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''''I'm a developer, is there any technical info available from the PLi® team?'''
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==''''I'm a developer, is there any technical info available from the PLi® team?'''==
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Welcome and tell your developer friends about us
 
Welcome and tell your developer friends about us
  
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This page is about software development using OpenEmbedded-core. If you're looking for the text that used to be on the this page, it's now called developer-information-old.
 
This page is about software development using OpenEmbedded-core. If you're looking for the text that used to be on the this page, it's now called developer-information-old.
  
'''Create your own build'''
 
  
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=='''Create your own build'''==
 
See also this forum post on setting up a development environment: [http://openpli.org/forums/topic/18806-openpli-quick-setup-ubuntudebian/<span style="color:SteelBlue">http://openpli.org/forums/topic/18806-openpli-quick-setup-ubuntudebian/</span>]
 
See also this forum post on setting up a development environment: [http://openpli.org/forums/topic/18806-openpli-quick-setup-ubuntudebian/<span style="color:SteelBlue">http://openpli.org/forums/topic/18806-openpli-quick-setup-ubuntudebian/</span>]
  
 
Basically, it boils down to this:
 
Basically, it boils down to this:
  
Run Linux. Most of use use the latest Ubuntu desktop release, I suggest you do the same if you don't know what to pick.
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Run Linux. Most of us use the latest Ubuntu desktop release, I suggest you do the same, if you don't know what to pick.  
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Make sure the disk you use for the OE tree supports symbolic links, and you use at least git v1.8.0.
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Install prerequisite packages, as described here: [http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro<span style="color:SteelBlue">http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro</span>]
  
Install prerquisite packages, as described here: [http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro<span style="color:SteelBlue">http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro</span>]
 
 
For Ubuntu, that's:
 
For Ubuntu, that's:
  
sudo apt-get install sed wget cvs subversion git-core \
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  sudo apt-get install sed wget cvs subversion git-core \
 
   coreutils unzip texi2html texinfo docbook-utils \
 
   coreutils unzip texi2html texinfo docbook-utils \
 
   gawk python-pysqlite2 diffstat help2man make gcc build-essential g++ \
 
   gawk python-pysqlite2 diffstat help2man make gcc build-essential g++ \
   desktop-file-utils chrpath
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   desktop-file-utils chrpath default-jre gettext zip libssl-dev
  
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For CentOS, that's:
 +
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  sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
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    diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
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    openssl-devel zip python3 perl-Thread-Queue libstdc++-static \
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    glibc-devel.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686
  
 
Clone the openpli repository:
 
Clone the openpli repository:
git clone git:...
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git clone https://github.com/OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core.git
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or
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git clone git@github.com:OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core.git
  
 
Setup the environment
 
Setup the environment
cd openpli-oe-core
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  cd openpli-oe-core
MACHINE=xxXXXX make
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Select the branch to build from
 +
  git checkout develop
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Install the required submodules
 +
  git submodule update --init --recursive
  
 
Build your first image
 
Build your first image
MACHINE=xxXXXX make image
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  MACHINE=xxXXXX make image
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To find the valid MACHINE=xxXXXX you can have a look at the .conf file in the meta-folder of the manufacturer MMMMM:
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  cd meta-MMMMM/conf/machine
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  ls
 +
 
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===Updating===
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Before every build, update your cloned git repositories with
 +
cd openpli-oe-core
 +
make update
 +
 
 +
Note that by default, the develop branch of Enigma is used when you build an image, assuming that most "homebuild" users will want to build the latest development image.
 +
 
 +
If you want to build a release image, you need to specifcy the correct branch when building:
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  cd openpli-oe-core
 +
  git checkout release-7.2
 +
  git submodule update --init --recursive
 +
  ENIGMA2_BRANCH=release-7.2 MACHINE=xxXXXX make image
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The resulting file will be into:
 +
 
 +
  ./openpli-oe-core/build/tmp/deploy/images/xxXXXX/
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  openpli-homebuild-xxXXXX_usb.zip
 +
 
 +
=== CentOS incompatibilities ===
 +
 
 +
Note that CentOS, even CentOS 7, comes with gcc 4, which is pretty old. It is advised to use DevToolsets to switch to 7 or 8:
 +
 
