Util-linux

util-linux
Stable release
2.40.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 4 July 2024; 4 months ago (4 July 2024)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux
Available in31 languages, 7 full translations[2]
TypeUtility software
LicensePortions variously under GNU General Public License (v2+ or v2 only), GNU Lesser General Public License (v2+) and BSD License.[3]
Websitewww.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
git.kernel.org/cgit/utils/util-linux/util-linux.git

util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization for use as part of the Linux operating system. A fork, util-linux-ng (with ng meaning "next generation"), was created when development stalled,[4] but as of January 2011 has been renamed back to util-linux, and is the official version of the package.[5]

  1. ^ "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.40.2". 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Translation Project util-linux textual domain". 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-04.
  3. ^ "README.licensing". util-linux source tree. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  4. ^ Karel Zak (2006-12-18). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng fork". Retrieved 2014-04-12.
  5. ^ Karel Zak (2010-12-01). "[ANNOUNCE] util-linux without -ng". Retrieved 2014-04-12.