Using supported package formats
From a Yocto Project perspective, a recipe may generate one or more output packages. A package wraps a set of files and metadata in a way that makes them available in the future. They can be installed into one or more images or deployed for later use.
Packages are critical to Poky, as they enable the build system to produce diverse types of artifacts, such as images and toolchains.
List of supported package formats
Currently, BitBake supports four different package formats:
- Red Hat Package Manager (RPM): Originally named Red Hat Package Manager but now known as the RPM package format since its adoption by several other Linux distributions, this is a popular format in use in Linux distributions such as SuSE, OpenSuSE, Red Hat, Fedora, and CentOS.
- Debian Package Manager (DEB): This is a widespread format used in Debian and several other Debian-based distributions – Ubuntu Linux and Linux Mint are the most widely known.
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