PackagesInstall a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)
| Package | “minimal” Flag Description |
|---|---|
| app-arch/tar | just install `tar` |
| app-crypt/ekeyd | Only install the ekey-egd-linux service rather than the full ekeyd package. |
| app-editors/nano | Disable all fancy features, including ones that otherwise have a dedicated USE flag (such as spelling). |
| app-misc/unfoo | Do not install all support archive binaries |
| app-office/scribus | Don't install headers (only required for e.g. plug-in developers) |
| app-text/dictd | Don't build server but dict client, dictzip and dictfmt only. |
| dev-db/unixODBC | Disable bundled drivers and extra libraries (most users don't need these) |
| dev-games/tiled | Exclude optional plugins and development headers |
| dev-lang/lazarus | Don't build extra packages from the bigide component |
| dev-libs/libcdio | Only build the libcdio library and little more, just to be used to link against from multimedia players. With this USE flag enabled, none of the command-line utilities are built, nor is the CDDA library. |
| dev-util/dialog | Disable library, install command-line program only |
| dev-util/google-perftools | Only build the tcmalloc_minimal library, ignoring the heap checker and the profilers. |
| games-simulation/simutrans | Don't install any PakSets (scenario data) |
| lxqt-base/lxqt-meta | Do not install x11-wm/openbox window manager |
| media-gfx/iscan-plugin-gt-f500 | Install the firmware only, and not the plugin. |
| net-analyzer/munin | Only install munin-node and its plugins. This excludes the scripts to generate the web pages and the graphs. |
| net-analyzer/nsca | Only build and install the send_nsca command and not the daemon. This allows a very minimal install with no overhead when setting up a node. |
| net-misc/ytfzf | Skip all optional dependencies (may no longer work out-of-the-box and require custom setting up) |
| net-nds/openldap | Build libraries & userspace tools only. Does not install any server code |
| net-p2p/eiskaltdcpp | Don't install headers |
| net-print/hplip | Only build internal hpijs/hpcups driver (not recommended at all, make sure you know what you are doing) |
| net-wireless/dump1090 | Exclude all HTML/webserver extras for a tiny build, e.g. to export data only |
| sci-electronics/kicad-meta | Do not install extra data like 3D packages and templates. |
| sci-mathematics/eclib | Build only the "mwrank" program. |
| sci-mathematics/gap | Install only the GAP packages that are strictly required for GAP to run. GAP will complain about the others unless you either start it with the "-A" flag or set "AutoloadPackages" in your gap.ini. |
| sys-apps/iproute2 | only install ip and tc programs, without eBPF support |
| sys-auth/pambase | Disables the standard PAM modules that provide extra information to users on login; this includes pam_lastlog, pam_motd, pam_mail and other similar modules. This might not be a good idea on a multi-user system but could reduce slightly the overhead on single-user non-networked systems. |
| sys-boot/lilo | Do not install the dolilo helper script |
| sys-fs/zfs | Don't install python scripts (arcstat, dbufstat etc) and avoid dependency on dev-lang/python |
| sys-libs/musl-nscd | Only installs the header files |
| virtual/ssh | Prefer net-misc/dropbear over net-misc/openssh |
| x11-misc/py3status | Don't depend on x11-misc/i3status if you don't plan to use any of its built-in modules. |
| x11-themes/QGnomePlatform | Skip kde-frameworks/qqc2-desktop-style dependency (Warning: some apps could be wrongly rendered) |