Overview

This wiki page walks through the detailed steps of a adding python packages on buildroot

Steps

Step 1: Locate the python package that you wish to add from this website python package

For example, let us add a package called pyfingerprint

We are going to choose the latest version here.

Step 2:

• Once you make sure that the python package you are looking for is available, create a folder in base_external/package
• The folder name should be "python_packagename" - for example "python_pyfingerprint" --> in lower case
• Add 3 files within this newly created folder.

1. Config.in
2. python_packagename.hash
3. python_packagename.mk

eg:

1. Config.in
2. python_pyfingerprint.mk
3. pyhton_pyfingerprint.hash

Step 3: Fill the config file with below details related to your package

config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT
	bool "python-pyfingerprint"
	help
	  This package includes pyfingerprint python package.
	  Helps to understand buildroot external trees and package builds.

Step 4: Fill hash files with these details

#md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pyfingerprint/json
md5    d10cd6f44c4208e655fc3a1bf87f873e  pyfingerprint-1.5.tar.gz
sha256    62d84c1f3adb77b39d0568ff971861423a27925d29ce60d7997285ba63e78a4f  pyfingerprint-1.5.tar.gz

you can find the md5 and sha256 in download file page https://pypi.org/project/pyfingerprint/#files -> view hashes

Add package name and version in tar.gz format at the end.

Step 5: Fill in makefile with these details

################################################################################
#
#python-pyfingerprint
#
################################################################################

PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_VERSION = 1.5
PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_SOURCE = pyfingerprint-$(PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_VERSION).tar.gz
PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3f/73/236c50506208cec1987925f68d979bb7e4839f84f13c01622db7d021f338
PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_LICENSE = D-FSL
PYTHON_PYFINGERPRINT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE

$(eval $(python-package))

• You can find the version in the website
• add the download link in the place of site. looks like this -> https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3f/73/236c50506208cec1987925f68d979bb7e4839f84f13c01622db7d021f338/pyfingerprint-1.5.tar.gz

remove the tar.gz at the end - https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3f/73/236c50506208cec1987925f68d979bb7e4839f84f13c01622db7d021f338

• If setup types is not explicitly mentioned in the website, then it will usually be setuptools
• License type will be mentioned in the website

Step 6: After making the necessary changes,

• Add this python package in makemenu->external options
• Also add the python package in base_external/Config.in For eg:

source "$BR2_EXTERNAL_project_base_PATH/package/python-pyfingerprint/Config.in"

Step 7:

• do

./save-config.sh

followed by

./build.sh

• verify that the python package is added in config/defconfig file. You are good to go!