Linux from Scratch

Version 9.1 (March 1st, 2020)

Packages

`Zlib-1.2.11`

compression-decompression

libz

`Bzip2-1.0.8`

compression-decompression

bzip2, bunzip2 primarily.

Also bz{cat,cmp,diff,egrep,fgrep,grep,less,more} among others.

libbz2

`Xz-5.2.4`

compression-decompression

lzma, unlzma, xz, unxz primarily.

{lz,xz}{cat,cmp,diff,egrep,fgrep,grep,less,more}

Libraries

liblzma

`File-5.38`

determine filetypes of files

file

libmagic — magic number recognition

`Readline-8.0`

command-line editing and history

libreadline — commands for repl input manipulation
libhistory — handle command-line history lines

`M4-1.4.18`

macro processor

m4

`Bc-2.5.3`

arbitrary precision number processing

bc, dc (rpn)

`Binutils-2.34`

linker, assembler, and other stuff for handling object files

…

`GMP-6.2.0`

math libs

libgmp — math functions
libgmpxx — math functions, but for C++

`MPFR-4.0.2`

arbitrary precision math

libmpfr

`MPC-1.1.0`

complex number math

libmpc

`Attr-2.4.48`

file extended attributes

attr, {get,set}fattr

libattr

`Acl-2.2.53`

access control lists. fine-grained file/dir access control

chacl — “change ACL”
{get,set}facl

libacl

`Shadow-4.8.1`

tools to securely handle passwords

ch{age,fn,passwd,sh}

chgpasswd

group{add,del,mems,mod}

gp{ck,conv,unconv}

user{add,del,mod}

…

`GCC-9.2.0`

gnu compiler collection

c compiler

{c,g}++

{,g}cc

gcov{,-dump,-tool} — coverage testing tool

…

`Pkg-config-0.29.2`

`Ncurses-6.2`

“libraries for terminal-independent handling of character screens”

`Libcap-2.31`

“capabilities” (aka privileges)

`Sed-4.8`

stream editor. find-replace

sed

`Psmisc-23.2`

display info about running processes

`Iana-Etc-2.30`

data for network services|protocols

Installs /etc/protocols and /etc/services

`Bison-3.5.2`

parser generator

bison — given rules generates parser code
yacc (”yet another compiler compiler”)

liby

`Flex-2.6.4`

kinda like bison?

flex, flex++, …

libfl

`Grep-3.4`

find with regex

{e,f,}grep

e: extended

f: “fixed strings”

`Bash-5.0`

shell

bash, bashbug

`Libtool-2.4.6`

generic library for consistent shared library support

`GDBM-1.18.1`

GNU DB Manager

database utils. key-value stores. crud.

`Gperf-3.1`

“generates a perfect hash function from a key set”

`Expat-2.2.9`

parse XML with C

xmlwf. xml well-formed?

libexpat

`Inetutils-1.9.4`

networking tools

dnsdomainname
{,t}ftp
hostname
ifconfig
ping{,6}
talk
telnet
traceroute

`Perl-5.30.1`

Practical Extraction and Report Language

perl{,bug,doc,ivp,thanks,5.30.1}, pod{…} (documentation format), …

`XML::Parser-2.46`

perl interface to expat

`Intltool-0.51.0`

i18n tool to extract translatable strings from source files

intltoolize, intltool-{extract,merge,prepare,update}

`Autoconf-2.69`

creates shell scripts to auto-configure source code

`Automake-1.16.1`

`Kmod-26`

kernel modules

`Gettext-0.20.1`

i18n

`Libelf from Elfutils-0.178`

executable and linked files

`Libffi-3.3`

`OpenSSL-1.1.1d`

`Python-3.8.1`

`Ninja-1.10.0`

simple build system

`Meson-0.53.1`

another simple build system

`Coreutils-8.31`

buncha random unix-ey tools

`Check-0.14.0`

testing/assertion

`Diffutils-3.7`

diff and siblings

`Gawk-5.0.1`

`Findutils-4.7.0`

finding files and things

`Groff-1.22.4`

document processing

`GRUB-2.04`

grand unified bootloader

bootloader

`Less-551`

pager

`Gzip-1.10`

compression-decompression

`Zstd-1.4.4`

compression-decompression

`IPRoute2-5.5.0`

`Kbd-2.2.0`

`Libpipeline-1.5.2`

`Make-4.3`

build systems

`Patch-2.7.6`

apply patches (typically) created via diff

`Man-DB-2.9.0`

man pages.

`Tar-1.32`

`Texinfo-6.7`

info pages. man pages, except longer.

`Vim-8.2.0190`

vim.

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