Base
The basic installation of Scientific Linux.
- abrt-addon-ccpp - abrt's C/C++ addon
- abrt-addon-kerneloops - abrt's kerneloops addon
- abrt-addon-python - abrt's addon for catching and analyzing Python exceptions
- abrt-cli - abrt's command line interface
- abrt-plugin-sosreport - abrt's sosreport plugin
- acpid - ACPI Event Daemon
- alsa-utils - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities
- at - Job spooling tools
- authconfig - Command line tool for setting up authentication from network services
- b43-fwcutter - Firmware extraction tool for Broadcom wireless driver
- bc - GNU's bc (a numeric processing language) and dc (a calculator)
- bind-utils - Utilities for querying DNS name servers
- blktrace - Utilities for performing block layer IO tracing in the linux kernel
- bridge-utils - Utilities for configuring the linux ethernet bridge
- brltty - Braille display driver for Linux/Unix
- bzip2 - A file compression utility
- cpufrequtils - CPU Frequency changing related utilities
- cpuspeed - CPU frequency adjusting daemon
- crontabs - Root crontab files used to schedule the execution of programs
- cryptsetup-luks - A utility for setting up encrypted filesystems
- cyrus-sasl-plain - PLAIN and LOGIN authentication support for Cyrus SASL
- dbus - D-BUS message bus
- dmraid - dmraid (Device-mapper RAID tool and library)
- dos2unix - Text file format converter
- dosfstools - Utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems on Linux
- dumpet - A tool to dump and debug bootable CD images
- ecryptfs-utils - The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries
- ed - The GNU line editor
- edac-utils - Userspace helper for kernel EDAC drivers
- eject - A program that ejects removable media using software control
- ethtool - Ethernet settings tool for PCI ethernet cards
- file - A utility for determining file types
- fprintd-pam - PAM module for fingerprint authentication
- genisoimage - Creates an image of an ISO9660 filesystem
- gnupg2 - Utility for secure communication and data storage
- gpm - A mouse server for the Linux console
- hunspell - A spell checker and morphological analyzer library
- irqbalance - IRQ balancing daemon
- kabi-yum-plugins - The Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel ABI yum plugin
- kernel-doc - Various documentation bits found in the kernel source
- kexec-tools - The kexec/kdump userspace component.
- libaio - Linux-native asynchronous I/O access library
- logrotate - Rotates, compresses, removes and mails system log files
- logwatch - A log file analysis program
- lsof - A utility which lists open files on a Linux/UNIX system
- lvm2 - Userland logical volume management tools
- man - A set of documentation tools: man, apropos and whatis
- man-pages - Man (manual) pages from the Linux Documentation Project
- man-pages-overrides - Complementary and updated manual pages
- mdadm - The mdadm program controls Linux md devices (software RAID arrays)
- microcode_ctl - Tool to update x86/x86-64 CPU microcode.
- mkbootdisk - Creates a boot floppy disk for booting a system.
- mlocate - An utility for finding files by name
- mtools - Programs for accessing MS-DOS disks without mounting the disks
- mtr - A network diagnostic tool
- nano - A small text editor
- ncurses-term - Terminal descriptions
- nss_db - An NSS library for the Berkeley DB
- ntsysv - A tool to set the stop/start of system services in a runlevel
- oddjob - A D-Bus service which runs odd jobs on behalf of client applications
- openssh-clients - An open source SSH client applications
- pam_passwdqc - Pluggable password quality-control module
- parted - The GNU disk partition manipulation program
- pax - POSIX File System Archiver
- pciutils - PCI bus related utilities
- pcmciautils - PCMCIA utilities and initialization programs
- pinfo - An info file viewer
- plymouth - Graphical Boot Animation and Logger
- pm-utils - Power management utilities and scripts for Fedora
- prelink - An ELF prelinking utility
- psacct - Utilities for monitoring process activities
- python-dmidecode - Python module to access DMI data
- python-volume_key - Python bindings for libvolume_key
- quota - System administration tools for monitoring users' disk usage
- rdate - Tool for getting the date/time from a remote machine
- readahead - Read a preset list of files into memory
- rfkill - A tool for enabling and disabling wireless devices
- rng-tools - Random number generator related utilities
- rsync - A program for synchronizing files over a network
- rsyslog-gnutls - TLS protocol support for rsyslog
- rsyslog-gssapi - GSSAPI authentication and encryption support for rsyslog
- rsyslog-relp - RELP protocol support for rsyslog
- setserial - A utility for configuring serial ports
- setuptool - A text mode system configuration tool
- sgpio - SGPIO captive backplane tool
- sl-indexhtml - Browser default start page for Scientific Linux
- sl-release-notes - Release Notes for Scientific Linux 6
- smartmontools - Tools for monitoring SMART capable hard disks
- sos - A set of tools to gather troubleshooting information from a system
- sox - A general purpose sound file conversion tool
- squashfs-tools - Utility for the creation of squashfs filesystems
- star - An archiving tool with ACL support
- strace - Tracks and displays system calls associated with a running process
- sysstat - The sar and iostat system monitoring commands
- system-config-firewall-tui - A text interface for basic firewall setup
- system-config-network-tui - The Network Adminstration Tool
- systemtap-runtime - Instrumentation System Runtime
- tcpdump - A network traffic monitoring tool
- tcsh - An enhanced version of csh, the C shell
- time - A GNU utility for monitoring a program's use of system resources
- tmpwatch - A utility for removing files based on when they were last accessed
- traceroute - Traces the route taken by packets over an IPv4/IPv6 network
- tunctl - Create and remove virtual network interfaces
- udftools - Linux UDF Filesystem userspace utilities
- unix2dos - UNIX to DOS text file format converter
- unzip - A utility for unpacking zip files
- usbutils - Linux USB utilities
- uuidd - Helper daemon to guarantee uniqueness of time-based UUIDs
- vconfig - Linux 802.1q VLAN configuration utility
- vim-enhanced - A version of the VIM editor which includes recent enhancements
- volume_key - An utility for manipulating storage encryption keys and passphrases
- wget - A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols
- which - Displays where a particular program in your path is located
- wireless-tools - Wireless ethernet configuration tools
- wodim - A command line CD/DVD recording program
- words - A dictionary of English words for the /usr/share/dict directory
- x86info - x86 processor information tool.
- xz - LZMA compression utilities
- yum-plugin-aliases - Yum plugin to enable aliases filters
- yum-plugin-changelog - Yum plugin for viewing package changelogs before/after updating
- yum-plugin-downloadonly - Yum plugin to add downloadonly command option
- yum-plugin-protect-packages - Yum plugin to prevents Yum from removing itself and other protected packages
- yum-plugin-security - Yum plugin to enable security filters
- yum-plugin-tmprepo - Yum plugin to add temporary repositories
- yum-plugin-verify - Yum plugin to add verify command, and options
- yum-plugin-versionlock - Yum plugin to lock specified packages from being updated
- yum-presto - Presto plugin for yum
- yum-utils - Utilities based around the yum package manager
- zip - A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP
- zsh - A powerful interactive shell