size, which downloads and installs quickly.
You need to realize, though, that the minimal installer does not
install any libraries or tools out of the box.
- These must be installed either "on the fly" or through actions you
- perform using <filename>devtool</filename> or explicitly with the
- <filename>devtool sdk-install</filename> command.
+ These libraries and tools must be installed either "on the fly" or
+ through actions you perform using <filename>devtool</filename> or
+ explicitly with the <filename>devtool sdk-install</filename> command.
</para>
<para>
- In most cases, when building a minimal SDK you will need to also enable
+ In most cases, when building a minimal SDK you need to also enable
bringing in the information on a wider range of packages produced by
the system.
- This is particularly true so that <filename>devtool add</filename>
- is able to effectively map dependencies it discovers in a source tree
- to the appropriate recipes.
- Also so that the <filename>devtool search</filename> command
- is able to return useful results.
+ Requiring this wider range of information is particularly true
+ so that <filename>devtool add</filename> is able to effectively map
+ dependencies it discovers in a source tree to the appropriate recipes.
+ Additionally, the information enables the
+ <filename>devtool search</filename> command to return useful results.
</para>
<para>
- To facilitate this wider range of information, you would additionally
+ To facilitate this wider range of information, you would need to
set the following:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
SDK_INCLUDE_PKGDATA = "1"
<ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#var-SDK_INCLUDE_TOOLCHAIN'><filename>SDK_INCLUDE_TOOLCHAIN</filename></ulink>
variable to "1".
In particular, it is useful to include the toolchain when you
- have set <filename>SDK_EXT_TYPE</filename> to
- "minimal", which by default, excludes the toolchain.
+ have set <filename>SDK_EXT_TYPE</filename> to "minimal", which by
+ default, excludes the toolchain.
Also, it is helpful if you are building a small SDK for use with
an IDE, such as <trademark class='trade'>Eclipse</trademark>, or some
other tool where you do not want to take extra steps to install a