build: avoid installing development tools from yum and install specific packages from dnf (#5650)

Signed-off-by: Tushar Sharma <tusharma@nvidia.com>

container/Dockerfile

@@ -135,10 +135,17 @@ ENV CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=${CARGO_BUILD_JOBS:-16} \
 COPY --from=base $RUSTUP_HOME $RUSTUP_HOME
 COPY --from=base $CARGO_HOME $CARGO_HOME
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
-    dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
+RUN dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
     dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
     dnf install -y \
+        # Autotools (required for UCX, libfabric ./autogen.sh and ./configure)
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+        make \
+        # RPM build tools (required for gdrcopy's build-rpm-packages.sh)
+        rpm-build \
+        rpm-sign \
         # Build tools
         cmake \
         ninja-build \
@@ -164,7 +171,8 @@ RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
         numactl-devel \
         # Libfabric support
         hwloc \
-        hwloc-devel
+        hwloc-devel && \
+    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/
 
 # Set GCC toolset 14 as the default compiler (CUDA requires GCC <= 14)
 ENV PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/root/usr/bin:${PATH}" \

container/Dockerfile.sglang

@@ -148,10 +148,17 @@ ENV CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=${CARGO_BUILD_JOBS:-16} \
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $RUSTUP_HOME $RUSTUP_HOME
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $CARGO_HOME $CARGO_HOME
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
-    dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
+RUN dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
     dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
     dnf install -y \
+        # Autotools (required for UCX, libfabric ./autogen.sh and ./configure)
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+        make \
+        # Install GCC toolset 14 (CUDA compatible, max version 14)
+        rpm-build \
+        rpm-sign \
         # Build tools
         cmake \
         ninja-build \
@@ -177,7 +184,8 @@ RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
         numactl-devel \
         # Libfabric support
         hwloc \
-        hwloc-devel
+        hwloc-devel && \
+    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/
 
 # Set GCC toolset 14 as the default compiler (CUDA requires GCC <= 14)
 ENV PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/root/usr/bin:${PATH}" \

container/Dockerfile.trtllm

@@ -159,10 +159,17 @@ ENV CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=${CARGO_BUILD_JOBS:-16} \
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $RUSTUP_HOME $RUSTUP_HOME
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $CARGO_HOME $CARGO_HOME
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
-    dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
+RUN dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
     dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
     dnf install -y \
+        # Autotools (required for UCX, libfabric ./autogen.sh and ./configure)
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+        make \
+        # RPM build tools (required for gdrcopy's build-rpm-packages.sh)
+        rpm-build \
+        rpm-sign \
         # Build tools
         cmake \
         ninja-build \
@@ -188,7 +195,8 @@ RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
         numactl-devel \
         # Libfabric support
         hwloc \
-        hwloc-devel
+        hwloc-devel && \
+    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/
 
 # Set GCC toolset 14 as the default compiler (CUDA requires GCC <= 14)
 ENV PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/root/usr/bin:${PATH}" \

container/Dockerfile.vllm

@@ -161,10 +161,17 @@ ENV CARGO_BUILD_JOBS=${CARGO_BUILD_JOBS:-16} \
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $RUSTUP_HOME $RUSTUP_HOME
 COPY --from=dynamo_base $CARGO_HOME $CARGO_HOME
 # Install system dependencies
-RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
-    dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
+RUN dnf install -y almalinux-release-synergy && \
     dnf config-manager --set-enabled powertools && \
     dnf install -y \
+        # Autotools (required for UCX, libfabric ./autogen.sh and ./configure)
+        autoconf \
+        automake \
+        libtool \
+        make \
+        # RPM build tools (required for gdrcopy's build-rpm-packages.sh)
+        rpm-build \
+        rpm-sign \
         # Build tools
         cmake \
         ninja-build \
@@ -194,7 +201,8 @@ RUN yum groupinstall -y 'Development Tools' &&  \
         libcurl-devel \
         openssl-devel \
         libuuid-devel \
-        zlib-devel
+        zlib-devel && \
+    dnf clean all && rm -rf /var/cache/dnf/
 
 # Set GCC toolset 14 as the default compiler (CUDA requires GCC <= 14)
 ENV PATH="/opt/rh/gcc-toolset-14/root/usr/bin:${PATH}" \