is there a short way to build a recipe for Yocto with a list of packages?

Question

I hav already a linux system running in an ubuntu distro, specifically compiled for a hummingboard (imx6); the system runs stably but since we are extending its functionality, we need to change the board. The new board has more hardware and connections available, but it runs on a yocto distribution provided by SoC the manufacturer.

I am trying to port my programs inside the new board, but given that the programs use many different libraries, I will have to add them one by one on Yocto recipe and recompile the image/repository again and then recompile my program.

I just obtained a list of all dependencies (ubuntu libraries, packages and their dependencies) that my programs require to work in the second board; there are near 200 in total so, is it possible to build a Yocto recipe with this list of libraries and packages as input? or there is a way of simplifying the task? Thank you

Answer 1

Create your own images recipe my-new-image.bb in your meta-layer like core-image-minimal.bb

Add the below lines in your new recipe

require core-image-minimal
IMAGE_INSTALL +="package1 package2 package3 package4 ....  "

or
you can add all your packages in your build/conf/local.conf file

IMAGE_INSTALL +="package1 package2 package3 .... package200"

if you use

 IMAGE_INSTALL_append =" package1 package2 package3 .... package200"

you need to give space before package1 when you use append. for "+=" no need to give space

If you have any libs in your packages you need to give package1-dev package2-dev etc.,