Package: util-linux (2.20.1-5) [debports] [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.

Other Packages Related to util-linux

• dep: libblkid1 (>= 2.20.1)

  block device id library

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.11)

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

• dep: libncurses5 (>= 5.5-5~)

  shared libraries for terminal handling

• dep: libselinux1 (>= 1.32)

  SELinux runtime shared libraries

• dep: libtinfo5

  shared low-level terminfo library for terminal handling

• 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

  utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems

• sug: kbd

  Linux console font and keytable utilities
  also a virtual package provided by kbd-compat

  or console-tools

  Linux console and font utilities

• sug: util-linux-locales

  Locales files for util-linux

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