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[yocto-docs,1/5] Gather dependencies in poky.yaml.in

Message ID 20241120-update-doc-deps-v1-1-50e267ae4123@bootlin.com
State Superseded
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Antonin Godard Nov. 20, 2024, 3:10 p.m. UTC
We used to have packages here and there in system-requirements.rst for
each distro. Instead, gather all the dependencies in poky.yaml.in so we
have an overview of what we provide for each distro.

Use yaml ">" to list the dependencies in alphabetical order, one entry
per line, which makes them easier to read and compare among distros.

Rename UBUNTU_… variables to UBUNTU_DEBIAN_…, since these are used for
both distros.

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
---
 documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst     |   2 +-
 documentation/poky.yaml.in                       | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst |  20 +-
 3 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

Comments

Quentin Schulz Nov. 25, 2024, 5:55 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Antonin,

On 11/20/24 4:10 PM, Antonin Godard via lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> We used to have packages here and there in system-requirements.rst for
> each distro. Instead, gather all the dependencies in poky.yaml.in so we
> have an overview of what we provide for each distro.
> 
> Use yaml ">" to list the dependencies in alphabetical order, one entry
> per line, which makes them easier to read and compare among distros.
> 
> Rename UBUNTU_… variables to UBUNTU_DEBIAN_…, since these are used for
> both distros.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
> ---
>   documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst     |   2 +-
>   documentation/poky.yaml.in                       | 228 ++++++++++++++++++++---
>   documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst |  20 +-
>   3 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
> index c5400e4ac8dafb9e3d1e4c14a065d02ac3e2f7a7..3d249eefaae35239b92c8a2f8dedf27ec2dbdca0 100644
> --- a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
> +++ b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ You must install essential host packages on your build host. The
>   following command installs the host packages based on an Ubuntu
>   distribution::
>   
> -   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
> +   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>   
>   .. note::
>   
> diff --git a/documentation/poky.yaml.in b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
> index 66f758fe85fcd10291f00902639b43a1da639b0f..b840320a89bfadb259d5d9d0e11f951c55e13389 100644
> --- a/documentation/poky.yaml.in
> +++ b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
> @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
> +#
> +# Macros used in the documentation
> +#
> +
>   DISTRO : "5.1"
>   DISTRO_NAME_NO_CAP : "styhead"
>   DISTRO_NAME : "Styhead"
> @@ -10,31 +14,6 @@ BITBAKE_SERIES : ""
>   YOCTO_DL_URL : "https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/"
>   YOCTO_AB_URL : "https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/"
>   YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL : "&YOCTO_DL_URL;/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;"
> -UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "gawk wget git diffstat unzip texinfo gcc \
> -     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \
> -     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 \
> -     python3-subunit zstd liblz4-tool file locales libacl1"
> -FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
> -     diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
> -     ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
> -     python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz python3-GitPython \
> -     python3-jinja2 rpcgen perl-FindBin perl-File-Compare \
> -     perl-File-Copy perl-locale zstd lz4 hostname glibc-langpack-en libacl"
> -OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
> -     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar python3-pip \
> -     python3-pexpect xz which python3-Jinja2 rpcgen \
> -     zstd lz4 bzip2 gzip hostname libacl1
> -     \n\   $ sudo pip3 install GitPython"
> -ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "-y epel-release
> -     \n\   $ sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
> -     \n\   $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
> -     \n\   $ sudo dnf makecache
> -     \n\   $ sudo dnf install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
> -     diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath ccache \
> -     socat perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python3-pip \
> -     python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect xz which \
> -     rpcgen zstd lz4 cpio glibc-langpack-en libacl"
