Mini2440 Openembedded

I made a virtual machine running (k)ubuntu
My username on this system is oe.

Make the following directory structure:

cd ~
mkdir oe
cd oe
mkdir build
mkdir sources

Install bitbake:

wget http://oss.leggewie.org/oe/deb/bitbake_1.8.18-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i bitbake_1.8.18-1_all.deb

Install some packages:

sudo apt-get install python git-core python-dev python-psyco ccache patch quilt m4 sed docbook bison build-essential 
sudo apt-get install subversion libc6-dev help2man mktemp texi2html gawk texinfo
sudo apt-get install libboost-dev autoconf automake autotools-dev docbook-dsssl docbook-utils dvipdfmx icecc 
sudo apt-get install autoconf automake autotools-dev docbook-dsssl docbook-utils dvipdfmx icecc jadetex lacheck latex-beamer 
sudo apt-get install latex-xcolor libosp5 libostyle1c2 libsgmls-perl libsp1c2 lmodern openjade pgf prosper ps2eps python-pysqlite2 
sudo apt-get install sgmlspl sp tex-common texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-base-bin-doc texlive-common texlive-doc-base 
sudo apt-get install texlive-extra-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc 
sudo apt-get install texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-recommended 
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-pstricks texlive-pstricks-doc tipajadetex lacheck 
sudo apt-get install latex-beamer latex-xcolor libosp5 libostyle1c2 libsgmls-perl libsp1c2 lmodern openjade pgf prosper 
sudo apt-get install ps2eps python-pysqlite2 sgmlspl sp tex-common texlive-base texlive-base-bin texlive-base-bin-doc 
sudo apt-get install texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-extra-utils texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-fonts-recommended-doc 
sudo apt-get install texlive-generic-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-base-doc texlive-latex-recommended 
sudo apt-get install texlive-latex-recommended-doc texlive-pstricks texlive-pstricks-doc tipa 
sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev cvs chrpath

Get the latest openembedded:

git clone git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded base
cp base/conf/local.sample base/conf/local.conf
nano base/conf/local.conf

and edit 5 lines:

- DL_DIR = "${HOME}/oe/sources"
- BBFILES = "${HOME}/oe/base/recipes/*/*.bb"
- TMPDIR = "${HOME}/oe/build"
- MACHINE = "mini2440"
- DISTRO="angstrom"
- comment (or remove) the last line

Disable dash:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure dash
and select 'no'

Start building a console image:

export BBPATH=/home/oe/oe/base
bitbake console-image

After this, you can find your compiled filesystem/kernel/uboot in

/home/oe/oe/build/deploy/glibc/images/mini2440/

Set up a TFTP/NFS with this filesystem and kernel for testing.
You can find the information about setting up a DHCP/TFTP/NFS on the Mini2440 Linux page

If you have any remarks about my tutorial, please mail me at me [a-t] noyenskenneth [d0t] be