Get YOCTO version of balenaOS image

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Hi, Balena team.

Do you have a list of yocto versions that are used to build the balenaOS images?

For example, I have noticed that suface-go 2.54.2+rev1 image uses yocto 5.2.10.
But up-board 2.54.2+rev1 image uses yocto 4.14.76?

The full list of the yocto version for each balenaOS image would be really helpful.

Cheers,
Shane.

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Hey Shane, thats an interesting question. What exactly do you need that info for and how would you make use of it if available? I think currently there isn’t an easy way to get this, however, the yocto version names are listed on each device type in https://balena-io.github.io/balenaosversions/ . My colleague also put together a toy project here: https://balena-io-playground.github.io/balenaos-manifest/ which allows one to browse all the packages and their versions included in each OS version for a device type, which is why I asked about what you want to use the yocto version for, since I assume you are trying to figure out exact versions of specific components?

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Hi, @shaunmulligan
Thanks for your quick reply!

Yeah, I want the exact YOCTO version to install the nvidia driver manually.
Please check the Dockerfile in this thread: Enable GPU on Container

It needs the exact yocto version!

Cheers,
Shane.

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since you want to select based on kernel version, why not have a script that does something like this:

case "$(uname -r)" in
5.2.10*)   echo "5.x" ;;
4.14.76*)  echo "4.x" ;;
*)         echo "EINVAL" ;; 
esac
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Aha, yes.

I can use that. Thanks for your tip! :+1: