How To Install Shtool In Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Shtool In Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

shtool

portable shell tool from the GNU project

Maintainer: Debian QA Group



Section: devel

Install shtool

  • Debian apt-get install shtool Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install shtool Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install shtool Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install shtool Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install shtool Click to copy
  • macOS brew install shtool Click to copy

shtool

portable shell tool from the GNU project

GNU shtool is a tool for developers of software programs. It is a compilation of small but very stable and portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were in successful use over many years in various free software projects. The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source tree of other free software packages. There it can overtake various (usually non-portable) tasks related to the building and installation of such a package. It especially can replace the old mkdir.sh, install.sh and related scripts. GNU shtool currently contains the following tools: echo, mdate, table, prop, move, install, mkdir, mkln, mkshadow, fixperm, rotate, tarball, subst, platform, arx, slo, scpp, version and path.

Installing shtool command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of shtool 2024 package in your OS.