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Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to generate a complete embedded Linux system, from the cross-compilation toolchain to the complete image for flashing.

Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to generate a complete embedded Linux system. Buildroot can generate any or all of a cross-compilation toolchain, a root filesystem, a kernel image and a bootloader image.

Whenever you post a question about a Buildroot build failure, please always specify the Buildroot version you're using, and attach the complete Buildroot .config file. Without these details, there is absolutely nothing that the Buildroot developers can do to help you.

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How to add my own software to a Buildroot Linux package?

I am trying to add my own program to a small linux, created with Buildroot. What I've done so far: I've created a new directory inside my 'buildroot/package/' called 'HelloWorld'. Inside 'buildroot/package/HelloWorld' I have : a Config.in,…
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How do I configure the Linux kernel within Buildroot?

I'm trying to build a rootfs for an x86 target, which is all simple enough. However I can't figure out how I configure the kernel that buildroot produces. The first run through came up with menuconfig, but it's cached the .config since then and I…
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How to clean only target in buildroot

I've messed up some files in target fs. So i would like to reassemble it. But not rebuild all. make clean just erases all output, + build directory. What command should use to delete only target directory and all related .stamp_some_step files…
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Linux-Based Firmware, how to implement a good way to update?

I'm developing a linux-based appliance using an alix 2d13. I've developed a script that takes care of creating an image file, creating the partitions, installing the boot loader (syslinux), the kernel and the initrd and, that takes care to put root…
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How do I Add a A Package To Buildroot Which Is Available In A Git Repository?

I'm making an embedded Linux system and I wanted to add the 'bluez' package (and bluetooth utilities) to the packages of the Buildroot environment. Unfortunately the tar ball seems to be unavailable but the source is available from Git repositiory…
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Project ERROR: Unknown module(s) in QT: charts

I am building a QT app using QTwidgets to run in a RaspberyPi3 with an image inside the SDcard built with buildroot. I suppose that charts are supported since they are based in QtWidgets and widgets are supported. My problem is, when i integrate…
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How to apply patches to a package in Buildroot?

I am working on an embedded system that uses buildroot as a tool for building the kernel and the root filesystem. I want to apply some patches to this kernel source tree, Can somebody tell me how buildroot apply patches?
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how to rebuild rootfs in buildroot

I am going to setup build environment to make my own linux embedded system for AT91SAM9X25 Board. I am using buildroot to do this. The make command build all targets, the first it build toolchain then packages and then rootfs and images of rootfs…
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How to add a Linux kernel driver module as a Buildroot package?

I am currently building an Embedded Linux for my Zybo Board from Xilinx. For this I use Buildroot. Now I want to add a driver, written in C, which can be used by a user program to write to some specific registers, enabling it to control some LEDs.…
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what to do with missing libgcc_s.a

cross compiling a library with buildroot using the external toolchain alias code sourcery lite 2011 resulting in output/host/opt/ext-toolchain/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/4.6.1/../../../../arm-none-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld: cannot find…
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Embedded Programming for Raspberry Pi with Fast boot

I'm a computer engineer student and I'am having problems with my new project: A small screen that show car information and such. A reeeeeally simple version of a carputer. It's been 1 month with my Raspberry pi and I can't find a solution for my…
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systemd/udev dependency failure when auto mounting separate partition during startup

EDIT: This occurs when I am trying to use a separate partition with ANY mount point, not just /var. I am using Buildroot to build an embedded linux system. I am trying to use a separate partition for /var, but this occurs for ANY mount point. My…
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what is dbus daemon and why vlc needs it

I have cross-compiled VLC (version 2.1.2) media player using buildroot for an arm board. I have connected the board to my linux PC using serial cable. When I try to run the player using "vlc" command in minicom, which is located in /usr/bin of my…
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How to get a buildroot project under source control

The company I work for develops a product that requires embedded Linux for which we use, as many other, Buildroot. In any case, I would like to get the project under source control using Git, as it is our tool for source control for all the other…
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Buildroot package management

I'm using buildroot to create a rootfs running on my ARM platform. I'd like to have a package manager on my platform to easily install packages, like apt-get in ubuntu. I found opkg, who can be simply added to the buildroot build, but I can't find…
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