util-linux

miscellaneous system utilities

Command lineUtilities

Install

Not tested on a device yet. What that means

Commands in the package

agetty
blkdiscard
blkid
blkzone
blockdev
chcpu
chmem
choom
chrt
dmesg
fallocate
findfs
findmnt
flock
fsck
fsfreeze
fstrim
getopt
getty
hardlink
ionice
ipcmk
ipcrm
ipcs
isosize
ldattach
linux32
linux64
lsblk
lscpu
lsipc
lslocks
lslogins
lsmem
lsns
mcookie
mkfs
mkswap
more
mountpoint

And 25 more.

About util-linux

From Debian's package description

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 view kernel messages, create new filesystems, view block device information, interface with real time clock, etc.

From Debian's description of the util-linux package, under that package's license.

Dependencies

Depends on

libpam-modules
libpam-runtime
libblkid1
libc6
libcap-ng0
libcrypt1
liblastlog2-2
libmount1
libpam0g
libselinux1
libsmartcols1
libsystemd0
libtinfo6
libudev1
libuuid1

Recommends

sensible-utils

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All Linux utilities

Sources and licenses

Name: the Debian package name.
Summary: Debian's short description of the util-linux package, under that package's license.
Description: Debian's description of the util-linux package, under that package's license.
Versions and sizes: Debian's archive for ARM64, as on packages.debian.org.
Popularity: Debian Popularity Contest counts.