Steps to Access the BitBake Utility

Steps to Access the BitBake Utility - 2024.2 English

PetaLinux Tools Documentation: Reference Guide (UG1144)

Document ID

UG1144

Release Date

2024-11-13

Version

2024.2 English

To access the BitBake utility:

Source the PetaLinux tools script:
```
source /opt/pkg/petalinux/settings.sh
```
Run petalinux-create command to create project
```
petalinux-create project -s <PATH_TO_PETALINUX_PROJECT_BSP>
```
Run petalinux-config or petalinux-config --silentconfig at least once after creating the project to setup the required environment.
Run unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH by using below command
```
unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH
```

Source the Yocto e-SDK:

source <plnx-proj-root>/components/yocto/environment-setup-cortexa72-cortexa53-xilinx-linux

Source the environment setup script to be redirected to the build directory:
```
source <plnx-proj-root>/components/yocto/layers/poky/oe-init-build-env
```
Stay in the build directory to run BitBake
Export PROOT:
Note: PROOT PATH should not end with "/".
```
export PROOT="<path of your petalinux project directory>"
```

Parse the PetaLinux variable to recipes:

export BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS="$BB_ENV_PASSTHROUGH_ADDITIONS PETALINUX PROOT"

To test if the BitBake is available, run:
```
bitbake strace
```
The generated images are placed in the deploy directory. You have to copy the generated images into <plnx-proj-root>/images/linux directory to work with the other commands