Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-543

Chapter 12. System Utilities

LSB-Tools-0.12

Introduction to LSB-Tools

The LSB-Tools package includes tools for Linux Standards Base (LSB) conformance.

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Note

Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Installation of LSB-Tools

Install LSB-Tools by running the following commands: 

make

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Remove a file that should not be installed as the root user: 

rm /usr/sbin/lsbinstall

Configuration Information

The configuration for this package was done in LFS. The file /etc/lsb-release should already exist. Be sure that the DISTRIB_CODENAME entry has been set properly.

Contents

Installed Programs: lsb_release , install_initd, and remove_initd
Installed Library: None
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/python3.13/site-packages/lsbtools

Short Descriptions

lsb_release

is a script to give LSB data

install_initd

is a script to activate SysV startup scripts

remove_initd

is a script to deactivate SysV startup scripts