Setting Up A Local Repository For An Arm Package

radiodee1 · 12-04-2011, 05:31 AM

Hi,

I'm trying to set up an embedded system for an arm processor. The device is an iPaq H5550. So far I've used multistrap to create a file system, and the Code Sourcery cross compiler to build an arm kernel. Now I want to install the kernel on the file system and then I will use 'mkfs.jffs2' to create a jffs2 file to download to my device. (the file system is a detail I include just for completeness.) I've never done this before, so I don't know how it's going to turn out, but I had a question that I wanted to ask here.

I want to use debian for the source of my embedded system. Is there an easy way to install the package that was created for the custom kernel when I want to put it in its place in the arm file system? I have been considering making my own custom repository with the tool called 'reprepro'. A link for using reprepro is here:

http://wiki.debian.org/SettingUpSign...ryWithReprepro

I just feel like it's a lot of work to set up a debian repository for just one file, but it seems that using any other method won't work because it's an arm file system. On my system, for example, I would normally use 'dpkg -i <package-name>'.

Thanks.

theNbomr · 12-04-2011, 10:20 AM

It seems to me that you are making a lot of work out of something that should be nothing more that a file copying issue. Build your applications and whatever software, copy them to the target filesystem, and you're done. If you need to track changes, use a revision control system. Am I missing something?

--- rod.