The following list shows the required packages by function given a supported Fedora Linux distribution:
Essentials: Packages needed to build an image for a headless system:
$ sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \ diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \ ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue socat
Graphical and Eclipse Plug-In Extras: Packages recommended if the host system has graphics support or if you are going to use the Eclipse IDE:
$ sudo yum install SDL-devel xterm perl-Thread-Queue
Documentation: Packages needed if you are going to build out the Yocto Project documentation manuals:
$ sudo yum install make docbook-style-dsssl docbook-style-xsl \ docbook-dtds docbook-utils fop libxslt dblatex xmlto xsltproc
ADT Installer Extras: Packages needed if you are going to be using the Application Development Toolkit (ADT) Installer:
$ sudo yum install autoconf automake libtool glib2-devel