> -PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC : "$ sudo pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml"
>   MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.8.0"
>   MIN_TAR_VERSION : "1.28"
>   MIN_GIT_VERSION : "1.8.3.1"
> @@ -46,3 +25,202 @@ MIN_DISK_SPACE : "90"
>   MIN_DISK_SPACE_RM_WORK : "40"
>   # RAM (Gbytes) needed to generate qemux86-64 core-image-sato on Ubuntu 22.04 (x86-64) on a 4 core system
>   MIN_RAM : "8"
> +
> +#
> +# Dependencies
> +#
> +
> +# Shared between distros
> +PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml
> +
> +UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
> +  build-essential
> +  chrpath
> +  cpio
> +  debianutils
> +  diffstat
> +  file
> +  gawk
> +  gcc
> +  git
> +  iputils-ping
> +  libacl1
> +  liblz4-tool
> +  locales
> +  python3
> +  python3-git
> +  python3-jinja2
> +  python3-pexpect
> +  python3-pip
> +  python3-subunit
> +  socat
> +  texinfo
> +  unzip
> +  wget
> +  xz-utils
> +  zstd
> +
> +UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
> +  git
> +  inkscape
> +  make
> +  python3-saneyaml
> +  python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
> +  sphinx
> +  texlive-latex-extra
> +
> +
> +FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
> +  bzip2
> +  ccache
> +  chrpath
> +  cpio
> +  cpp
> +  diffstat
> +  diffutils
> +  file
> +  findutils
> +  gawk
> +  gcc
> +  gcc-c++
> +  git
> +  glibc-devel
> +  glibc-langpack-en
> +  gzip
> +  hostname
> +  libacl
> +  lz4
> +  make
> +  patch
> +  perl
> +  perl-Data-Dumper
> +  perl-File-Compare
> +  perl-File-Copy
> +  perl-FindBin
> +  perl-Text-ParseWords
> +  perl-Thread-Queue
> +  perl-bignum
> +  perl-locale
> +  python
> +  python3
> +  python3-GitPython
> +  python3-jinja2
> +  python3-pexpect
> +  python3-pip
> +  rpcgen
> +  socat
> +  tar
> +  texinfo
> +  unzip
> +  wget
> +  which
> +  xz
> +  zstd
> +
> +FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
> +  git
> +  make
> +  inkscape
> +  texlive-latex-extra
> +  sphinx
> +  python3-saneyaml
> +  python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
> +  git
> +  make
> +  python3-pip
> +  which
> +  texlive-fncychap
> +
> +OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
> +  bzip2
> +  chrpath
> +  diffstat
> +  gcc
> +  gcc-c++
> +  git
> +  gzip
> +  hostname
> +  libacl1
> +  lz4
> +  make
> +  makeinfo
> +  patch
> +  python
> +  python-curses
> +  python-xml
> +  python3
> +  python3-Jinja2
> +  python3-curses
> +  python3-pexpect
> +  python3-pip
> +  rpcgen
> +  socat
> +  tar
> +  wget
> +  which
> +  xz
> +  zstd
> +
> +OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: GitPython
> +
> +OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
> +  git
> +  inkscape
> +  make
> +  python3-pip
> +  texlive-fncychap
> +  which
> +
> +ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
> +  bzip2
> +  ccache
> +  chrpath
> +  cpio
> +  cpp
> +  diffstat
> +  diffutils
> +  gawk
> +  gcc
> +  gcc-c++
> +  git
> +  glibc-devel
> +  glibc-langpack-en
> +  gzip
> +  libacl
> +  lz4
> +  make
> +  patch
> +  perl
> +  perl-Data-Dumper
> +  perl-Text-ParseWords
> +  perl-Thread-Queue
> +  python3
> +  python3-GitPython
> +  python3-jinja2
> +  python3-pexpect
> +  python3-pip
> +  rpcgen
> +  socat
> +  tar
> +  texinfo
> +  unzip
> +  wget
> +  which
> +  xz
> +  zstd
> +
> +# note: indent below is for sphinx's code block (three spaces)
> +ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL_CMDS: |-
> +     $ sudo dnf install -y epel-release
> +     $ sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
> +     $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
> +     $ sudo dnf makecache
> +     $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
> +
> +ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
> +  git
> +  inkscape
> +  make
> +  python3-pip
> +  texlive-fncychap
> +  which
> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
> index b33518c7f1e0c76caa70a719e023b9c405b744e2..ca75f849d0ad10344900c7525f7163726ffe5400 100644
> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Ubuntu and Debian
>   Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>   with a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution::
>   
> -   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
> +   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>   
>   You also need to ensure you have the locale ``en_US.UTF-8`` enabled::
>   
> @@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ If this is not the case, you can reconfigure the ``locales`` package to add it::
>   
>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>   
> -   $ sudo apt install git make inkscape texlive-latex-extra
> -   $ sudo apt install sphinx python3-saneyaml python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
> +   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;

Aren't we missing the PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC here?

