directory structure: packages/libboost/libboost-serialization-gcc-mt_1.33.1.bb packages/libboost/files/libboost_serialization-gcc-mt-1_33_1.so.1.33.1 contents of libboost-serialization-gcc-mt_1.33.1.bb: DESCRIPTION = "libboost" PR = "r0" SRC_URI = "file://libboost_serialization-gcc-mt-1_33_1.so.1.33.1" do_install() { install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/libboost_serialization-gcc-mt-1_33_1.so.1.33.1 ${D}${libdir} }