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Package supported

1. Core utilities

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
coreutils GNU core utilities coreutils Basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities
curl curl (download tool) curl CLI download tool used by scripts
jq JSON processor jq JSON parsing CLI
time time time Measure execution time
locales, tzdata Locale & timezone data locales, tzdata System locale/timezone configuration

2. Compression & archiving

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
p7zip-full / p7zip-rar 7zip (full) p7zip-full, p7zip-rar 7z compression and rar support
7zip-standalone 7zip standalone 7zip-standalone Additional 7zip binary package
bzip2 bzip2 bzip2 Compression utility
lz4 LZ4 lz4 Fast compression algorithm
unzip unzip unzip Extract ZIP files
zip zip zip Create ZIP files
zstd Zstandard zstd Modern compression algorithm
xz-utils XZ / LZMA utilities xz-utils xz compression tools
upx UPX (executable packer) upx Pack/unpack executables
xorriso ISO manipulation xorriso Create and modify ISO images

3. Development tools & build dependencies

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
build-essential Build essentials (gcc, make, etc.) build-essential Meta package (gcc, g++, make)
autoconf / automake / libtool Autotools autoconf, automake, libtool GNU autotools for building C/C++ projects
make make make Build automation tool
cmake / ninja-build CMake & Ninja cmake, ninja-build Modern build systems
pkg-config pkg-config pkg-config Library discovery for build scripts
swig SWIG swig Interface generator for scripting languages
m4 M4 macro processor m4 Required by autotools
binutils Binutils binutils Linker/assembler toolchain
ccache ccache ccache Compiler cache

4. Libraries & development headers (selected)

(Large list in the original script; this table highlights key runtime & dev libraries.)

Tool / library Friendly name Package name Notes
libc6, libc6-dev GNU C Library libc6, libc6-dev Core C runtime and headers
libssl3t64, libssl-dev OpenSSL libraries libssl3t64, libssl-dev TLS / crypto libraries and headers
libcurl4 libcurl libcurl4 HTTP client library
libpng16-16 libpng libpng16-16 PNG image support
libxml2 libxml2 libxml2 XML parsing library
libfreetype6 FreeType libfreetype6 Font rasterization
libwebp7 WebP codec libwebp7 WebP image support
libgmp-dev GMP (bignum) libgmp-dev Multiprecision arithmetic headers
libmpfr-dev / libmpc-dev MPFR / MPC libmpfr-dev, libmpc-dev Floating-point arithmetic libraries
zlib1g zlib zlib1g Compression library
libuv1 libuv libuv1 Asynchronous I/O library

5. Networking, SSH & network tools

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
iproute2 iproute2 iproute2 Advanced IP routing utilities
iputils-ping ping iputils-ping ICMP ping utility
dnsutils DNS tools dnsutils dig, nslookup, etc.
net-tools legacy networking net-tools ifconfig, netstat (legacy)
netcat-openbsd netcat netcat-openbsd TCP/UDP debugging tool
openssh-client OpenSSH client openssh-client, ssh SSH client
rsync rsync rsync File sync/transfer utility
sshpass sshpass sshpass Non-interactive SSH password supply (use cautiously)
ftp ftp client ftp Classic FTP client

6. Security & crypto

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
gnupg2 GnuPG gnupg2 OpenPGP implementation
haveged haveged haveged Entropy daemon for RNG
libnss3-tools NSS tools libnss3-tools NSS crypto utilities
pass pass (password manager) pass Simple password manager
openssl OpenSSL CLI openssl Command-line crypto toolkit

7. Version control & SCM

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
git Git git Distributed version control
mercurial Mercurial mercurial DVCS alternative
subversion Subversion subversion Centralized VCS

8. File & media processing

Not available on Mini Dev Containers

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
ffmpeg FFmpeg ffmpeg Audio/video processing
imagemagick ImageMagick imagemagick Image manipulation CLI
mediainfo MediaInfo mediainfo Media file metadata extractor
fonts-noto-color-emoji Noto emoji fonts-noto-color-emoji Emoji font support
libwmf-bin WMF tools libwmf-bin Convert Windows Metafile formats

9. Scripting, tooling & QA

Not available on Mini Dev Containers

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
shellcheck ShellCheck shellcheck Shell script linter
parallel GNU Parallel parallel Run jobs in parallel
sudo sudo sudo Privilege escalation utility

10. Databases & search

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
sqlite3 SQLite CLI sqlite3 Embedded SQL database CLI
sphinxsearch Sphinx Search sphinxsearch Full-text search engine

11. Font configuration

Not available on Mini Dev Containers

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
fontconfig-config Fontconfig config fontconfig-config Fontconfig system files
fonts-dejavu-core DejaVu fonts fonts-dejavu-core Common TTF fonts