Also FYI, using pip on the system level is a very bad practice (as a 
matter of fact, it's not even allowed on Debian Bookworm anymore). We 
should probably rather document how to do this in virtual environments 
for example? One thing after the other though, we can start by just 
migrating the docs variable for now :)

>   
>   Fedora Packages
>   ---------------
> @@ -185,8 +184,8 @@ with a supported Fedora Linux distribution::
>   
>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>   
> -   $ sudo dnf install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
> -   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
> +   $ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
> +   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>   
>   openSUSE Packages
>   -----------------
> @@ -195,11 +194,12 @@ Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>   with a supported openSUSE distribution::
>   
>      $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
> +   $ sudo pip3 install &OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>   
>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>   
> -   $ sudo zypper install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
> -   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
> +   $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
> +   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>   
>   
>   AlmaLinux Packages
> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ AlmaLinux Packages
>   Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>   with a supported AlmaLinux distribution::
>   
> -   $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
> +&ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL_CMDS;

It's a bit odd to have a different way to add the packages to install 
depending on the distro, couldn't we have all distros have no 
indentation, or all have some indentation?

Cheers,
Quentin
Antonin Godard Nov. 29, 2024, 2:06 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Quentin,

On Mon Nov 25, 2024 at 6:55 PM CET, Quentin Schulz wrote:
[...]
>> diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> index b33518c7f1e0c76caa70a719e023b9c405b744e2..ca75f849d0ad10344900c7525f7163726ffe5400 100644
>> --- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
>> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ Ubuntu and Debian
>>   Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>>   with a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution::
>>   
>> -   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>> +   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>>   
>>   You also need to ensure you have the locale ``en_US.UTF-8`` enabled::
>>   
>> @@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ If this is not the case, you can reconfigure the ``locales`` package to add it::
>>   
>>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>>   
>> -   $ sudo apt install git make inkscape texlive-latex-extra
>> -   $ sudo apt install sphinx python3-saneyaml python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
>> +   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>
> Aren't we missing the PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC here?
>
> Also FYI, using pip on the system level is a very bad practice (as a 
> matter of fact, it's not even allowed on Debian Bookworm anymore). We 
> should probably rather document how to do this in virtual environments 
> for example? One thing after the other though, we can start by just 
> migrating the docs variable for now :)

Yeah, I am aware it's terrible practice and we shouldn't do that. I'd also
recommend using virtualenvs. I'll take a note of this, and try to send a patch
soon! :)

>>   
>>   Fedora Packages
>>   ---------------
>> @@ -185,8 +184,8 @@ with a supported Fedora Linux distribution::
>>   
>>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>>   
>> -   $ sudo dnf install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
>> -   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>> +   $ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>> +   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>>   
>>   openSUSE Packages
>>   -----------------
>> @@ -195,11 +194,12 @@ Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>>   with a supported openSUSE distribution::
>>   
>>      $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>> +   $ sudo pip3 install &OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>>   
>>   Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
>>   
>> -   $ sudo zypper install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
>> -   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>> +   $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>> +   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
>>   
>>   
>>   AlmaLinux Packages
>> @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ AlmaLinux Packages
>>   Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
>>   with a supported AlmaLinux distribution::
>>   
>> -   $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
>> +&ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL_CMDS;
>
> It's a bit odd to have a different way to add the packages to install 
> depending on the distro, couldn't we have all distros have no 
> indentation, or all have some indentation?

That's the only exception, because Alma Linux has several installation steps.
I'd rather keep only the dependency lists in poky.yaml.in, so I'll add the
commands back here, and use ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL in the rst doc
instead (just like what's done for the other distros).


