<title>Reference: Images</title>
<para>
- Poky has several standard images covering most people's standard needs. A full
- list of image targets can be found by looking in the directories
- <filename class="directory"> meta/recipes-core/images/</filename>,
- <filename class="directory"> meta/recipes-extended/images/</filename>,
- <filename class="directory"> meta/recipes-sato/images/</filename> and
- <filename class="directory"> meta/recipes-tbd/meta/</filename>. The standard
- images are listed below along with details of what they contain:
+ Poky has several standard images covering most people's standard needs.
+ Use the following command to list the supported images:
+ <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+ $ ls meta*/recipes*/images/*.bb
+ </literallayout>
+ Images are listed below along with details of what they contain:
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<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>poky-image-minimal</emphasis> - A small image, just enough
- to allow a device to boot
+ <emphasis>poky-image-minimal</emphasis> - A small image just capable
+ of allowing a device to boot.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>poky-image-base</emphasis> - console only image with full
- support of target device hardware
+ <emphasis>poky-image-base</emphasis> - A console-only image that fully
+ supports the target device hardware.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>poky-image-core</emphasis> - X11 image with simple apps like
- terminal, editor and file manager
+ <emphasis>poky-image-core</emphasis> - An X11 image with simple
+ applications such as terminal, editor, and file manager.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>poky-image-sato</emphasis> - X11 image with Sato theme and
- Pimlico applications. Also contains terminal, editor and file manager.
+ <emphasis>poky-image-sato</emphasis> - An X11 image with Sato theme and
+ Pimlico applications.
+ The image also contains terminal, editor, and file manager.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>poky-image-sdk</emphasis> - X11 image like poky-image-sato but
- also include native toolchain and libraries needed to build applications
- on the device itself. Also includes testing and profiling tools and debug
- symbols.
+ <emphasis>poky-image-sato-dev</emphasis> - An X11 image similar to
+ poky-image-sato but
+ also includes a native toolchain and libraries needed to build applications
+ on the device itself. The image also includes testing and profiling tools
+ as well as debug symbols. This image was formerly poky-image-sdk.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>meta-toolchain</emphasis> - This generates a tarball containing
- a standalone toolchain which can be used externally to Poky. It is self
- contained and unpacks to the <filename class="directory">/opt/poky</filename>
- directory. It also contains a copy of QEMU and the scripts necessary to run
+ <emphasis>poky-image-lsb</emphasis> - An image suitable for implementations
+ that conform to Linux Standard Base (LSB).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>meta-toolchain</emphasis> - This image generates a tarball
+ that contains a stand-alone toolchain that can be used externally to Poky.
+ The tarball is self-contained and unpacks to the
+ <filename class="directory">/opt/poky</filename> directory.
+ The tarball also contains a copy of QEMU and the scripts necessary to run
poky QEMU images.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <emphasis>meta-toolchain-sdk</emphasis> - This includes everything in
+ <emphasis>meta-toolchain-sdk</emphasis> - This image includes everything in
meta-toolchain but also includes development headers and libraries
- forming a complete standalone SDK. See the <link linkend='platdev-appdev-external-sdk'>
+ to form a complete standalone SDK.
+ See the <link linkend='platdev-appdev-external-sdk'>
External Development Using the Poky SDK</link> section for more information.
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