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11
12 <title>Package Rationale</title>
13
14 <para>CLFS includes many packages, a number of which might not necessarily
15 be required for a "minimal" system, but still considered very useful. The
16 purpose of this page is to list the reasoning for each package's inclusion
17 in the book.</para>
18
19 <itemizedlist>
20
21 <listitem>
22 <para>Autoconf</para>
23 <para>The Autoconf package contains programs for producing shell scripts
24 that can automatically configure source code. This is useful for software
25 developers, as well as anyone who wants to install packages that don't
26 come with a configure script, such as some of the packages in CBLFS.</para>
27 </listitem>
28
29 <listitem>
30 <para>Automake</para>
31 <para>The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles
32 for use with Autoconf. This can be useful to software developers.</para>
33 </listitem>
34
35 <listitem>
36 <para>Bash</para>
37 <para>This package contains the Bourne-Again SHell. A shell is an
38 important component of a Linux system, as there must be some way of
39 allowing the users to enter commands.</para>
40 </listitem>
41
42 <listitem>
43 <para>Bc</para>
44 <para>This package contains a precision calculator. The Linux kernel
45 uses Bc to render the timeconst header.</para>
46 </listitem>
47
48
49 <listitem>
50 <para>Binutils</para>
51 <para>This package contains programs for handling object files. The
52 programs in this package are needed for compiling most of the packages
53 in CLFS.</para>
54 </listitem>
55
56 <listitem>
57 <para>Bison</para>
58 <para>This package contains programs that are required by several
59 packages in CLFS.</para>
60 </listitem>
61
62 <listitem>
63 <para>Bzip2</para>
64 <para>The programs in this package are useful for compressing files to
65 reduce size. They are also needed to uncompress tarballs for many
66 CLFS packages.</para>
67 </listitem>
68
69 <listitem>
70 <para>CLFS-Bootscripts</para>
71 <para>This package contains a number of scripts that run at boottime,
72 performing essential tasks such as mounting/checking filesystems and
73 starting the network interface.</para>
74 </listitem>
75
76 <listitem>
77 <para>Check</para>
78 <para>This package contains a test harness for other programs. It is
79 used for some packages' test suites.</para>
80 </listitem>
81
82 <listitem>
83 <para>CLooG</para>
84 <para>This package is used by GCC to enable its Graphite loop generation
85 code.</para>
86 </listitem>
87
88 <listitem>
89 <para>Coreutils</para>
90 <para>This package contains many basic command-line file-management
91 tools, required for installation of every package in CLFS.</para>
92 </listitem>
93
94 <listitem>
95 <para>DejaGNU</para>
96 <para>This package is needed for the test suites of several packages,
97 especially GCC and Binutils.</para>
98 </listitem>
99
100 <listitem>
101 <para>DHCPCD</para>
102 <para>This package allows for automatic configuration of network
103 interfaces from a DHCP server. It (or some other package providing a
104 DHCP client is needed to connect to a DHCP server.</para>
105 </listitem>
106
107 <listitem>
108 <para>Diffutils</para>
109 <para>This package contains programs to compare files, and can also
110 be used to create patches. It is required by the installation procedures
111 of many CLFS packages, and used by many packages' test suites.</para>
112 </listitem>
113
114 <listitem>
115 <para>Eudev</para>
116 <para>This is a package that allows for dynamic creation of device nodes.
