# error in bitbake \<target\>

**URL:** <https://forums.digi.com/t/error-in-bitbake-target/15155>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** bitbake\
**Created:** [July 23, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/error-in-bitbake-target/15155 "2015-07-23T17:29:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![susangracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@susangracer](https://forums.digi.com/u/susangracer)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/error-in-bitbake-target/15155/1 "2015-07-23T17:29:51Z")

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while executing bitbake meta-toolchain i got error

ERROR: Error parsing configuration files  
Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/fsl-release-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py”, line 239, in CookerDataBuilder.parseBaseConfiguration():  
try:  
\> self.parseConfigurationFiles(self.prefiles, self.postfiles)  
except SyntaxError:  
File “/fsl-release-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/cookerdata.py”, line 304, in CookerDataBuilder.parseConfigurationFiles(prefiles=[], postfiles=[]):  
if data.getVar(“BB\_WORKERCONTEXT”, False) is None:  
\> bb.fetch.fetcher\_init(data)  
bb.codeparser.parser\_cache\_init(data)  
File “/fsl-release-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/ **init**.py”, line 490, in fetcher\_init(d=):  
pass  
\> revs.clear()  
else:  
File “/fsl-release-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/persist\_data.py”, line 147, in SQLTable.clear():  
def clear(self):  
\> self.\_execute(“DELETE FROM %s;” % self.table)

File “/fsl-release-bsp/sources/poky/bitbake/lib/bb/persist\_data.py”, line 66, in SQLTable.\_execute(\*query=(‘DELETE FROM BB\_URI\_HEADREVS;’,)):  
try:  
\> return self.cursor.execute(\*query)  
except sqlite3.OperationalError as exc:  
OperationalError: attempt to write a readonly database  
how to fix it?

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**Author:** ![LeonidM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@LeonidM](https://forums.digi.com/u/LeonidM)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/error-in-bitbake-target/15155/2 "2015-07-23T19:59:19Z")

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are you able to build regular images? what version of DEY are you using? what platform? I would start from scratch on a clean system.