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| [[download-location]] |
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| ==== Location of downloaded packages |
| |
| The various tarballs that are downloaded by Buildroot are all stored |
| in +BR2_DL_DIR+, which by default is the +dl+ directory. If you want |
| to keep a complete version of Buildroot which is known to be working |
| with the associated tarballs, you can make a copy of this directory. |
| This will allow you to regenerate the toolchain and the target |
| filesystem with exactly the same versions. |
| |
| If you maintain several Buildroot trees, it might be better to have a |
| shared download location. This can be achieved by pointing the |
| +BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable to a directory. If this is |
| set, then the value of +BR2_DL_DIR+ in the Buildroot configuration is |
| overridden. The following line should be added to +<~/.bashrc>+. |
| |
| ---- |
| export BR2_DL_DIR=<shared download location> |
| ---- |
| |
| The download location can also be set in the +.config+ file, with the |
| +BR2_DL_DIR+ option. Unlike most options in the .config file, this value |
| is overridden by the +BR2_DL_DIR+ environment variable. |