Antonin
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Patch

diff --git a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
index c5400e4ac8dafb9e3d1e4c14a065d02ac3e2f7a7..3d249eefaae35239b92c8a2f8dedf27ec2dbdca0 100644
--- a/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
+++ b/documentation/brief-yoctoprojectqs/index.rst
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@  You must install essential host packages on your build host. The
 following command installs the host packages based on an Ubuntu
 distribution::
 
-   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
+   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
 
 .. note::
 
diff --git a/documentation/poky.yaml.in b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
index 66f758fe85fcd10291f00902639b43a1da639b0f..b840320a89bfadb259d5d9d0e11f951c55e13389 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.yaml.in
+++ b/documentation/poky.yaml.in
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ 
+#
+# Macros used in the documentation
+#
+
 DISTRO : "5.1"
 DISTRO_NAME_NO_CAP : "styhead"
 DISTRO_NAME : "Styhead"
@@ -10,31 +14,6 @@  BITBAKE_SERIES : ""
 YOCTO_DL_URL : "https://downloads.yoctoproject.org"
 YOCTO_AB_URL : "https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org"
 YOCTO_RELEASE_DL_URL : "&YOCTO_DL_URL;/releases/yocto/yocto-&DISTRO;"
-UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "gawk wget git diffstat unzip texinfo gcc \
-     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \
-     xz-utils debianutils iputils-ping python3-git python3-jinja2 \
-     python3-subunit zstd liblz4-tool file locales libacl1"
-FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
-     diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
-     ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
-     python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz python3-GitPython \
-     python3-jinja2 rpcgen perl-FindBin perl-File-Compare \
-     perl-File-Copy perl-locale zstd lz4 hostname glibc-langpack-en libacl"
-OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
-     diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar python3-pip \
-     python3-pexpect xz which python3-Jinja2 rpcgen \
-     zstd lz4 bzip2 gzip hostname libacl1
-     \n\   $ sudo pip3 install GitPython"
-ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL : "-y epel-release
-     \n\   $ sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
-     \n\   $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
-     \n\   $ sudo dnf makecache
-     \n\   $ sudo dnf install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
-     diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath ccache \
-     socat perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue python3-pip \
-     python3-GitPython python3-jinja2 python3-pexpect xz which \
-     rpcgen zstd lz4 cpio glibc-langpack-en libacl"
-PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC : "$ sudo pip3 install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml"
 MIN_PYTHON_VERSION : "3.8.0"
 MIN_TAR_VERSION : "1.28"
 MIN_GIT_VERSION : "1.8.3.1"
@@ -46,3 +25,202 @@  MIN_DISK_SPACE : "90"
 MIN_DISK_SPACE_RM_WORK : "40"
 # RAM (Gbytes) needed to generate qemux86-64 core-image-sato on Ubuntu 22.04 (x86-64) on a 4 core system
 MIN_RAM : "8"
+
+#
+# Dependencies
+#
+
+# Shared between distros
+PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme pyyaml
+
+UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
+  build-essential
+  chrpath
+  cpio
+  debianutils
+  diffstat
+  file
+  gawk
+  gcc
+  git
+  iputils-ping
+  libacl1
+  liblz4-tool
+  locales
+  python3
+  python3-git
+  python3-jinja2
+  python3-pexpect
+  python3-pip
+  python3-subunit
+  socat
+  texinfo
+  unzip
+  wget
+  xz-utils
+  zstd
+
+UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
+  git
+  inkscape
+  make
+  python3-saneyaml
+  python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
+  sphinx
+  texlive-latex-extra
+
+
+FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
+  bzip2
+  ccache
+  chrpath
+  cpio
+  cpp
+  diffstat
+  diffutils
+  file
+  findutils
+  gawk
+  gcc
+  gcc-c++
+  git
+  glibc-devel
+  glibc-langpack-en
+  gzip
+  hostname
+  libacl
+  lz4
+  make
+  patch
+  perl
+  perl-Data-Dumper
+  perl-File-Compare
+  perl-File-Copy
+  perl-FindBin
+  perl-Text-ParseWords
+  perl-Thread-Queue
+  perl-bignum
+  perl-locale
+  python
+  python3
+  python3-GitPython
+  python3-jinja2
+  python3-pexpect
+  python3-pip
+  rpcgen
+  socat
+  tar
+  texinfo
+  unzip
+  wget
+  which
+  xz
+  zstd
+
+FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
+  git
+  make
+  inkscape
+  texlive-latex-extra
+  sphinx
+  python3-saneyaml
+  python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
+  git
+  make
+  python3-pip
+  which
+  texlive-fncychap
+
+OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
+  bzip2
+  chrpath
+  diffstat
+  gcc
+  gcc-c++
+  git
+  gzip
+  hostname
+  libacl1
+  lz4
+  make
+  makeinfo
+  patch
+  python
+  python-curses
+  python-xml
+  python3
+  python3-Jinja2
+  python3-curses
+  python3-pexpect
+  python3-pip
+  rpcgen
+  socat
+  tar
+  wget
+  which
+  xz
+  zstd
+
+OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: GitPython
+
+OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
+  git
+  inkscape
+  make
+  python3-pip
+  texlive-fncychap
+  which
+
+ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL: >-
+  bzip2
+  ccache
+  chrpath
+  cpio
+  cpp
+  diffstat
+  diffutils
+  gawk
+  gcc
+  gcc-c++
+  git
+  glibc-devel
+  glibc-langpack-en
+  gzip
+  libacl
+  lz4
+  make
+  patch
+  perl
+  perl-Data-Dumper
+  perl-Text-ParseWords
+  perl-Thread-Queue
+  python3
+  python3-GitPython
+  python3-jinja2
+  python3-pexpect
+  python3-pip
+  rpcgen
+  socat
+  tar
+  texinfo
+  unzip
+  wget
+  which
+  xz
+  zstd
+
+# note: indent below is for sphinx's code block (three spaces)
+ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL_CMDS: |-
+     $ sudo dnf install -y epel-release
+     $ sudo yum install dnf-plugins-core
+     $ sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+     $ sudo dnf makecache
+     $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
+
+ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC: >-
+  git
+  inkscape
+  make
+  python3-pip
+  texlive-fncychap
+  which
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
index b33518c7f1e0c76caa70a719e023b9c405b744e2..ca75f849d0ad10344900c7525f7163726ffe5400 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@  Ubuntu and Debian
 Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
 with a supported Ubuntu or Debian Linux distribution::
 
