Linux Base Utilities
Note: ⩔ is a "logical or" character.
Extended Base
| Description | Arch Linux | Void Linux | Debian | Alpine Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boot Loaders | grub ⩔ refind ⩔ syslinux ⩔ systemd-bootNote: systemd provides systemd-bootNote:
grub is broken up into many packages in Void |
grub-pc ⩔ grub-efi ⩔ refind ⩔ syslinux ⩔ syslinux-efi ⩔ systemd-bootNote:
systemd provides systemd-boot |
grub2 ⩔ refind ⩔ syslinux
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| Boot Tools | (mkinitcpio ⩔ dracut) (memtest86+ ⩔ (memtest86-efiandontie efibootmgr fwupd uefi-shell-gitAUR))
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dracut (memtest86+ ⩔(efibootmgr efivar fwupd-efi))
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(initramfs-tools ⩔ dracut) (memtest86+ ⩔ (memtest86 efibootmgr efivar fwupd))
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efibootmgr
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| CPU Microcode | amd-ucode ⩔ intel-ucode
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linux-firmware-amd ⩔intel-ucode linux-firmware-intel
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amd64-microcodenonfree ⩔ intel-microcodenonfree
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| Editing | nano nano-syntax-highlighting vim |
nano vim
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| Filesystems (Linux Native) | btrfs-progs f2fs-tools jfsutils mdadm nilfs-utils reiserfsprogs xfsprogs |
btrfs-progs f2fs-tools jfsutils mdadm xfsprogs
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| Filesystems (Network/Other) | dosfstools exfatprogs mtools nfs-utils ntfs-3g smbclient udftools
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dosfstools exfat-dkms exfat-utils mtools nfs-utils ntfs-3g smbclient udftools
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dosfstools exfatprogs mtools nfs-kernel-server ntfs-3g smbclient udftools
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dosfstools mtools nfs-utils ntfs-3g samba-client udftools
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| Hardware Reporting | dmidecode hddtemp hdparm hwdetect lshw stress sysbench |
dmidecode hddtemp hdparm lshw stress sysbench |
dmidecode hdparm lsblk lshw
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| Hardware Support | acpid cpupower dmraid lm_sensors smartmontools usbutils |
acpi-support linux-cpupower dmraid lm-sensors smartmontools usbutils |
acpi dmraid lsblk smartmontools usbutils
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| Kernel | (linux ⩔ linux-hardened ⩔ linux-lts ⩔ linux-zen) linux-firmware
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(linux-mainline ⩔ linux ⩔ linux-lts) linux-firwmare
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linux-image-<arch> firmware-linux
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| Man Pages | man-db ⩔ mandoc |
mandocmml ⩔ man-db |
(man-db ⩔ mandoc) manpages
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| Network Manager | connman ⩔ dhcpcd ⩔ netctl ⩔ networkmanager ⩔ systemd-networkdNote:
systemd provides systemd-networkd |
connman ⩔ dhcpcd ⩔ NetworkManager
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connman ⩔ dhcpcd5 ⩔ ifupdown ⩔ netctl ⩔ network-manager ⩔ systemd-networkdNote:
systemd provides systemd-networkdifupdown is the "classic"
/etc/network/interfaces manager |
connman ⩔ dhcpcd ⩔ networkmanager
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| Non-Free Kernel Modules | {aic94xx,wd719x}-firmwarechaotic upd72020x-fwchaotic |
firmware-linux-nonfreenonfree firmware-misc-nonfreenonfree
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| Optional Repositories | chaotic-{keyring,mirrorlist}chaotic |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Package System Helpers | lostfiles pacman-contrib pacutils pkgfile reflector yaychaotic |
aptitude dpkg apt-utils devscripts netselect-apt
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| Secure Boot | efitools (preloader ⩔ preloader-signedAUR) sbsigntools
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efitools
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efitools sbsigntools
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sbsigntool