12. Compilers & toolchains (GNU, LLVM, cross)

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
gcc / g++ GNU C/C++ compilers gcc, g++ Standard system compilers
gdb / gdbserver / gdb-multiarch GNU Debugger gdb, gdbserver, gdb-multiarch Debugging tools
clang / clang-format / clang-tidy Clang toolchain clang, clang-format, clang-tidy LLVM C/C++ toolchain
lld / lldb LLVM linker & debugger lld, lldb LLVM tooling
cmake / ninja-build Build systems cmake, ninja-build Build orchestration
build-essential Build meta-package build-essential Includes make, gcc, g++
binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu Binutils x86_64 binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu Cross linker for AMD64
mingw-w64 MinGW-w64 cross compilers mingw-w64, gcc-mingw-w64 Windows cross compilation
gcc-arm-none-eabi ARM bare-metal cross compiler gcc-arm-none-eabi Cortex-M toolchain
binutils-arm-none-eabi ARM binutils binutils-arm-none-eabi ARM assembler/linker
llvm-14 / libclang-dev LLVM 14 dev llvm-14, libclang-dev, llvm-14-dev Specific LLVM 14 packages installed

13. Kernel build & low-level development

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
libncurses5-dev / libncursesw5-dev ncurses dev libncurses5-dev, libncursesw5-dev Required to build kernel menuconfig
libelf-dev libelf dev libelf-dev ELF utilities / headers
bc bc bc Calculator used in kernel builds
dwarves dwarves dwarves Kernel symbol tools (e.g., pahole)
libbpf-dev libbpf dev libbpf-dev eBPF helper library headers

14. Java & JVM ecosystem

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
default-jdk Default JDK default-jdk System default JDK (usually latest stable)
openjdk-11-jdk / 17 / 21 OpenJDK versions openjdk-11-jdk, openjdk-17-jdk, openjdk-21-jdk Multiple JDK versions installed

15. .NET SDKs & runtimes

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
dotnet-sdk-8.0 / 9.0 .NET SDK dotnet-sdk-8.0, dotnet-sdk-9.0 SDKs for .NET 8 and 9
aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 ASP.NET Core runtime aspnetcore-runtime-8.0 Runtime for ASP.NET Core apps
dotnet-runtime-8.0 / 9.0 .NET runtime dotnet-runtime-8.0, dotnet-runtime-9.0 Runtimes for .NET apps

16. Rust toolchain

Not available on Mini Dev Containers

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
rustc / cargo Rust compiler & package manager rustc, cargo Rust language toolchain
rust-doc / rust-src Rust docs & sources rust-doc, rust-src Documentation and sources
rust-gdb / rust-clippy / rustfmt Rust tooling rust-gdb, rust-clippy, rustfmt Debugger helpers, lints, formatter

17. Android SDK / platform tools

Not available on Mini Dev Containers

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
adb / fastboot ADB & Fastboot adb, fastboot Android device tools
android-sdk-platform-tools / android-sdk-build-tools Android SDK CLI android-sdk-platform-tools, android-sdk-build-tools Command-line SDK components

18. Go

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
golang / golang-go Go language golang, golang-go Go compiler and tooling

19. Node.js / npm / yarn

Tool Friendly name Package name Notes
nodejs Node.js nodejs JavaScript runtime
npm npm npm Node package manager
yarn Yarn yarn Alternative JS package manager

20. Ruby on Rails

Package Friendly Name Package Name Notes
Ruby Ruby Full Package ruby-full Ruby Programming Language

21. Conda & Python ecosystem

Installed by conda.sh (Miniconda installer + conda-forge channel).

Tool / package Friendly name Package name Notes
Miniconda Miniconda installer (installed to /usr/local) Miniconda3 (latest for detected arch)
python Python python=3 Conda-managed Python installation
pip / setuptools / wheel Python packaging pip, setuptools, wheel Packaging tools
numpy NumPy numpy Not available on Mini Dev Containers
pandas Pandas pandas Not available on Mini Dev Containers
scikit-learn scikit-learn scikit-learn Not available on Mini Dev Containers
matplotlib Matplotlib matplotlib Not available on Mini Dev Containers
scipy SciPy scipy Not available on Mini Dev Containers
hdf5 HDF5 hdf5 Not available on Mini Dev Containers
pyyaml / yaml YAML pyyaml, yaml Not available on Mini Dev Containers
requests Requests requests Not available on Mini Dev Containers
beautifulsoup4 Beautiful Soup beautifulsoup4 Not available on Mini Dev Containers
R Programming Language R r-base Not available on Mini Dev Containers
Julia Programming Language Julia julia Not available on ARM64v8, Not available on Mini Dev Containers
Qiskit Qiskit qiskit Not available on Mini Dev Containers