-   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
+   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
 
 You also need to ensure you have the locale ``en_US.UTF-8`` enabled::
 
@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@  If this is not the case, you can reconfigure the ``locales`` package to add it::
 
 Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
 
-   $ sudo apt install git make inkscape texlive-latex-extra
-   $ sudo apt install sphinx python3-saneyaml python3-sphinx-rtd-theme
+   $ sudo apt install &UBUNTU_DEBIAN_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
 
 Fedora Packages
 ---------------
@@ -185,8 +184,8 @@  with a supported Fedora Linux distribution::
 
 Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
 
-   $ sudo dnf install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
-   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo dnf install &FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
 
 openSUSE Packages
 -----------------
@@ -195,11 +194,12 @@  Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
 with a supported openSUSE distribution::
 
    $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
+   $ sudo pip3 install &OPENSUSE_PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
 
 Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
 
-   $ sudo zypper install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
-   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo zypper install &OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
 
 
 AlmaLinux Packages
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@  AlmaLinux Packages
 Here are the packages needed to build an image on a headless system
 with a supported AlmaLinux distribution::
 
-   $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL;
+&ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL_CMDS;
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -225,8 +225,8 @@  with a supported AlmaLinux distribution::
 
 Here are the packages needed to build Project documentation manuals::
 
-   $ sudo dnf install git make python3-pip which inkscape texlive-fncychap
-   &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo dnf install &ALMALINUX_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
+   $ sudo pip3 install &PIP3_HOST_PACKAGES_DOC;
 
 .. _system-requirements-buildtools: