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Creating your own layer
Description: Create a new layer and add files to the Yocto image.Tutorial Level: INTERMEDIATE
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create your own layer
This example will add a custom .bashrc file to the image.
- cd ..
yocto-layer create mine cd meta-mine mkdir recipes-mine cd recipes-mine mkdir envfiles cd envfiles mkdir envfiles-0.1
Edit a new file called "envfiles_0.1.bb":
DESCRIPTION = "Environment customizations"
SECTION = "examples"
LICENSE = "MIT"
LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/MIT;md5=0835ade698e0bcf8506ecda2f7b4f302"
FILES_${PN} += "/home/root/.bashrc"
PR = "r0"
SRC_URI = "file://bashrc_root"
S = "${WORKDIR}"
do_install() {
mkdir -p ${D}/home/root
cp ${S}/bashrc_root ${D}/home/root/.bashrcAlso create envfiles-0.1/bashrc_root:
# this is the bashrcfile from my yocto recipe
PS1="[\[\033[01;33m\]\u@\h \W\[\033[00m\]]$ "
if [ -n "$SSH_CLIENT" ]; then
PS1="[\[\033[01;34m\]\u@\h \W\[\033[00m\]] \[\033[01;31m\]#\[\033[00m\] "
fi