TipsAndTricks/GentooLinux-RequiredPackagesforYoctoBuildHost

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== Gentoo Linux - Required Packages for Yocto Build Host ==

The following packages are required to build a Yocto image on Gentoo Linux.
Note that several third-party guides reference incorrect package atoms —
the verified atoms are listed below.

<pre>
emerge -av \
dev-vcs/git \
dev-lang/python:3.11 \
dev-python/pip \
dev-util/diffstat \
app-admin/chrpath \
sys-apps/texinfo \
dev-libs/glib \
sys-apps/file \
app-arch/xz-utils \
sys-libs/zlib \
dev-build/cmake \
dev-lang/perl \
app-misc/screen \
app-shells/bash \
sys-process/lsof \
app-arch/cpio \
app-arch/tar \
sys-apps/util-linux \
sys-apps/gawk \
net-misc/socat
</pre>

=== Common mistakes in third-party guides ===

Several widely referenced guides list incorrect Gentoo package atoms that do
not exist in the Portage tree. Use the following verified atoms instead:

* <code>app-admin/chrpath</code> — not <code>dev-util/chrpath</code> or <code>app-text/chrpath</code>
* <code>app-arch/cpio</code> — not <code>dev-util/cpio</code>
* <code>dev-build/cmake</code> — not <code>dev-util/cmake</code>

=== Python version compatibility ===

Prefer <code>dev-lang/python:3.11</code> or <code>dev-lang/python:3.12</code>.
Python 3.13 may cause issues with Scarthgap and Nanbield releases.

''Verified on Gentoo Linux (OpenRC, amd64), Portage tree April 2026.''

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== Background ==
This wiki page captures ideas for "Tips and tricks" articles that are aimed Yocto Project users that have a basic understanding of the core tools and want to extend their knowledge. Articles will written and published using the following process
* Articles must refer to the current (or earlier) release. They must not cover features in development in the master branch.
* Anyone can add entries to the '''Ideas for Articles''' section based on challenges they have encountered when using the Yocto Project
* More experienced developers can start to flesh out articles in the ''Ideas'' section move then to '''Articles in Development''' or contribute directly to this section.
* Approximately once a month an article ready for publishing will be chosen for publication by [mailto:jeffrey.osier-mixon@intel.com Jefro] and moved to the '''Finished Articles ''' section.

Please contact [mailto:henry.bruce@intel.com?Subject=Yocto%20Project%20Tips%20and%20Tricks Henry Bruce] with any questions.

== Ideas for Articles ==
* [[TipsAndTricks/GeneratingASDK]] (Ross, Paul help please...)
* [[TipsAndTricks/AddingALicense]] (Ross)
* [[TipsAndTricks/UsingBuildstatsDiff]] (Ross)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DevPyShell]] (Richard Purdie)
* [[TipsAndTricks/CreatingABSP]]. And what not to put in it.
* [[TipsAndTricks/Patchwork]]
* [[TipsAndTricks/Patchtest]] (Leo)
* [[TipsAndTricks/CreateNewLayer]] (Brendan)
* [[TipsAndTricks/JenkinsPipelinesForContinuousIntegration]] (Tim Orling)

== Articles in development ==
* [[TipsAndTricks/DeployWithLocalPackageServer]] (RP/Ross)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Building core-image-minimal on AWS]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Running YP Image On AWS]] (Amber Elliot)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DockerOnImage]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/OnTargetWorkFlowLeveragingRPMPackagefeeds]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/BuildingAndRunningClearContainersonTarget]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/KernelDevelopmentWithEsdk]] (Todor Minchev, Henry Bruce)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebugNativeRecipeWithGdb]] (Joshua Lock)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Netconsole]] (Ross Burton)
* [[TipsAndTricks/ParsingProfiling]] (Richard Purdie)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DemystifyingTheLinuxYoctoKernel]] (Tom Zanussi)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Patching the source for a recipe]] (Paul Eggleton)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Incorporating closed source components]] (Paul Eggleton)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebuggingAvoidingRebuilds]] (Richard Purdie)
* [[TipsAndTricks/GitBisectABitbake]] (Ross)
* [[TipsAndTricks/RunningEclipseAgainstBuiltImage]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/PrelinkSomePointersAndWorkarounds]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/RunningQemuOnMacOSX]] (Stephano)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Understanding what changed (diffsigs etc)]] (Joshua)
* [[TipsAndTricks/CropsCLIContainers]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/QuickAndDirtyKernelConfig]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/TestingToasterWithContainers]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/InvestigatingBuildTime]] (Leo Sandoval)
* [[TipsAndTricks/ResolvingLocaleIssues]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebuggingBitbakeInPudb]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebuggingBitbakeInWingIDE]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/CliBuildsInToasterBuilddir]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/BuildingZephyrImages]] (Henry)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Cmake,Eclipse, and SDKS]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/LinuxKernelAndSDKs]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Running YP binaries on Ubuntu and Vice Versa]] (bavery)
* [[TipsAndTricks/LockSharedState]] (Stephano)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Building and booting for Joule or MinnowBoard]] (Cal)
* [[TipsAndTricks/EnablingAPackageFeed]] (Henry)
* [[TipsAndTricks/Creating Recipes for ROS modules]] (Henry)
* [[TipsAndTricks/TeamWorkflows]] (Joshua)
* [[TipsAndTricks/UseRamdisikToSpeedUpBuilds]] (Juro)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebuggingHardQemuFailures]] (RP)
* [[TipsAndTricks/MiningPerformanceData]]
* [[TipsAndTricks/UsingRPM]] (fray)
* [[TipsAndTricks/DebuggingOddFailure]] (RP)
* [[TipsAndTricks/UnconventionalImages]] (Ross)
* [[TipsAndTricks/GentooLinux-RequiredPackagesforYoctoBuildHost]] (Aurelien)

== Finished Articles ==
* [[TipsAndTricks/Packaging Prebuilt Libraries | Packaging Prebuilt Libraries]] (Ross and Henry)
* [[TipsAndTricks/NPM | Packaging Node.js Projects]] (Brendan and Henry)

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