Linux From Scratch - Version 7.0
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This package contains a number of essential programs for viewing and manipulating files and directories. These
programs are needed for command line file management, and are necessary for the installation procedures of
every package in LFS.
• DejaGNU
This package contains a framework for testing other programs. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.
• Diffutils
This package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories. These programs can be
used to create patches, and are also used in many packages' build procedures.
• Expect
This package contains a program for carrying out scripted dialogues with other interactive programs. It is
commonly used for testing other packages. It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.
• E2fsprogs
This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems. These are the most common
and thoroughly tested file systems that Linux supports.
• File
This package contains a utility for determining the type of a given file or files. A few packages need it to build.
• Findutils
This package contains programs to find files in a file system. It is used in many packages' build scripts.
• Flex
This package contains a utility for generating programs that recognize patterns in text. It is the GNU version of
the lex (lexical analyzer) program. It is required to build several LFS packages.
• Gawk
This package contains programs for manipulating text files. It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-
Kernighan). It is used in many other packages' build scripts.
• Gcc
This package is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the C and C++ compilers as well as several others not
built by LFS.
• GDBM
This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. It is used by one other LFS package, Man-DB.
• Gettext
This package contains utilities and libraries for internationalization and localization of numerous packages.
• Glibc
This package contains the main C library. Linux programs would not run without it.
• GMP
This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required
to build Gcc.
• Grep
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