117 It is a fork of Udev, which is now part of Systemd. It is still
118 used for the "Boot" method in the temp-system, as Systemd is not needed
119 there.</para>
120 </listitem>
121
122 <listitem>
123 <para>Expect</para>
124 <para>This package is needed for the test suites for several packages.</para>
125 </listitem>
126
127 <listitem>
128 <para>E2fsprogs</para>
129 <para>The programs in this package are used for the creation and
130 maintenance of ext2/3/4 filesystems.</para>
131 </listitem>
132
133 <listitem>
134 <para>File</para>
135 <para>This package contains a program that determines the type of
136 a given file. It is needed by some CLFS packages.</para>
137 </listitem>
138
139 <listitem>
140 <para>Findutils</para>
141 <para>This package contains programs for finding files based on certain
142 criteria, and optionally performing commands on them. These programs
143 are used by the installation procedures of many CLFS packages.</para>
144 </listitem>
145
146 <listitem>
147 <para>Flex</para>
148 <para>This package contains a tool for generating text scanners. It is
149 used by multiple packages in CLFS</para>
150 </listitem>
151
152 <listitem>
153 <para>Gawk</para>
154 <para>This package contains programs for manipulating text files, using
155 the AWK language. It is used by the installation procedures of many
156 packages in CLFS.</para>
157 </listitem>
158
159 <listitem>
160 <para>Gcc</para>
161 <para>This package contains a C compiler, which is required to compile
162 most of the packages in CLFS.</para>
163 </listitem>
164
165 <listitem>
166 <para>GDBM</para>
167 <para>This package contains the GNU Database Manager library. Man-DB
168 requires either GDBM or Berkeley DB, though it prefers GDBM.</para>
169 </listitem>
170
171 <listitem>
172 <para>Gettext</para>
173 <para>A tool that allows programmers to easily implement i18n
174 (internationalization) in their programs. It is a required dependency
175 for a number of packages</para>
176 </listitem>
177
178 <listitem>
179 <para>Glibc</para>
180 <para>Any dynamically-linked C program (nearly every package in CLFS
181 has these) needs a C library to compile and run.</para>
182 </listitem>
183
184 <listitem>
185 <para>GMP</para>
186 <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
187 </listitem>
188
189 <listitem>
190 <para>Grep</para>
191 <para>This package contains programs for searching for text in files.
192 These programs are required by many packages in CLFS.</para>
193 </listitem>
194
195 <listitem>
196 <para>Groff</para>
197 <para>This package is required by Man-DB.</para>
198 </listitem>
199
200 <listitem>
201 <para>Gzip</para>
202 <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. It is also needed to
203 uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
204 </listitem>
205
206 <listitem>
207 <para>Iana-Etc</para>
208 <para>This package provides the <filename>/etc/services</filename> and
209 <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> files. These files map port names to
210 port numbers as well as protocol names to their corresponding numbers.
211 These files are essential for many network based programs to work properly.</para>
212 </listitem>
213
214 <listitem>
215 <para>IProute2</para>
216 <para>This package contains programs for administering network
217 interfaces.</para>
218 </listitem>
219
220 <listitem>
221 <para>IPutils</para>
222 <para>This package contains several basic network-management tools.</para>
223 </listitem>
224
225 <listitem>
226 <para>ISL</para>
227 <para>This package is required by CLooG.</para>
228 </listitem>
229
230 <listitem>
231 <para>Kbd</para>
232 <para>Contains keytable files and keyboard utilities compatible with the
233 Linux kernel. These can be used to change the display font and keyboard
234 layout.</para>
235 </listitem>
236
237 <listitem>
238 <para>Kmod</para>
239 <para>This package contains programs that assist in loading an unloading
240 kernel modules.</para>
241 </listitem>
242
243 <listitem>
244 <para>Less</para>
245 <para>A program that lets you view text files one page at a time.
246 It is also used by Man-DB for displaying manpages.</para>
247 </listitem>
248
249 <listitem>
250 <para>Libee</para>
251 <para>This library is required by Rsyslog.</para>
252 </listitem>
253
254 <listitem>
255 <para>Libestr</para>
256 <para>This library is required by Rsyslog.</para>
257 </listitem>
258
259 <listitem>
260 <para>Libpipeline</para>
261 <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating
262 pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
263 required by the Man-DB package.</para>
264 </listitem>
265
266 <listitem>
267 <para>Libtool</para>
268 <para>The Libtool package contains the GNU generic library support
269 script. It is used by some CLFS packages.</para>
270 </listitem>
271
272 <listitem>
273 <para>Linux-Headers</para>
274 <para>This package consists of santized headers from the Linux Kernel.
