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Package: util-linux (2.16.1-4) [essential]

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, Hardware Support, User Interface: Command Line, Text-based Interactive, : qa::old-rc-bugs, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Interface Toolkit: Ncurses TUI

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    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
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    Manage installed documentation in info format
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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 608.7 kB1968 kB [list of files]
armel 605.2 kB1860 kB [list of files]
hppa 650.2 kB2004 kB [list of files]
i386 583.3 kB1836 kB [list of files]
ia64 765.6 kB2640 kB [list of files]
mips 621.9 kB2080 kB [list of files]
mipsel 617.3 kB2072 kB [list of files]
powerpc 632.9 kB2020 kB [list of files]
s390 633.7 kB1956 kB [list of files]
sparc 532.6 kB1772 kB [list of files]