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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-2.0-UK
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The Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual
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Welcome
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Welcome to the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual! This manual
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introduces the Yocto Project by providing concepts, software overviews,
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best-known-methods (BKMs), and any other high-level introductory
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information suitable for a new Yocto Project user.
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Here is what you can get from this manual:
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- :ref:`overview-manual/yp-intro:introducing the yocto project`\ *:*
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This chapter provides an introduction to the Yocto Project. You will learn
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about features and challenges of the Yocto Project, the layer model,
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components and tools, development methods, the
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:term:`Poky` reference distribution, the
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OpenEmbedded build system workflow, and some basic Yocto terms.
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- :ref:`overview-manual/development-environment:the yocto project development environment`\ *:*
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This chapter helps you get started understanding the Yocto Project
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development environment. You will learn about open source, development hosts,
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Yocto Project source repositories, workflows using Git and the Yocto
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Project, a Git primer, and information about licensing.
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- :doc:`/overview-manual/concepts` *:* This
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chapter presents various concepts regarding the Yocto Project. You
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can find conceptual information about components, development,
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cross-toolchains, and so forth.
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This manual does not give you the following:
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- *Step-by-step Instructions for Development Tasks:* Instructional
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procedures reside in other manuals within the Yocto Project
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documentation set. For example, the :doc:`/dev-manual/index`
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provides examples on how to perform
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various development tasks. As another example, the
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:doc:`/sdk-manual/index` manual contains detailed
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instructions on how to install an SDK, which is used to develop
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applications for target hardware.
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- *Reference Material:* This type of material resides in an appropriate
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reference manual. For example, system variables are documented in the
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:doc:`/ref-manual/index`. As another
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example, the :doc:`/bsp-guide/index` contains reference information on
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BSPs.
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- *Detailed Public Information Not Specific to the Yocto Project:* For
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example, exhaustive information on how to use the Source Control
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Manager Git is better covered with Internet searches and official Git
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Documentation than through the Yocto Project documentation.
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Other Information
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=================
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Because this manual presents information for many different topics,
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supplemental information is recommended for full comprehension. For
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additional introductory information on the Yocto Project, see the
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:yocto_home:`Yocto Project Website <>`. If you want to build an image
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with no knowledge of Yocto Project as a way of quickly testing it out,
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see the :doc:`/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index` document.
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For a comprehensive list of links and other documentation, see the
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":ref:`Links and Related
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Documentation <resources-links-and-related-documentation>`"
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section in the Yocto Project Reference Manual.
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