util-linux

Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux

Maintainers

• The Core Planners: chef-core-planners@chef.io

Type of Package

Binary package

Use as Dependency

Binary packages can be set as runtime or build time dependencies. See Defining your dependencies for more information.

To add core/util-linux as a depdendency, you can add one of the following to your plan file.

Buildtime Dependency

pkg_build_deps=(core/util-linux)

Runtime Depdendency

pkg_deps=(core/util-linux)

Use as Tool

Installation

To install this plan, you should run the following commands to first install, and then link the binaries this plan creates.

hab pkg install core/util-linux

» Installing core/util-linux

☁ Determining latest version of core/util-linux in the 'stable' channel

☛ Verifying core/util-linux/2.34/20200306003119

...

✓ Installed core/util-linux/2.34/20200306003119

★ Install of core/util-linux/2.34/20200306003119 complete with 1 new packages installed.

hab pkg binlink core/util-linux

★ Binlinked uuidgen from core/util-linux/2.34/20200306003119 to /bin/uuidgen

» Binlinking uuidparse from core/util-linux into /bin

...

Using an example binary

You can now use the binary as normal:

/bin/uuidgen or uuidgen

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