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| System | cronie lsb-release plocate ntp openssh polkit sudo rng-tools
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cronie plocate ntp openssh polkit sudo rng-tools
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cron lsb-release plocate ntp openssh-server policykit-1 sudo rng-tools5
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haveged haveged-openrc plocate openntpd openssh polkit-elogind sudo
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Extra
| Description | Arch Linux | Alpine Linux | Debian | Void |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compression | lhasa lrzip lz4 lzop p7zip {un,}arj unrar {un,}zip wimlib xz zstd
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lzo p7zip unrar unzip unarj zip zstd
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arj lhasa lrzip lz4 lzop p7zip {un,}zip wimtools xz-utils zstd {un,}rarnonfree
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| Diagnosis | atop glances htop iotop lsof strace |
atop glances htop iftop iotop lsof strace |
atop glances htop iotop lsof strace
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| Extra | arch-install-scripts jq (tmux ⩔ screen) |
arch-install-scripts jq ( tmux ⩔ screen ) |
arch-install-scripts jq (tmux ⩔ screen)
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| Disk Management | gpart gptfdisk parted |
gpart gptfdisk parted |
gpart gdisk parted
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| File Management | git ncdu perl-rename ranger rsync tree |
git ncdu ranger rsync tree |
ncdu rename ranger rsync tree
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| GStreamer | gstreamer{-vaapi,} gst-{libav,plugin-pipewire} gst-plugins-{bad,base,good,ugly} |
gstreamer1.0-vaapi gstreamer1.0-{libav,pipewire,pulseaudio} gstreamer1.0-plugins-{bad,base,good,ugly}
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| GVFS | gvfs-{afc,goa,gphoto2,google,mtp,nfs,smb} |
gvfs gvfs-backends
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| Language Tools | hunspell{,-en_us} hyphen{,-en} libmythes mythes-en |
hunspell{-en-us} hyphen{en-us} libmythes-{x.x-x}
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| Network Diagnostics | iftop iptraf-ng nload nmap nmon traceroute |
iptraf-ng nload nmap |
iftop iptraf-ng nload nmap nmon traceroute
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| Network Tools | bind ethtool fail2ban inetutils iwd net-tools wget whois wol |
bind ethtool fail2ban iptraf-ng iwd net-tools nload nmap wget whois |
bind9 ethtool fail2ban inetutils-tools (etherwake ⩔ wakeonlan) curl
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| OpenCL | clinfo ocl-icd pocl spirv-tools |
clinfo ocl-icd-libopencl1 pocl-opencl-icd spirv-tools
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| Script Debugging | checkbashisms shellcheck |
checkbashisms |
devscripts shellcheck
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| Shell Support | dialog neofetch |
dialog neofetch kbd |
dialog (neofetch ⩔ screenfetch) kbd
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| Thumbnailers | (ffmpegthumbs ⩔ (ffmpegthumbnailer tumbler)) exe-thumbnailerchaotic |
ffmpegthumbs ⩔ ffmpegthumbnailer tumbler exe-thumbnailer
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| TPM 2.0 | tpm2-{abrmd,tools} |
tpm2-{abrmd,tools}
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| Video Acceleration | libva-utils vdpauinfo |
vainfo vdpauinfo
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| Vulkan | vulkan-{mesa-layers,tools} |
vulkan-tools mesa-vulkan-drivers
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| Xorg | xdg-{utils,user-dirs} xorg-{server,xauth,xdpyinfo,xhost,xinit,xrandr,xwininfo}
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elogind eudev xorg-{server,xdpyinfo,xrandr} xf86-input-libinput
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xdg-{utils,user-dirs} xserver-xorg-core xauth x11-utils xinit xrandr x11-xserver-utils
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| Xorg Login | gdm ⩔ lightdm ⩔ lxdm ⩔ sddm ⩔ xdm |
gdm3 ⩔ lightdm ⩔ lxdm ⩔ sddm ⩔ xdm
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| Xorg Video | xf86-video-{amdgpu,ati,intel,nouveau,openchrome,vesa} |
xf86-video-{amdgpu,ati,intel,modesettings,nouveau,openchrome,vesa} |
