The sys-devel category contains various core system development tools and libraries.
| autoconf | Used to create autoconfiguration files |
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| autoconf-archive | GNU Autoconf Macro Archive |
| autoconf-wrapper | wrapper for autoconf to manage multiple autoconf versions |
| autogen | Program and text file generation |
| automake | Used to generate Makefile.in from Makefile.am |
| automake-wrapper | wrapper for automake to manage multiple automake versions |
| bc | Handy console-based calculator utility |
| bin86 | Assembler and loader used to create kernel bootsector |
| binutils | Tools necessary to build programs |
| binutils-apple | Darwin assembler as(1) and static linker ld(1), Xcode Tools 8.2.1 |
| binutils-config | Utility to change the binutils version being used |
| binutils-hppa64 | binutils package for building 64bit kernels on HPPA |
| bison | A general-purpose (yacc-compatible) parser generator |
| bmake | NetBSD's portable make |
| boost-m4 | Another set of autoconf macros for compiling against boost |
| byfl | Compiler-based Application Analysis |
| clang | C language family frontend for LLVM |
| clang-runtime | Meta-ebuild for clang runtime libraries |
| cons | Extensible perl-based build utility |
| crossdev | Gentoo Cross-toolchain generator |
| ct-ng | crosstool-ng is a tool to build cross-compiling toolchains |
| dev86 | Bruce's C compiler - Simple C compiler to generate 8086 code |
| distcc | Distribute compilation of C code across several machines on a network |
| dwz | DWARF optimization and duplicate removal tool |
| flex | The Fast Lexical Analyzer |
| gcc | The GNU Compiler Collection |
| gcc-apple | Apple branch of the GNU Compiler Collection, Developer Tools 4.0 |
| gcc-config | utility to manage compilers |
| gdb | GNU debugger |
| gdb-apple | Apple branch of the GNU Debugger, Developer Tools 4.3 |
| gettext | GNU locale utilities |
| gnuconfig | Updated config.sub and config.guess file from GNU |
| heirloom-devtools | Original UNIX development tools |
| icecream | icecc is a program for distributed compiling of C(++) code across several machines; based on distcc |
| kgcc64 | 64bit kernel compiler |
| libtool | A shared library tool for developers |
| lld | The LLVM linker (link editor) |
| llvm | Low Level Virtual Machine |
| llvmgold | LLVMgold plugin symlink for autoloading |
| m4 | GNU macro processor |
| make | Standard tool to compile source trees |
| multilib-gcc-wrapper | Wrappers for gcc tools to be used on non-native CHOSTs |
| native-cctools | Host OS native assembler as and static linker ld |
| parity | A POSIX to native Win32 Cross-Compiler Tool (requires Visual Studio) |
| patch | Utility to apply diffs to files |
| pmake | BSD build tool to create programs in parallel. Debian's version of NetBSD's make |
| prelink | Modifies ELFs to avoid runtime symbol resolutions resulting in faster load times |
| qconf | ./configure like generator for qmake-based projects |
| remake | patched version of GNU make that adds improved error reporting, tracing, and a debugger |
| slibtool | A skinny libtool implementation, written in C |
| smatch | static analysis tool for C |
| sparse | C semantic parser |
| systemd-m4 | autoconf macros for packages using systemd |
| ucpp | A quick and light preprocessor, but anyway fully compliant to C99 |