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This package contains programs for searching through files. These programs are used by most packages' build
scripts.
• Groff
This package contains programs for processing and formatting text. One important function of these programs is
to format man pages.
• GRUB
This package is the Grand Unified Boot Loader. It is one of several boot loaders available, but is the most
flexible.
• Gzip
This package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many
packages in LFS and beyond.
• Iana-etc
This package provides data for network services and protocols. It is needed to enable proper networking
capabilities.
• Inetutils
This package contains programs for basic network administration.
• IProute2
This package contains programs for basic and advanced IPv4 and IPv6 networking. It was chosen over the other
common network tools package (net-tools) for its IPv6 capabilities.
• Kbd
This package contains key-table files, keyboard utilities for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.
• Less
This package contains a very nice text file viewer that allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file. It is also
used by Man-DB for viewing manpages.
• Libtool
This package contains the GNU generic library support script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries
in a consistent, portable interface. It is needed by the test suites in other LFS packages.
• Linux Kernel
This package is the Operating System. It is the Linux in the GNU/Linux environment.
• M4
This package contains a general text macro processor useful as a build tool for other programs.
• Make
This package contains a program for directing the building of packages. It is required by almost every package in
LFS.
• Man-DB
This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages. It was chosen instead of the man package
due to superior internationalization capabilities. It supplies the man program.
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