 +
  sudo yum install centos-release-scl devtoolset-7 devtoolset-8
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which gives you the option to use versions 6, 7 and 8 as well. You can enable a version using "scl enable devtoolset-8".
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 +
When you want to compile OpenPLi-8+ (i.e. an image based on Yocto Zeus or higher), you need at least tar v1.28, but CentOS comes with 1.26, and bitbake refuses to run.
 +
 
 +
You can address this issue by (as root):
 +
  cd /tmp
 +
  wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/6/x86_64/media/core/release/tar-1.28-3.1.mga5.x86_64.rpm
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  rpm2cpio tar-1.28-3.1.mga5.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idcmv
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  cp /tmp/usr/bin/tar /usr/bin
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=='''Your own feed server'''==
 +
Once you've built your own image, you'd want to keep it up to date. You can just let the box update itself from your build PC using the GUI as if running a full distro.
 +
To do that, you first need to build the optional packages that go into the feed:
 +
  cd openpli-oe-core
 +
  MACHINE=xxXXXX make feed
 +
 
 +
Next, you need to install a webserver of some sort on the build PC, for example Apache2.
 +
 
 +
As an example, if you've installed apache on Ubuntu, it will share /var/www/html/ with the world. Create a feed subdirectory, and then add a symlink to the "ipk" folder of your build, for example:
 +
 
 +
  sudo mkdir /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  sudo ln -s ${HOME}/work/openpli-oe-core/build/tmp/deploy/ipk/ /var/www/html/feeds/openpli-homebuild
 +
 
 +
To tell your box about this feed location, edit your local.conf or site.conf to contain the following lines:
 +
 
 +
  FEED_NAME = "openpli-homebuild"
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  DISTRO_HOST = "mybuildpc.local"
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 +
After this, if you run a new image build, it will make the /etc/opkg/ files on the box point to your feed. After installing the built image on your box, you should be able to upgrade with opkg commands or the enigma2 GUI.
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==='''No real webserver handy?'''===
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 +
If you don't have a real webserver, like Apache or Nginx, handy, there are some other options available to serve files via http.
 +
 
 +
Using PHP 5.4+:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  php -S 0.0.0.0:80
 +
 
 +
Using Python 2.x:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80
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 +
Using Python 3.x:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  python3 -m http.server 80
 +
 
 +
Using Ruby:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  ruby -rwebrick -e'WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 80, :DocumentRoot => Dir.pwd).start'
 +
 
 +
Using Ruby 1.9.2+:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  ruby -run -ehttpd . -p80
 +
 
 +
Using Perl:
 +
  cpan HTTP::Server::Brick # one-time install of perl dependency
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  perl -MHTTP::Server::Brick -e '$s=HTTP::Server::Brick->new(port=>80); $s->mount("/"=>{path=>"."}); $s->start'
 +
 
 +
Using Busybox HTTPd:
 +
  cd /var/www/html/feeds
 +
  busybox httpd -f -p 80
 +
 
 +
NB: For ports below 1024, like the standard HTTP port 80 in the example above, you need root or administrator privileges.
 +
 
 +
=='''OpenPLi - Git commands'''==
 +
Here is the link to some basic [[git-commands | <span style="color:SteelBlue">'''git commands'''</span>]].

Revision as of 12:38, 11 August 2022

'I'm a developer, is there any technical info available from the PLi® team?

Welcome and tell your developer friends about us

Yes and welcome aboard! If you have specific question, you can use our PLi® Third Party Development forum to ask it. You will find we are most accommodating.

This page is about software development using OpenEmbedded-core. If you're looking for the text that used to be on the this page, it's now called developer-information-old.


Create your own build

See also this forum post on setting up a development environment: http://openpli.org/forums/topic/18806-openpli-quick-setup-ubuntudebian/

Basically, it boils down to this:

Run Linux. Most of us use the latest Ubuntu desktop release, I suggest you do the same, if you don't know what to pick.

Make sure the disk you use for the OE tree supports symbolic links, and you use at least git v1.8.0.

