debianutils ☆

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Description:
Miscellaneous utilities specific to Debian

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 5.23.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: System utilities

Tags: debian system-utilities init-scripts package-management sysadmin

Install: brew install debianutils

About:
Debianutils is a collection of miscellaneous utilities that originated within the Debian operating system. It includes essential tools like 'run-parts' for executing scripts in directories and 'ischroot' for detecting execution within a chroot environment. These utilities provide core functionality often relied upon by system initialization scripts and package management systems.

Key Features:

Includes 'run-parts' to execute all executable files within a specified directory
Provides 'ischroot' for detecting if the current process is running in a chroot
Contains 'update-rc.d' for managing SysV style init script links
Offers 'install-info' for managing 'dir' style Info directory files

Use Cases:

Managing system startup and service initialization via init scripts
Automating batch processing of scripts within specific directories
Handling package installation and removal tasks in Debian-based systems

Alternatives:

util-linux – Provides similar low-level system utilities but focuses more on standard Linux kernel and filesystem operations rather than Debian-specific package management helpers.
coreutils – Offers the fundamental GNU file, shell, and text manipulation utilities, which are more general-purpose than the Debian-specific toolset.

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 5:45am		0	VERSION_BUMP	7db79b22
Nov 16, 2024 12:45am		0	VERSION_BUMP	307e2aea