A software repository is a directory where you can install third-party software components, as well as custom copies of drivers, libraries, and operating systems. When you add a software repository, SDK automatically infers all the components contained with the repository and makes them available for use in its environment.
Components found in any software repositories added to an SDK workspace take precedence over identical components (if any) found in the SDK installation.
Your SDK workspace can point to multiple software repositories.
An SDK repository requires a specific organization of the components. The diagram below gives an overview of how an SDK repository can be structured. Software components in your repository must belong to one of three different directories:
Within each directory, sub-directories containing the individual software components must be present.
The directory structure of an example repository is shown below. Name the top level repository directory to indicate its function in your development flow.
Software platforms
Board Support Packages
Setting up software repositories
Software Repositories dialog box
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