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| 8 | <appendix id="appendixd-common" xreflabel="Appendix D">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml dir="appendixd"?>
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| 10 | <?dbhtml filename="rationale-common.html"?>
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| 11 |
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| 12 | <title>Package Rationale</title>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <para>CLFS includes many packages, a number of which might not necessarily
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| 15 | be required for a "minimal" system, but still considered very useful. The
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| 16 | purpose of this page is to list the reasoning for each package's inclusion
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| 17 | in the book.</para>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <itemizedlist>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <listitem>
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| 22 | <para>Autoconf</para>
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| 23 | <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts
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| 24 | that can automatically configure source code.</para>
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| 25 | </listitem>
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| 26 |
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| 27 | <listitem>
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| 28 | <para>Automake</para>
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| 29 | <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.</para>
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| 30 | </listitem>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <listitem>
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| 33 | <para>Bash</para>
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| 34 | <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell.</para>
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| 35 | </listitem>
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| 36 |
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| 37 | <listitem>
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| 38 | <para>Binutils</para>
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| 39 | <para>This package contains programs for handling object files. The
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| 40 | programs in this package are needed for compiling most of the packages
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| 41 | in CLFS.</para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Bison</para>
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| 46 | <para>Required by several package in CLFS</para>
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| 47 | </listitem>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Bzip2</para>
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| 51 | <para>The programs in this package are useful for compressing files to
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| 52 | reduce size. They are also needed to uncompress tarballs for many
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| 53 | CLFS packages.</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>CLFS-Bootscripts</para>
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| 58 | <para>This package contains a number of scripts that run at boottime,
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| 59 | performing essential tasks such as mounting/checking filesystems and
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| 60 | starting the network interface.</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>CLooG-PPL</para>
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| 65 | <para>Used by GCC</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | <listitem>
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| 69 | <para>Coreutils</para>
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| 70 | <para>This package contains many basic command-line file-management
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| 71 | tools, required for installation of every package in CLFS.</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <listitem>
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| 75 | <para>DejaGNU</para>
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| 76 | <para>This package is needed for the testsuites of several packages,
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| 77 | especially GCC and Binutils</para>
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| 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 |
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| 80 | <listitem>
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| 81 | <para>DHCPCD</para>
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| 82 | <para>This package allows for automatic configuration of network
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| 83 | interfaces from a DHCP server</para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <listitem>
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| 87 | <para>Diffutils</para>
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| 88 | <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also
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| 89 | be used to create patches. Required by the installation procedures of
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| 90 | many CLFS packages.</para>
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| 91 | </listitem>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <listitem>
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| 94 | <para>EGLIBC</para>
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| 95 | <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (which is nearly everything
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| 96 | in CLFS) needs a C library to compile and run.</para>
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| 97 | </listitem>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <listitem>
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| 100 | <para>Expect</para>
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| 101 | <para>This package is needed for the testsuites for several packages.</para>
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| 102 | </listitem>
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| 103 |
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| 104 | <listitem>
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| 105 | <para>E2fsprogs</para>
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| 106 | <para>The programs in this package are used for the creation and
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| 107 | maintenance of ext2/3/4 filesystems.</para>
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| 108 | </listitem>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <listitem>
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| 111 | <para>File</para>
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| 112 | <para>This package contains a program that determines the type of
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| 113 | a given file. It is needed by some CLFS packages.</para>
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| 114 | </listitem>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <listitem>
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| 117 | <para>Findutils</para>
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| 118 | <para>This package contains programs for finding files based on certain
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| 119 | criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. Used by the
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| 120 | installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para>
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| 121 | </listitem>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <listitem>
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| 124 | <para>Flex</para>
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| 125 | <para>This package contains a tool for generating text scanners. It is
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| 126 | used by multiple packages in CLFS</para>
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| 127 | </listitem>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <listitem>
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| 130 | <para>Gawk</para>
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| 131 | <para>This package contains programs for manipulating text files, using
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| 132 | the AWK language. It is used by the installation procedures of many
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| 133 | packages in CLFS.</para>
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| 134 | </listitem>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <listitem>
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| 137 | <para>Gcc</para>
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| 138 | <para>This package contains a C compiler, which is required to compile
