<para>
The following list shows the required packages by function
given a supported CentOS Linux distribution:
- <note>
- For CentOS 6.x, some of the versions of the components
- provided by the distribution are too old (e.g. Git, Python,
- and tar).
- It is recommended that you install the buildtools in order
- to provide versions that will work with the OpenEmbedded
- build system.
- For information on how to install the buildtools tarball,
- see the
- "<link linkend='required-git-tar-and-python-versions'>Required Git, Tar, and Python Versions</link>"
- section.
- </note>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><emphasis>Essentials:</emphasis>
Packages needed to build an image for a headless
</literallayout>
<note><title>Notes</title>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>
- CentOS 6.x users need to ensure that the
- required versions of Git, tar and Python
- are available.
- For details, See the
- "<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#required-git-tar-and-python-versions'>Required Git, tar, and Python Versions</ulink>"
- section in the Yocto Project Reference
- Manual for information.
- </para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
(i.e. <filename>epel-release</filename>)