docs: update docs to use llama stack list-deps.

Signed-off-by: Charlie Doern <cdoern@redhat.com>

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 Some tips about common tasks you work on while contributing to Llama Stack:
 
-### Using `llama stack build`
+### Installing dependencies of distributions
 
-Building a stack image will use the production version of the `llama-stack` and `llama-stack-client` packages. If you are developing with a llama-stack repository checked out and need your code to be reflected in the stack image, set `LLAMA_STACK_DIR` and `LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR` to the appropriate checked out directories when running any of the `llama` CLI commands.
+When installing dependencies for a distribution, you can use `llama stack list-deps` to view and install the required packages.
 
 Example:
 ```bash
@@ -168,7 +168,12 @@ cd work/
 git clone https://github.com/llamastack/llama-stack.git
 git clone https://github.com/llamastack/llama-stack-client-python.git
 cd llama-stack
-LLAMA_STACK_DIR=$(pwd) LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR=../llama-stack-client-python llama stack build --distro <...>
+
+# Show dependencies for a distribution
+llama stack list-deps <distro-name>
+
+# Install dependencies
+llama stack list-deps <distro-name> | xargs -L1 uv pip install
 ```
 
 ### Updating distribution configurations

README.md

@@ -27,8 +27,11 @@ MODEL="Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E-Instruct"
 # get meta url from llama.com
 llama model download --source meta --model-id $MODEL --meta-url <META_URL>
 
+# install dependencies for the distribution
+llama stack list-deps meta-reference-gpu | xargs -L1 uv pip install
+
 # start a llama stack server
-INFERENCE_MODEL=meta-llama/$MODEL llama stack build --run --template meta-reference-gpu
+INFERENCE_MODEL=meta-llama/$MODEL llama stack run meta-reference-gpu
 
 # install client to interact with the server
 pip install llama-stack-client

docs/docs/contributing/index.mdx

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ under the LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
 
 Some tips about common tasks you work on while contributing to Llama Stack:
 
-### Using `llama stack build`
+### Installing dependencies of distributions
 
 Building a stack image will use the production version of the `llama-stack` and `llama-stack-client` packages. If you are developing with a llama-stack repository checked out and need your code to be reflected in the stack image, set `LLAMA_STACK_DIR` and `LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR` to the appropriate checked out directories when running any of the `llama` CLI commands.
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ cd work/
 git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack.git
 git clone https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack-client-python.git
 cd llama-stack
-LLAMA_STACK_DIR=$(pwd) LLAMA_STACK_CLIENT_DIR=../llama-stack-client-python llama stack build --distro <...>
+llama stack build --distro <...>
 ```
 
 ### Updating distribution configurations

docs/docs/distributions/self_hosted_distro/starter.md

@@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ docker run \
 Ensure you have configured the starter distribution using the environment variables explained above.
 
 ```bash
-uv run --with llama-stack llama stack build --distro starter --image-type venv --run
+# Install dependencies for the starter distribution
+uv run --with llama-stack llama stack list-deps starter | xargs -L1 uv pip install
+
+# Run the server
+uv run --with llama-stack llama stack run starter
 ```
 
 ## Example Usage

docs/docs/getting_started/detailed_tutorial.mdx

@@ -58,15 +58,19 @@ Llama Stack is a server that exposes multiple APIs, you connect with it using th
 
 <Tabs>
 <TabItem value="venv" label="Using venv">
-You can use Python to build and run the Llama Stack server, which is useful for testing and development.
+You can use Python to install dependencies and run the Llama Stack server, which is useful for testing and development.
 
 Llama Stack uses a [YAML configuration file](../distributions/configuration) to specify the stack setup,
 which defines the providers and their settings. The generated configuration serves as a starting point that you can [customize for your specific needs](../distributions/customizing_run_yaml).
-Now let's build and run the Llama Stack config for Ollama.
+Now let's install dependencies and run the Llama Stack config for Ollama.
 We use `starter` as template. By default all providers are disabled, this requires enable ollama by passing environment variables.
 
 ```bash
-llama stack build --distro starter --image-type venv --run
+# Install dependencies for the starter distribution
+uv run --with llama-stack llama stack list-deps starter | xargs -L1 uv pip install
+
+# Run the server
+llama stack run starter
 ```
 </TabItem>
 <TabItem value="container" label="Using a Container">

docs/docs/getting_started/quickstart.mdx

@@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ ollama run llama3.2:3b --keepalive 60m
 
 #### Step 2: Run the Llama Stack server
 
-We will use `uv` to run the Llama Stack server.
+We will use `uv` to install dependencies and run the Llama Stack server.
 ```bash
-OLLAMA_URL=http://localhost:11434 \
+# Install dependencies for the starter distribution
-  uv run --with llama-stack llama stack build --distro starter --image-type venv --run
+uv run --with llama-stack llama stack list-deps starter | xargs -L1 uv pip install
+
+# Run the server
+OLLAMA_URL=http://localhost:11434 uv run --with llama-stack llama stack run starter
 ```
 #### Step 3: Run the demo
 Now open up a new terminal and copy the following script into a file named `demo_script.py`.

docs/static/deprecated-llama-stack-spec.yaml

@@ -10061,4 +10061,4 @@ x-tagGroups:
       - PostTraining (Coming Soon)
       - Safety
       - Telemetry
-      - VectorIO
+      - VectorIO