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| 139 | most of the packages in CLFS.</para>
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| 140 | </listitem>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>Gettext</para>
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| 144 | <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n in their
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| 145 | programs. It is a required dependency for a number of packages</para>
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| 146 | </listitem>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <listitem>
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| 149 | <para>Glib</para>
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| 150 | <para>Required for pkg-config</para>
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| 151 | </listitem>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | <listitem>
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| 154 | <para>GMP</para>
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| 155 | <para>Required by GCC</para>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <listitem>
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| 159 | <para>Grep</para>
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| 160 | <para>Programs for searching for text in files. Required by
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| 161 | many packages in CLFS.</para>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | <listitem>
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| 165 | <para>Groff</para>
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| 166 | <para>Required by Man</para>
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| 167 | </listitem>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <listitem>
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| 170 | <para>Gzip</para>
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| 171 | <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to
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| 172 | uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
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| 173 | </listitem>
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| 174 |
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| 175 | <listitem>
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| 176 | <para>Iana-Etc</para>
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| 177 | <para>This package provides the <filename>/etc/services</filename> and
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| 178 | <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> files. These files map port names to
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| 179 | port numbers as well as protocol names to their corresponding numbers.
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| 180 | These files are essential for many network based programs to work properly.</para>
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| 181 | </listitem>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <listitem>
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| 184 | <para>IProute2</para>
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| 185 | <para>This package contains programs for administering network interfaces.</para>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <listitem>
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| 189 | <para>IPutils</para>
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| 190 | <para>This package contains several basic network-management tools.</para>
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| 191 | </listitem>
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| 192 |
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| 193 | <listitem>
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| 194 | <para>Kbd</para>
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| 195 | <para>Contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible with the
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| 196 | Linux kernel.</para>
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| 197 | </listitem>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <listitem>
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| 200 | <para>Less</para>
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| 201 | <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time.
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| 202 | Used by Man for displaying manpages.</para>
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| 203 | </listitem>
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| 204 |
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| 205 | <listitem>
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| 206 | <para>Libee</para>
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| 207 | <para>This package contains an event expression library.</para>
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| 208 | </listitem>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>Libestr</para>
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| 212 | <para>This package contains a library for string essentials.</para>
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| 213 | </listitem>
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| 214 |
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| 215 | <listitem>
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| 216 | <para>Libtool</para>
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| 217 | <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support
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| 218 | script. It is used by some CLFS packages.</para>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>Linux-Headers</para>
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| 223 | <para>This package consists of santized headers from the Linux Kernel.
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| 224 | These headers are required for Glibc to compile.</para>
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| 225 | </listitem>
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| 226 |
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| 227 | <listitem>
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| 228 | <para>Linux Kernel</para>
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| 229 | <para>The Linux operating system.</para>
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| 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>M4</para>
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| 234 | <para>This package contains a macro processor. It is required by several
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| 235 | CLFS packages, including Bison.</para>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>Make</para>
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| 240 | <para>Required for installation of most CLFS packages</para>
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| 241 | </listitem>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>Man</para>
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| 245 | <para>Used for viewing manpages</para>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <listitem>
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| 249 | <para>Man-Pages</para>
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| 250 | <para>A number of useful manpages, not supplied by other packages</para>
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| 251 | </listitem>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <listitem>
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| 254 | <para>MPC</para>
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| 255 | <para>Required by GCC</para>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 |
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| 258 | <listitem>
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| 259 | <para>MPFR</para>
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| 260 | <para>Required by GCC</para>
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| 261 | </listitem>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <listitem>
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| 264 | <para>Module-Init-Tools</para>
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| 265 | <para>This package contains programs that assist in</para>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 |
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| 268 | <listitem>
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| 269 | <para>Ncurses</para>
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| 270 | <para>Needed by several packages in CLFS, such as Vim, Bash, and Less</para>
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| 271 | </listitem>
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| 272 |
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| 273 | <listitem>
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| 274 | <para>Patch</para>
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| 275 | <para>Used for applying patches in several CLFS packages</para>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 |
