Package: util-linux (2.20.1-5.3) [essential]

[ Source: util-linux  ]

Miscellaneous system utilities

This package contains a number of important utilities, most of which are oriented towards maintenance of your system. Some of the more important utilities included in this package allow you to partition your hard disk, view kernel messages, and create new filesystems.

Tags: System Administration: Configuration Tool, Filesystem Tool, admin::hardware, implemented-in::c, User Interface: Command Line, interface::text-mode, role::program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI

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• dep: libblkid1 (>= 2.20.1)

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• dep: libc6 (>= 2.11)

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• dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.5-5~)

  shared libraries for terminal handling

• dep: libselinux1 (>= 1.32)

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• dep: libslang2 (>= 2.2.4)

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• dep: libtinfo5

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• dep: libuuid1 (>= 2.16)

  Universally Unique ID library

• dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

  compression library - runtime

• dep: debconf (>= 0.5)

  Debian configuration management system

  or debconf-2.0

  virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf

• dep: dpkg (>= 1.15.4)

  Debian package management system

  or install-info

  Manage installed documentation in info format

• dep: initscripts

  scripts for initializing and shutting down the system

• dep: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)

  Linux Standard Base 4.1 init script functionality

• dep: tzdata (>= 2006c-2)

  time zone and daylight-saving time data

• sug: dosfstools

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• sug: kbd

  Linux console font and keytable utilities
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  or console-tools

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• sug: util-linux-locales

  Locales files for util-linux

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