xserver-xorg-video-{amdgpu,ati,intel,nouveau,openchrome,vesa}
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| ZSH | bullet-train-oh-my-zsh-theme-gitAUR oh-my-zsh-gitchaotic powerline powerline-fonts zsh zsh-completions zsh-syntax-highlighting |
zsh $(apk search zsh-completion | sed 's/-[0-9.]*-r[0-9]*//g' | tr '\n' ' ') zsh-syntax-highlighting |
zsh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-theme-powerlevel9k powerline fonts-powerline
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GPU Support
| Chipset | Generation | Xorg | VA-API | VDPAU | OpenCL | Vulkan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD | GCN 1 | xf86-video-amdgpu ⩔ xf86-video-ati |
libva-mesa-driver |
mesa-vdpau |
Not Supported | vulkan-radeon
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| GCN 2 | rocm-opencl-runtimeAUR x86_64 only
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| GCN 3,4,5 | xf86-video-amdgpu |
opencl-amd ⩔ opencl-mesa |
vulkan-radeon ⩔ amdvlk
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| RDNA 1,2 | ||||||
| Intel | Gen 4 GMA ≥4500 | xf86-video-intel |
libva-intel-driver |
libvdpau-va-gl |
Not Supported | Not Supported |
| Gen 5 Westmere Gen 6 Sandy Bridge |
intel-opencl
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| Gen 7 Ivy Bridge Gen 7 Haswell |
vulkan-intel
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| Gen 8 Broadwell Gen 8 Braswell |
intel-media-driver intel-hybrid-codec-driverAUR |
intel-compute-runtime
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| Gen 9 Skylake | ||||||
| Gen 9 Apollo Lake and later |
intel-media-driver
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| NVIDIA | Tesla | nvidia-340xx-dkmsAUR⩔ nouveau |
libva-vdpau-driver ⩔( libva-mesa-driver nouveau-fwAUR) |
nvidia-340xx-utils ⩔ (mesa-vdpau nouveau-fwAUR) |
nvidia-340xx-utils Note: FOSS driver doesn't support OpenCL. |
Not Supported |
| Fermi | nvidia-390xx-dkmsAUR⩔ nouveau |
nvidia-390xx-utils ⩔mesa-vdpau nouveau-fwAUR) |
nvidia-390xx-utils Note: FOSS driver doesn't support OpenCL or Vulkan.
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| Kepler | (nvidia ⩔ nvidia-lts ⩔ nvidia-dkms)⩔ nouveau |
nvidia-utils ⩔( mesa-vdpau nouveau-fwAUR) |
nvidia-utils Note: FOSS driver doesn't support OpenCL or Vulkan.
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| Maxwell and later |
libva-vdpau-driver Note: FOSS driver doesn't support this gen yet. |
nvidia-utils
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Package Name Translation
| Arch | Alpine | Debian | Void | Licenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amdvlk | not available | not available | amdvlk | MIT | AMD's stand-alone Vulkan driver (as opposed to Mesa's) |
| intel-compute-runtime | intel-compute-runtime | intel-opencl-icd | MIT | Modern Intel OpenCL driver for Broadwell-and-later CPUs | |
| intel-media-driver | intel-media-driver | intel-media-va-driver[-nonfree] | intel-media-driver | MIT BSD | Modern Intel VA-API driver for Broadwell-and-later CPUs |
| intel-opencl | Custom | Legacy Intel OpenCL for pre-Broadwell CPUs | |||
| libva-intel-driver | libva-intel-driver | i965-va-driver[-nonfree] | libva-intel-driver | MIT | Legacy Intel VA-API driver for pre-Broadwell CPUs |
| libva-mesa-driver | mesa-va-gallium | mesa-va-drivers | mesa-vaapi | ||
| libvdpau-va-gl | libvdpau-va-gl | libvdpau-va-gl1 | libvdpau-va-gl | ||
| libva-vdpau-driver | libva-vdpau-driver | vdpau-driver-all | libva-vdpau-driver | ||
| mesa-vdpau | mesa-vdpau-gallium | mesa-vdpau-drivers | mesa-vdpau | ||
| nouveau-fw | linux-firmware-nvidia | firmware-misc-nonfree? | linux-firmware-nvidia | ||
| nvidia | not available | nvidia-driver | nvidia | ||
| nvidia-390xx-dkms | not available | nvidia-legacy-390xx-driver | nvidia390 | ||
| nvidia-340xx-dkms | not available | nvidia-legacy-340xx-driver | not available | ||
| opencl-amd | Custom | ROCr based OpenCL on Vega or later GPUs | |||
| opencl-mesa | not available | mesa-opencl-icd | mesa-opencl | ||
| rocm-opencl-runtime | MIT | Radeon Open Compute OpenCL runtime | |||
| vulkan-intel | mesa-vulkan-intel | mesa-vulkan-drivers | mesa-vulkan-intel | Custom | Mesa's Vulkan drivers |
| vulkan-radeon | mesa-vulkan-ati | mesa-vulkan-radeon | |||
| xf86-video-* | xf86-video-* | xserver-xorg-video-* | xf86-video-* |
