Yocto Project - useful 'bitbake' commands

bitbake command	Description
bitbake <image>	Bake an image (add -k to continue building even errors are found in the tasks execution)
bitbake <package> -c <task>	Execute a particular package's task. Default Tasks names: fetch, unpack, patch, configure, compile, install, package, package_write, and build. Example: To (force) compiling a kernel and then build, type: $ bitbake  linux-imx -f -c compile $ bitbake linux-imx
bitbake <image > -g -u depexp	Show the package dependency for image. Example: To show all packages included on fsl-image-gui $ bitbake fsl-image-gui -g -u depexp NOTE: This command will open a UI window, so it must be execute on a console inside the host machine (either virtual or native).
bitbake <package> -c  devshell	Open a new shell where with neccesary system values already defined for package
hob	bitbake frontend/GUI.
bitbake <package> -c listtasks	List all tasks for package
bitbake virtual/kernel -c menuconfig	Interactive kernel configuration
bitbake <image> -c fetchall	Fetch sources for a particular image
bitbake-layers show-layers	Show layers
bitbake-layers show-recipes "*-image-*"	Show possible images to bake. Without "*-images-*", it shows ALL recipes
bitbake -g <image> && cat pn-depends.dot | grep -v -e '-native' | grep -v digraph | grep -v -e '-image' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq	Show image's packages
bitbake -g <pkg> && cat pn-depends.dot | grep -v -e '-native' | grep -v digraph | grep -v -e '-image' | awk '{print $1}' | sort | uniq	Show package's dependencies
bitbake –v <image> 2>&1 | tee image_build.log	Print (on console) and store verbose baking
bitbake -s | grep <pkg>	Check if certain package is present on current Yocto Setup