Gumstix Install Package
(I encountered this my first time around couldn't bitbake a few libs or find a package that. To enable this driver and build/install it onto the gumstix? In fact, when I upload the package to the gumstix and install it, it is ok, rpm will link the service file to the 'auto start' folder.
Support On this Page. The opkg package manager can install, update and remove individual software packages, resolve dependencies between packages and report what software is installed. Here, we'll explain how to install an individual package, download an updated list of packages, see what is currently installed and manage the package repositories. Example Installing a Software Package Let's imagine that you have just finished the Bitbake tutorial. To install the helloworld-0.0.ipk package, copy this file over to your home directory the COM. $ opkg install helloworld-0.0.ipk $ hello Hello, World!
Had problems with DateTimes and also Decimals. 
Tiny modification involving copying the MediaTypeMapping from the default converter. Came across this while trying to go the other direction i.e.
Note: If you are using an older root filesystem with a verdex board, use the command ipkg in place of opkg. Installing and removing a single package with no dependencies is pretty straightforward. Fortunately, getting large packages with lots of dependencies is also simple if your COM has access to the internet. $ opkg update Downloading Inflating Updated list of available packages in /var/lib/opkg/base. $ opkg listinstalled grep gcc libgcc1 - 4.3.3-r17.1.6 $ opkg install task-native-sdk. Begin by fetching an updated list of packages from the internet, then list the packages currently installed on the system. This list is extensive, so it's helpful to filter applications with a tool like grep.
Here, we search for gcc to see if a software development kit (SDK) is available, and then use opkg to download and install one. Note: This particular package can take up to an hour to download and install, but can be rather convenient. By default, opkg uses the Gumstix repositories defined in the configurations files found under /etc/opkg/. This repository, however, does not contain all the packages you can build using OpenEmbedded. For example, we can add the armv7a base to our list of repositories. $ opkg list wc -l 17698 $ echo 'src/gz angstrom-base base' /etc/opkg/angstrom-base.conf $ opkg update. $ opkg list wc -l 21755 With your own web server you can use OpenEmbedded to host your package repository.
Do this by directing your web server to export the contents of your ipk folder in your tmp directory. The OpenEmbedded Manual explains the benefits and shortcomings of this approach andl explains how to set it up.
Anaconda Install Package
See the section of the Reference chapter (Chapter 9). This is particularly useful in collaborative environments when one computer is the dedicated OpenEmbedded build machine. Useful Repositories By default, Gumstix COMs fetch packages from the. The Angstrom distribution maintains an online showing the content of all their package repositories.