275 These headers are required for Glibc to compile.</para>
276 </listitem>
277
278 <listitem>
279 <para>Linux Kernel</para>
280 <para>The Linux operating system.</para>
281 </listitem>
282
283 <listitem>
284 <para>M4</para>
285 <para>This package contains a macro processor. It is required by several
286 CLFS packages, including Bison.</para>
287 </listitem>
288
289 <listitem>
290 <para>Make</para>
291 <para>This is required for installation of most CLFS packages</para>
292 </listitem>
293
294 <listitem>
295 <para>Man-DB</para>
296 <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages,
297 and has superior internationalization capabilities compared to the
298 <application>Man</application> package.</para>
299 </listitem>
300
301 <listitem>
302 <para>Man-Pages</para>
303 <para>A number of useful manpages, not supplied by other packages</para>
304 </listitem>
305
306 <listitem>
307 <para>MPC</para>
308 <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
309 </listitem>
310
311 <listitem>
312 <para>MPFR</para>
313 <para>This package is required by GCC.</para>
314 </listitem>
315
316 <listitem>
317 <para>Ncurses</para>
318 <para>Needed by several packages in CLFS, such as Vim, Bash, and Less</para>
319 </listitem>
320
321 <listitem>
322 <para>Patch</para>
323 <para>Used for applying patches in several CLFS packages</para>
324 </listitem>
325
326 <listitem>
327 <para>Perl</para>
328 <para>The Perl package contains the Practical Extraction and Report
329 Language. It is required by several CLFS packages.</para>
330 </listitem>
331
332 <listitem>
333 <para>Pkg-config-lite</para>
334 <para>Several packages in CLFS, and many others outside of CLFS,
335 use <command>pkg-config</command> to locate dependencies.</para>
336 </listitem>
337
338 <listitem>
339 <para>Procps-ng</para>
340 <para>Provides a number of small, useful utilities that give information
341 about the <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para>
342 </listitem>
343
344 <listitem>
345 <para>Psmisc</para>
346 <para>Provides more utilties that give information about the
347 <filename class="directory">/proc</filename> filesystem.</para>
348 </listitem>
349
350 <listitem>
351 <para>Readline</para>
352 <para>The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by
353 applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed
354 in. This is essential for input in programs like <command>bash</command>
355 to work properly.</para>
356 </listitem>
357
358 <listitem>
359 <para>Rsyslog</para>
360 <para>This package provides a system logging daemon.</para>
361 </listitem>
362
363 <listitem>
364 <para>Sed</para>
365 <para>This package contains a stream editor. It is used in the
366 installation procedures of most CLFS packages.</para>
367 </listitem>
368
369 <listitem>
370 <para>Shadow</para>
371 <para>This package contains programs that assist in the administration
372 of users and groups, and passwords.</para>
373 </listitem>
374
375 <listitem>
376 <para>Sysvinit</para>
377 <para>Sysvinit provides the init daemon for the system.</para>
378 </listitem>
379
380 <listitem>
381 <para>Tar</para>
382 <para>Required to unpack the tar archives in which all CLFS packages
383 are distributed</para>
384 </listitem>
385
386 <listitem>
387 <para>Tcl</para>
388 <para>Needed for the test suites of several packages</para>
389 </listitem>
390
391 <listitem>
392 <para>Texinfo</para>
393 <para>This package contains programs for viewing, installing and
394 converting info pages. It is used in the installation procedures
395 of many CLFS packages.</para>
396 </listitem>
397
398 <listitem>
399 <para>Util-linux</para>
400 <para>The Util-linux package contains miscellaneous utility programs.
401 Among them are utilities for handling file systems, consoles,
402 partitions, and messages. It also includes libraries that are required
403 by E2fsprogs.</para>
404 </listitem>
405
406 <listitem>
407 <para>Vim</para>
408 <para>The Vim package contains a text editor. Users may substitute Nano,
409 Joe, Emacs, or whatever other editor they prefer.</para>
410 </listitem>
411
412 <listitem>
413 <para>XZ Utils</para>
414 <para>Useful for compressing files to reduce size. Also needed to
415 uncompress tarballs for many CLFS packages</para>
416 </listitem>
417
418 <listitem>
419 <para>Zlib</para>
420 <para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines
421 used by some programs.</para>
422 </listitem>
423
424 </itemizedlist>
425
426</appendix>
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