How to determine dependencies of recipes in yocto?

Question

I want to add gedit to the the image. But i am not able to find the dependencies of gedit package. How to find the dependencies (DEPENDS) in yocto.

Answer 1

You can use the following command which opens up a Dependency explorer that displays dependencies on the packages:

bitbake -g recipe-name -u depexp

or bitbake -g gedit -u depexp, in your case.

On pyro and later use:

bitbake -g recipe-name -u taskexp

Note: this command needs python-gtk2 installed.

Answer 2

You can also use Toaster, which is a web UI that collects information about what you build, including dependencies. This video shows the dependency information provided:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6dx4huNnw

Details on how to set up and use Toaster at

https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/latest/toaster-manual/toaster-manual.html