Image Development Using Hob
- The Hob is a graphical user interface for the
+ The Hob is a graphical user interface for the
OpenEmbedded build system, which is based on BitBake.
You can use the Hob to build custom operating system images within the Yocto Project build environment.
- Hob simply provides a friendly interface over the build system used during system development.
+ Hob simply provides a friendly interface over the build system used during development.
In other words, building images with the Hob lets you take care of common build tasks more easily.
For a better understanding of Hob, see the project page at
- on the Yocto Project website.
- The page has a short introductory training video on Hob.
+
+ on the Yocto Project website.
+ If you follow the "Documention" link from the Hob page, you will
+ find a short introductory training video on Hob.
The following lists some features of Hob:
You can setup and run Hob using these commands:
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You can set the
MACHINE
for which you are building the image.
- You can modify various policy settings such as the package format used to build with,
- the parallelism BitBake uses, whether or not to build an external toolchain, and which host
- to build against.
+ You can modify various policy settings such as the
+ package format with which to build,
+ the parallelism BitBake uses, whether or not to build an
+ external toolchain, and which host to build against.
+ You can manage
layers.You can select a base image and then add extra packages for your custom build.