libcamera-apps not present in precompiled system

After getting to know Buildroot better I have more insight into the problem. It seems that for a package to be included in staging (where headers are present) there needs to be a line in it’s .mk file specifying it - ${PKG}_INSTALL_STAGING.

It seems that this option is not configurable through make menuconfig, so I wonder whether it’s possible to modify/override .mk files from the level of nerves configuraiton without modifying the buildroot release that nerves downloads? I tried using external.mk, but the building process doesn’t allow for two .mk files with the same name.

Thanks!

just for understanding
the libcamera and libcamera packages from the menueconfig don’t work?

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did you follow:
After make menuconfig: Run make savedefconfig ?

try that for yourselfe

iex(5)> cmd(“cd lib && ls”)
vintage_net_wifi-0.11.7
vintage_net_ethernet-0.11.2
vintage_net_direct-0.10.7
vintage_net-0.13.5
uboot_env-1.0.1
toolshed-0.3.1
stdlib-5.1.1
ssh_subsystem_fwup-0.6.1
ssh-5.0.1
shoehorn-0.9.1
sasl-4.2.1
runtime_tools-2.0
ring_logger-0.10.5
public_key-1.14.1
property_table-0.2.4
one_dhcpd-2.0.2
nerves_uevent-0.1.0
nerves_time-0.4.6
nerves_ssh-0.4.3
nerves_runtime-0.13.6
nerves_pack-0.7.0
nerves_motd-0.1.13
nerves_logging-0.2.2
muontrap-1.3.2
mdns_lite-0.8.8
logger-1.15.6
libcameras-0.1.0
kernel-9.1
iex-1.15.6
gen_state_machine-3.0.0
elixir-1.15.6
crypto-5.3
compiler-8.4.1
circular_buffer-0.4.1
beam_notify-1.1.0
asn1-5.2
0

iex(20)> System.cmd(“libcamera-raw”, [“-h”])
Valid options for libcamera-raw:

• -h [ --help ]: Print this help message.
• --version: Displays the build version number.
• --list-cameras: Lists the available cameras attached to the system.
• --camera: Chooses the camera to use. To list the available indexes, use the --list-cameras option.
• -v [ --verbose ]: Set verbosity level. Level 0 is no output, 1 is default, 2 is verbose.
• -c [ --config ]: Read the options from a file. Defaults to config.txt if no filename is specified. Only long form options are allowed in the config file.
• --info-text: Sets the information string on the titlebar. Available values include %frame (frame number), %fps (framerate), %exp (shutter speed), %ag (analogue gain), %dg (digital gain), %rg (red color gain), %bg (blue color gain), %focus (focus FoM value), %aelock (AE locked status), %lp (lens position, if known), %afstate (AF state, if supported).
• --width: Set the output image width (0 = use default value).
• --height: Set the output image height (0 = use default value).
• -t [ --timeout ]: Time (in ms) for which program runs.
• -o [ --output ]: Set the output file name.
• --post-process-file: Set the file name for configuring the post-processing.
• --rawfull: Force use of full resolution raw frames.
• -n [ --nopreview ]: Do not show a preview window.
• -p [ --preview ]: Set the preview window dimensions, given as x,y,width,height e.g. 0,0,640,480.
• -f [ --fullscreen ]: Use a fullscreen preview window.
• --qt-preview: Use Qt-based preview window (WARNING: causes heavy CPU load, fullscreen not supported).
• --hflip: Request a horizontal flip transform.
• --vflip: Request a vertical flip transform.
• --rotation: Request an image rotation, 0 or 180.
• --roi: Set region of interest (digital zoom) e.g. 0.25,0.25,0.5,0.5.
• --shutter: Set a fixed shutter speed in microseconds.
• --analoggain: Set a fixed gain value (synonym for ‘gain’ option).
• --gain: Set a fixed gain value.
• --metering: Set the metering mode (centre, spot, average, custom).
• --exposure: Set the exposure mode (normal, sport).
• --ev: Set the EV exposure compensation, where 0 = no change.
• --awb: Set the AWB mode (auto, incandescent, tungsten, fluorescent, indoor, daylight, cloudy, custom).
• --awbgains: Set explicit red and blue gains (disable the automatic AWB algorithm).
• --flush: Flush output data as soon as possible.
• --wrap: When writing multiple output files, reset the counter when it reaches this number.
• --brightness: Set the brightness.

I have libcamera-apps executables available in the target system and I am also able to enable or disable them in the menuconfig (as is shown in the screenshot). The thing I am intersted in are libcamera-apps headers that would allow me to write NIFs that use the libcamera-apps API. As far as I’m aware to get access to them the package would need to be installed to staging, which is enabled by setting LIBCAMERA_APPS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES in the libcamera-apps.mk file before compiling the system.

Right now I worked around it by just invoking libcamera-vid using an Elixir Port and getting the stream from stdout, but I’m still interested whether libcamera-apps headers can be installed to staging without too much effort.

ok you clearly have a far better understanding than i have.
i just use raspistill with cmd.
because i got an error with libcamera that i use legacy camera setup.