2.3.2. Accessing Index of Releases

Yocto Project maintains an Index of Releases area that contains related files that contribute to the Yocto Project. Rather than Git repositories, these files are tarballs that represent snapshots in time of a given component.

Tip

The recommended method for accessing Yocto Project components is to use Git to clone the upstream repository and work from within that locally cloned repository. The procedure in this section exists should you desire a tarball snapshot of any given component.

Follow these steps to locate and download a particular tarball:

  1. Access the Index of Releases: Open a browser and go to http://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases to access the Index of Releases. The list represents released components (e.g. eclipse-plugin, sato, and so on).

    Note

    The yocto directory contains the full array of released Poky tarballs. The poky directory in the Index of Releases was historically used for very early releases and exists now only for retroactive completeness.

  2. Select a Component: Click on any released component in which you are interested (e.g. yocto).

  3. Find the Tarball: Drill down to find the associated tarball. For example, click on yocto-2.7 to view files associated with the Yocto Project 2.7 release (e.g. poky-warrior-22.0.0.tar.bz2, which is the released Poky tarball).

  4. Download the Tarball: Click the tarball to download and save a snapshot of the given component.