Debian Compatibility

Differences between Chainguard Images and Debian third-party images

Chainguard Images and Debian base images have different binaries and scripts included in their respective busybox and coreutils packages.

The following table lists common tools and their corresponding package(s) in both Wolfi and Debian distributions.

Note that $PATH locations like /usr/bin or /sbin are not included here. If you have compatibiltiy issues with tools that are included in both busybox and coreutils, be sure to check $PATH order and confirm which version of a tool is being run.

Generally, if a tool exists in busybox but does not have a coreutils counterpart, there will be a specific package that includes it. For example the zcat utility is included in the gzip package in both Wolfi and Debian.

You can use the apk search command in Wolfi, and the apt-cache search command in Debian to find out which package includes a tool.

UtilityWolfi busyboxDebian busyboxWolfi coreutilsDebian coreutils
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acpid
add-shell
addgroup
adduser
adjtimex
ar
arch
arp
arping
ascii
ash
awk
b2sum
base32
base64
basename
basenc
bbconfig
bc
beep
bin
blkdiscard
blkid
blockdev
brctl
bunzip2
bzcat
bzip2
cal
cat
chattr
chcon
chgrp
chmod
chown
chpasswd
chroot
chrt
chvt
cksum
clear
cmp
comm
coreutils
cp
cpio
crc32
cryptpw
csplit
cttyhack
cut
date
dc
dd
deallocvt
delgroup
deluser
depmod
devmem
df
diff
dir
dircolors
dirname
dmesg
dnsdomainname
dos2unix
du
dumpkmap
dumpleases
echo
ed
egrep
env
expand
expr
factor
fallocate
false
fatattr
fdisk
fgrep
find
findfs
flock
fmt
fold
free
freeramdisk
fsfreeze
fstrim
fsync
ftpget
ftpput
fuser
getopt
getty
grep
groups
gunzip
gzip
halt
hd
head
hexdump
hostid
hostname
httpd
hwclock
i2cdetect
i2cdump
i2cget
i2cset
i2ctransfer
id
ifconfig
ifdown
ifup
init
inotifyd
insmod
install
ionice
iostat
ip
ipcalc
ipcrm
ipcs
ipneigh
join
kill
killall
killall5
klogd
last
less
link
linux32
linux64
linuxrc
ln
loadfont
loadkmap
logger
login
logname
logread
losetup
ls
lsattr
lsmod
lsof
lsscsi
lzcat
lzma
lzop
lzopcat
md5sum
md5sum.textutils
mdev
microcom
mim
mkdir
mkdosfs
mke2fs
mkfifo
mknod
mkpasswd
mkswap
mktemp
modinfo
modprobe
more
mount
mountpoint
mpstat
mt
mv
nameif
nc
netstat
nice
nl
nmeter
nohup
nologin
nproc
nsenter
nslookup
nuke
numfmt
od
openvt
partprobe
passwd
paste
patch
pathchk
pgrep
pidof
ping
ping6
pinky
pipe_progress
pivot_root
pkill
pmap
poweroff
pr
printenv
printf
ps
pstree
ptx
pwd
pwdx
rdate
rdev
readahead
readlink
realpath
reboot
remove-shell
renice
reset
resize
resume
rev
rm
rmdir
rmmod
route
rpm
rpm2cpio
run-init
run-parts
runcon
sbin
sed
seq
setkeycodes
setpriv
setserial
setsid
sh
sha1sum
sha224sum
sha256sum
sha384sum
sha3sum
sha512sum
shred
shuf
sleep
sort
split
ssl_client
start-stop-daemon
stat
stdbuf
strings
stty
su
sum
svc
svok
swapoff
swapon
switch_root
sync
sysctl
syslogd
tac
tail
tar
taskset
tee
telnet
test
tftp
time
timeout
top
touch
tr
traceroute
traceroute6
tree
true
truncate
ts
tsort
tty
ttysize
tunctl
ubirename
udhcpc
udhcpd
uevent
umount
uname
uncompress
unexpand
uniq
unix2dos
unlink
unlzma
unlzop
unshare
unxz
unzip
uptime
users
usleep
usr
uudecode
uuencode
vconfig
vdir
vi
vlock
w
watch
watchdog
wc
wget
which
who
whoami
xargs
xxd
xz
xzcat
yes
zcat

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