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groups / sys-base

Name Description
acl Access control list utilities, libraries and headers
attr Extended attribute support library for ACL support
audit Userspace components of the audit framework
base Minimal package set to define a basic Arch Linux installation
bash The GNU Bourne Again shell
bash-completion Programmable completion for the bash shell
binutils A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files
biosdevname Udev helper for naming devices per BIOS names
bpf BPF tools
cgroup_event_listener Simple listener of cgroup events
coreutils The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system
cpio A tool to copy files into or out of a cpio or tar archive
cpupower Linux kernel tool to examine and tune power saving related features of your processor
cronie Daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times and related tools
cryptsetup Userspace setup tool for transparent encryption of block devices using dm-crypt
dash A POSIX compliant shell that aims to be as small as possible
dbus Freedesktop.org message bus system
dbus-docs Freedesktop.org message bus system (documentation)
ding-libs 'D is not GLib' utility libraries
dmraid Device mapper RAID interface
dracut Generic, modular, cross-distribution initramfs generation tool
efibootmgr Tool to modify UEFI Firmware Boot Manager Variables
efitools Tools for manipulating UEFI secure boot platforms
efivar Tools and library to manipulate EFI variables
elfutils Utilities to handle ELF object files and DWARF debugging information
expat An XML parser library
expect A tool for automating interactive applications
fftw A library for computing the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)
file File type identification utility
filesystem Avouch Linux base files
findutils GNU utilities to locate files
fontconfig A library for configuring and customizing font access
freetype2
freetype2-demos Freetype tools and demos
freetype2-docs Freetype documentation
fuse2 A library that makes it possible to implement a filesystem in a userspace program.
fuse3 A library that makes it possible to implement a filesystem in a userspace program.
fuse-common Common files for fuse2/3 packages
gawk GNU version of awk
gdbm GNU database library
gettext GNU internationalization library
glibc GNU C Library
gmp A free library for arbitrary precision arithmetic
gnu-efi Library for building UEFI Applications using GNU toolchain
gperf Perfect hash function generator
gpm A mouse server for the console and xterm
grep A string search utility
groff GNU troff text-formatting system
gssproxy GSSAPI Proxy
gvim Vi Improved, a highly configurable, improved version of the vi text editor (with advanced features, such as a GUI)
hardlink Replace file copies using hardlinks
hmaccalc HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) calculator
hwdata hardware identification databases
hwids hardware identification databases
hyperv Hyper-V tools
iana-etc /etc/protocols and /etc/services provided by IANA
intel-ucode Microcode update files for Intel CPUs
isomd5sum Utilities for working with md5sum implanted in ISO images
jemalloc General-purpose scalable concurrent malloc implementation
kexec-tools Load another kernel from the currently executing Linux kernel
keyutils Linux Key Management Utilities
kmod Linux kernel module handling
less A terminal based program for viewing text files
lib32-glibc GNU C Library (32-bit)
libarchive library that can create and read several streaming archive formats
libatomic_ops Provides semi-portable access to hardware provided atomic memory operations
libbsd Provides useful functions commonly found on BSD systems like strlcpy()
libcap POSIX 1003.1e capabilities
libcap-ng A library making programming with POSIX capabilities easier than traditional libcap
libconfig C/C++ Configuration File Library
libcroco A CSS parsing library
libelf Libraries to handle ELF object files and DWARF debugging information
libevent An event notification library
libffi Portable, high level programming interface to various calling conventions
libgssglue Exports a gssapi interface which calls other random gssapi libraries
libmpc Library for the arithmetic of complex numbers with arbitrarily high precision
libnewt Not Erik's Windowing Toolkit - text mode windowing with slang
libpipeline A C library for manipulating pipelines of subprocesses
libsigsegv Page fault detection library
libstatgrab A library that provides cross platform access to statistics about the system on which it's run
libtasn1 The ASN.1 library used in GNUTLS
libtirpc Transport Independent RPC library (SunRPC replacement)
libtraceevent Linux kernel trace event library
libunistring Library for manipulating Unicode strings and C strings.
libunwind A librariy providing a C ABI to determine the call-chain of a program
liburcu LGPLv2.1 userspace RCU (read-copy-update) library
liburing Linux-native io_uring I/O access library
libusb Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with USB devices.
libusb-compat Library to enable user space application programs to communicate with USB devices
libwacom Library to identify Wacom tablets and their features
libxml2 XML parsing library, version 2
libxslt XML stylesheet transformation library
licenses Collection of licenses
linux The kernel and modules
linux-api-headers Kernel headers sanitized for use in userspace
linux-atm Drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux.
linux-tools-meta Linux kernel tools meta package
lm_sensors Collection of user space tools for general SMBus access and hardware monitoring
logrotate Rotates system logs automatically
libutil-linux util-linux runtime libraries
man-db A utility for reading man pages
man-pages Linux man pages
mdadm A tool for managing/monitoring Linux md device arrays, also known as Software RAID
memtest86plus An advanced memory diagnostic tool
minizip Mini zip and unzip based on zlib
mlocate Merging locate/updatedb implementation
mpdecimal Package for correctly-rounded arbitrary precision decimal floating point arithmetic
mpfr Multiple-precision floating-point library
mtdev A stand-alone library which transforms all variants of kernel MT events to the slotted type B protocol
multipath-tools Multipath tools for Linux (including kpartx)
ncurses System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library
ndctl Utility library for managing the libnvdimm (non-volatile memory device) sub-system in the Linux kernel
npth New portable threads library
numactl Simple NUMA policy support
os-prober Utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
pciutils PCI bus configuration space access library and tools
pcre A library that implements Perl 5-style regular expressions
pcre2 A library that implements Perl 5-style regular expressions. 2nd version
perf Linux kernel performance auditing tool
popt A commandline option parser
procps-ng Utilities for monitoring your system and its processes
psmisc Miscellaneous procfs tools
pth The GNU Portable Threads.
python2-isomd5sum Python2 bindings for isomd5sum
quota-tools Tools to manage kernel-level quotas in Linux
readline GNU readline library
rpcbind portmap replacement which supports RPC over various protocols
rsync A file transfer program to keep remote files in sync
sbsigntools Tools to add signatures to EFI binaries and Drivers
sed GNU stream editor
systemd system and service manager
tar Utility used to store, backup, and transport files
tcl The Tcl scripting language
texinfo Tools needed to create Texinfo format documentation files
tmon Monitoring and Testing Tool for Linux kernel thermal subsystem
turbostat Report processor frequency and idle statistics
tzdata Sources for time zone and daylight saving time data
usb_modeswitch Activating switchable USB devices on Linux.
usbip An USB device sharing system over IP network
usbutils USB Device Utilities
util-linux Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
vim Vi Improved, a highly configurable, improved version of the vi text editor
vim-runtime Runtime for vim and gvim
which A utility to show the full path of commands
x86_energy_perf_policy Read or write MSR_IA32_ENERGY_PERF_BIAS
zlib Compression library implementing the deflate compression method found in gzip and PKZIP