.3. Adding a New Recipe to the Workspace Layer
10.4. Extracting the Source for an Existing Recipe
10.5. Synchronizing a Recipe's Extracted Source Tree
10.6. Modifying an Existing Recipe
10.7. Edit an Existing Recipe
10.8. Updating a Recipe
10.9. Upgrading a Recipe
10.10. Resetting a Recipe
10.11. Building Your Recipe
10.12. Building Your Image
10.13. Deploying Your Software on the Target Machine
10.14. Removing Your Software from the Target Machine
10.15. Creating the Workspace Layer in an Alternative Location
10.16. Get the Status of the Recipes in Your Workspace
10.17. Search for Available Target Recipes

The devtool command-line tool provides a number of features that help you build, test, and package software. This command is available alongside the bitbake command. Additionally, the devtool command is a key part of the extensible SDK.

This chapter provides a Quick Reference for the devtool command. For more information on how to apply the command when using the extensible SDK, see the "Using the Extensible SDK" section in the Yocto Project Software Development Kit (SDK) Developer's Guide.