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Avoid a library from going to final image in Yocto

I am working on building an Yocto image in which I use some Open Source libraries whiich are required only during the build time. Currently they are not part of the final image. Is there a way to make sure that they do not make it to the final image in the future also?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • I found PACKAGE_EXCLUDE to be more helpful which throws an error when the packages of the OSS libraries are being installed on the image by anyone.

    Refer the doc - https://docs.yoctoproject.org/2.5.1/ref-manual/ref-manual.html#var-PACKAGE_EXCLUDE