Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version 11.0

Chapter 12. System Utilities

LSB-Tools-0.9

Introduction to LSB-Tools

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

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-11.0 platform.

Package Information

User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/LSB-Tools

Installation of LSB-Tools

Install LSB-Tools by running the following commands: 

python3 setup.py build

Now, as the root user: 

python3 setup.py install --optimize=1

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: LSB_Tools-0.9-py3.9.egg-info
Installed Directories: /usr/lib/lsb and /usr/lib/python3.9/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

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