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Install a very minimal build (disables, for example, plugins, fonts, most drivers, non-critical features)

Local and Metadata Descriptions

Metadata Descriptions (metadata.xml)

• 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/my-world-meta: Minimal installation, skip some packages
• 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-shells/shct: Only install Gentoo's installation suggestions file.
• app-text/dictd: Don't build server but dict client, dictzip and dictfmt only.
• budgie-base/budgie-meta: Installs only the base desktop with minimal applications and base applets.
• dev-db/unixODBC: Disable bundled drivers and extra libraries (most users don't need these)
• dev-games/tiled: Exclude optional plugins, development headers and examples
• dev-haskell/streamly: Build only the core modules
• 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/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)
• kde-frameworks/kwallet: Do not pull in <pkg>kde-frameworks/kwallet-runtime</pkg> runtime components
• 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-dns/getdns: Only build stub resolution mode
• net-nds/openldap: Build libraries &amp; userspace tools only. Does not install any server code
• net-nds/openldap-compat: Build libraries &amp; userspace tools only. Does not install any server code
• 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/calculate-utils: Использовать минимальный набор зависимостей при установке Calculate
• 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 optional bits (dolilo helper, docs, etc.)
• sys-fs/zfs: Don't install python scripts (arcstat, dbufstat etc) and avoid dependency on <pkg>dev-lang/python</pkg>
• sys-libs/musl-nscd: Only installs the header files
• virtual/ssh: Prefer <pkg>net-misc/dropbear</pkg> over <pkg>net-misc/openssh</pkg>
• x11-misc/py3status: Don't depend on <pkg>x11-misc/i3status</pkg> if you don't plan to use any of its built-in modules.

Local Descriptions (use.local.desc)

• 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, development headers and examples
• 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/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)
• kde-frameworks/kwallet: Do not pull in kde-frameworks/kwallet-runtime runtime components
• 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-dns/getdns: Only build stub resolution mode
• net-nds/openldap: Build libraries & userspace tools only. Does not install any server code
• 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/calculate-install: Without Calculate Linux install support
• 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 optional bits (dolilo helper, docs, etc.)
• sys-fs/zfs: Don't install python scripts (arcstat, dbufstat etc) and avoid dependency on dev-lang/python
• sys-kernel/calculate-sources: Don't install kernel sources
• 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.

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