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authorKory Maincent (TI.com) <[email protected]>2025-10-29 15:33:44 +0100
committerHeinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>2025-11-15 11:34:38 +0100
commita557c50977c7e11ee5e53e87d2e4c612e3802b51 (patch)
tree95b911eabf28b949e683f783236d1013138b9fd8 /doc/develop/pytest
parent6c2f2d9aa63d1642dffae7d7ac88f7ae879e13d1 (diff)
doc: pytest: Complete dependencies list with missing packages
Add missing dependencies to the pytest usage documentation and correct the device tree compiler package name from 'dtc' to 'device-tree-compiler'. This ensures users have the complete list of dependencies needed to run the pytest test suite without errors. Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Kory Maincent (TI.com) <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/doc/develop/pytest/usage.rst b/doc/develop/pytest/usage.rst
index 596b0397379..800a0323d0a 100644
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@@ -35,21 +35,26 @@ can be installed via the command
pip install -r requirements.txt
In order to execute certain tests on their supported platforms other tools
-will be required. The following is an incomplete list:
+will be required. The following packages may be needed:
-* gdisk
-* dfu-util
-* dtc
-* openssl
-* e2fsprogs
-* util-linux
+* cgpt
* coreutils
+* device-tree-compiler
+* dfu-util
* dosfstools
+* e2fsprogs
* efitools
+* fdisk
+* gdisk
+* libgnutls28-dev / gnutls-devel
* mount
* mtools
+* openssl
* sbsigntool
+* swig
* udisks2
+* util-linux
+* vboot-kernel-utils / vboot-utils
Please use the appropriate commands for your distribution to match these tools
up with the package that provides them.
@@ -63,7 +68,7 @@ The test script supports either:
Further details are described later.
The usage of the command ``sudo`` is not allowed in tests. Using elevated
-priviledges can lead to security concerns. Furthermore not all users may have
+privileges can lead to security concerns. Furthermore not all users may have
administrator rights. Therefore the command ``sudo`` must not be used in tests.
To create disk images we have helper functions located in
``test/py/tests/fs_helper.py`` which shall be used in any tests that require