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| 278 | <listitem>
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| 279 | <para>Perl</para>
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| 280 | <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report
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| 281 | Language. It is required by several CLFS packages.</para>
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| 282 | </listitem>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <listitem>
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| 285 | <para>Pkg-config</para>
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| 286 | <para>Needed by E2fsprogs</para>
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| 287 | </listitem>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <listitem>
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| 290 | <para>PPL</para>
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| 291 | <para>Used by GCC</para>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 |
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| 294 | <listitem>
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| 295 | <para>Procps</para>
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| 296 | <para>Provides a number of small, useful utilities that give information
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| 297 | about the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para>
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| 298 | </listitem>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <listitem>
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| 301 | <para>Psmisc</para>
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| 302 | <para>Provides more utilties that give information about the
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| 303 | <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para>
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| 304 | </listitem>
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| 305 |
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| 306 | <listitem>
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| 307 | <para>Readline</para>
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| 308 | <para>The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by
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| 309 | applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed
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| 310 | in. This is essential for input in programs like <command>bash</command>
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| 311 | to work properly.</para>
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| 312 | </listitem>
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| 313 |
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| 314 | <listitem>
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| 315 | <para>Rsyslog</para>
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| 316 | <para>Rsyslog is an enhanced multi-threaded syslogd that supports
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| 317 | multiple backends with very little dependencies. It provides a program
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| 318 | that logs various system events into files in
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| 319 | <filename class="directory">/var/log</filename>.</para>
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| 320 | </listitem>
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| 321 |
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| 322 | <listitem>
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| 323 | <para>Sed</para>
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| 324 | <para>This package contains a stream editor. It is used in the
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| 325 | installation procedures of most CLFS packages.</para>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 |
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>Shadow</para>
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| 330 | <para>This package contains programs that assist in the administration
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| 331 | of users and groups, and passwords.</para>
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| 332 | </listitem>
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| 333 |
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| 334 | <listitem>
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| 335 | <para>Sysvinit</para>
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| 336 | <para>Sysvinit is the init daemon that the clfs-bootscripts were written
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| 337 | to work with.</para>
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| 338 | </listitem>
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| 339 |
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| 340 | <listitem>
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| 341 | <para>Tar</para>
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| 342 | <para>Required to unpack the tar archives in which all CLFS packages
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| 343 | are distributed</para>
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| 344 | </listitem>
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| 345 |
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| 346 | <listitem>
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| 347 | <para>Tcl</para>
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| 348 | <para>Needed for the testsuites of several packages</para>
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| 349 | </listitem>
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| 350 |
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| 351 | <listitem>
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| 352 | <para>Texinfo</para>
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| 353 | <para>This package contains programs for viewing, installing and
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| 354 | converting info pages. It is used in the installation procedures
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| 355 | of many CLFS packages.</para>
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| 356 | </listitem>
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| 357 |
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| 358 | <listitem>
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| 359 | <para>Udev</para>
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| 360 | <para>The Udev package contains programs for dynamic creation of device
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| 361 | nodes.</para>
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| 362 | </listitem>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | <listitem>
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| 365 | <para>Util-linux</para>
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| 366 | <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
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| 367 | Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles,
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| 368 | partitions, and messages. It also includes libraries that are required
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| 369 | by E2fsprogs.</para>
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| 370 | </listitem>
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| 371 |
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| 372 | <listitem>
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| 373 | <para>Vim</para>
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| 374 | <para>The Vim package contains a text editor. Users may substitute Nano,
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| 375 | Joe, Emacs, or whatever other editor they prefer.</para>
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| 376 | </listitem>
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| 377 |
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| 378 | <listitem>
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| 379 | <para>XZ-Utils</para>
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| 380 | <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to
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| 381 | uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
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| 382 | </listitem>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <listitem>
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| 385 | <para>Zlib</para>
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| 386 | <para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines
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| 387 | used by some programs.</para>
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| 388 | </listitem>
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| 389 |
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| 390 | </itemizedlist>
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| 391 |
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| 392 | </appendix>
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