Install prerequisite packages, as described here: http://www.openembedded.org/wiki/OEandYourDistro

For Ubuntu, that's:

 sudo apt-get install sed wget cvs subversion git-core \
  coreutils unzip texi2html texinfo docbook-utils \
  gawk python-pysqlite2 diffstat help2man make gcc build-essential g++ \
  desktop-file-utils chrpath default-jre gettext zip libssl-dev

For CentOS, that's:

 sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
    diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat \
    openssl-devel zip python3 perl-Thread-Queue libstdc++-static \
    glibc-devel.i686 libgcc.i686 libstdc++-devel.i686

Clone the openpli repository:

git clone https://github.com/OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core.git

or

git clone git@github.com:OpenPLi/openpli-oe-core.git

Setup the environment

 cd openpli-oe-core

Select the branch to build from

 git checkout develop

Install the required submodules

 git submodule update --init --recursive

Build your first image

 MACHINE=xxXXXX make image

To find the valid MACHINE=xxXXXX you can have a look at the .conf file in the meta-folder of the manufacturer MMMMM:

 cd meta-MMMMM/conf/machine
 ls

Updating

Before every build, update your cloned git repositories with

cd openpli-oe-core
make update

Note that by default, the develop branch of Enigma is used when you build an image, assuming that most "homebuild" users will want to build the latest development image.

If you want to build a release image, you need to specifcy the correct branch when building:

 cd openpli-oe-core
 git checkout release-7.2
 git submodule update --init --recursive
 ENIGMA2_BRANCH=release-7.2 MACHINE=xxXXXX make image

The resulting file will be into:

 ./openpli-oe-core/build/tmp/deploy/images/xxXXXX/
 openpli-homebuild-xxXXXX_usb.zip

CentOS incompatibilities

Note that CentOS, even CentOS 7, comes with gcc 4, which is pretty old. It is advised to use DevToolsets to switch to 7 or 8:

 sudo yum install centos-release-scl devtoolset-7 devtoolset-8

which gives you the option to use versions 6, 7 and 8 as well. You can enable a version using "scl enable devtoolset-8".

When you want to compile OpenPLi-8+ (i.e. an image based on Yocto Zeus or higher), you need at least tar v1.28, but CentOS comes with 1.26, and bitbake refuses to run.

You can address this issue by (as root):

 cd /tmp
 wget https://rpmfind.net/linux/mageia/distrib/6/x86_64/media/core/release/tar-1.28-3.1.mga5.x86_64.rpm
 rpm2cpio tar-1.28-3.1.mga5.x86_64.rpm | cpio -idcmv
 cp /tmp/usr/bin/tar /usr/bin

Your own feed server

Once you've built your own image, you'd want to keep it up to date. You can just let the box update itself from your build PC using the GUI as if running a full distro. To do that, you first need to build the optional packages that go into the feed:

 cd openpli-oe-core
 MACHINE=xxXXXX make feed

Next, you need to install a webserver of some sort on the build PC, for example Apache2.

As an example, if you've installed apache on Ubuntu, it will share /var/www/html/ with the world. Create a feed subdirectory, and then add a symlink to the "ipk" folder of your build, for example:

 sudo mkdir /var/www/html/feeds
 sudo ln -s ${HOME}/work/openpli-oe-core/build/tmp/deploy/ipk/ /var/www/html/feeds/openpli-homebuild

To tell your box about this feed location, edit your local.conf or site.conf to contain the following lines:

 FEED_NAME = "openpli-homebuild"
 DISTRO_HOST = "mybuildpc.local"

After this, if you run a new image build, it will make the /etc/opkg/ files on the box point to your feed. After installing the built image on your box, you should be able to upgrade with opkg commands or the enigma2 GUI.

No real webserver handy?

If you don't have a real webserver, like Apache or Nginx, handy, there are some other options available to serve files via http.

Using PHP 5.4+:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 php -S 0.0.0.0:80

Using Python 2.x:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 python -m SimpleHTTPServer 80

Using Python 3.x:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 python3 -m http.server 80

Using Ruby:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 ruby -rwebrick -e'WEBrick::HTTPServer.new(:Port => 80, :DocumentRoot => Dir.pwd).start'

Using Ruby 1.9.2+:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 ruby -run -ehttpd . -p80

Using Perl:

 cpan HTTP::Server::Brick # one-time install of perl dependency
 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 perl -MHTTP::Server::Brick -e '$s=HTTP::Server::Brick->new(port=>80); $s->mount("/"=>{path=>"."}); $s->start'

Using Busybox HTTPd:

 cd /var/www/html/feeds
 busybox httpd -f -p 80

NB: For ports below 1024, like the standard HTTP port 80 in the example above, you need root or administrator privileges.

OpenPLi - Git commands

Here is the link to some basic git commands.