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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
Thanks to BitBake's client/server split there are several possibilities for graphical interaction with BitBake.  
Thanks to BitBake's client/server split there are several possibilities for graphical interaction with BitBake. At this time most development effort is being put into the hob GUI, which aims to be a general-purpose graphical tool for interactive BitBake sessions.  


== Current State ==
== Current GUI's ==
There are currently three GUI's in BitBake, the most recent of which is in the "extremely prototype" phase of development.
There are currently three GUI's in BitBake, the most recent of which is in the "extremely prototype" phase of development.


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run with: bitbake -u goggle <some-target>
run with: bitbake -u goggle <some-target>


'''hob''' - a graphical image creator
'''[[BitBake/GUI/Hob|hob]]''' - a graphical image creator
use-case: create custom images without having to edit files by hand
use-case: create custom images without having to edit files by hand


run with: bitbake -u hob
run with the wrapper script from a sourced build directory: hob
(this runs: 'bitbake -r conf/hob-pre.conf -R conf/hob-post.conf -u hob' after ensuring the passed configuration files exist)


If you play with Hob please remember it's not finised yet and report any bugs you find in the [http://bugzilla.pokylinux.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Build%20System Build System bug tracker] under the "image creator" component.
== Ideas? ==
Ideas for future GUI work are being collected [[BitBake/GUI/Future|here]]

Latest revision as of 16:00, 6 September 2011

Introduction

Thanks to BitBake's client/server split there are several possibilities for graphical interaction with BitBake. At this time most development effort is being put into the hob GUI, which aims to be a general-purpose graphical tool for interactive BitBake sessions.

Current GUI's

There are currently three GUI's in BitBake, the most recent of which is in the "extremely prototype" phase of development.

depexp - a graphical dependency explorer use-case: view task dependencies in an interactive GUI

run with: bitbake -g -u depexp <some-target>

goggle - a graphical build viewer use-case: watch build progress using a GUI, potentially easier to follow than terminal output

run with: bitbake -u goggle <some-target>

hob - a graphical image creator use-case: create custom images without having to edit files by hand

run with the wrapper script from a sourced build directory: hob (this runs: 'bitbake -r conf/hob-pre.conf -R conf/hob-post.conf -u hob' after ensuring the passed configuration files exist)

Ideas?

Ideas for future GUI work are being collected here