Linux Standard Base (LSB) - Part 1-1: Common definitions

This document defines a system interface for compiled applications and a minimal environment for support of installation scripts. Its purpose is to enable a uniform industry standard environment for high-volume applications conforming to the LSB.

The LSB specification set is divided into modules, each of which provides fundamental system interfaces, libraries, and runtime environment upon which all conforming applications and libraries using that module depend.

The modules of the Linux Standard Base are:

- LSB Core - core components

- LSB Desktop - desktop related components

- LSB Languages - runtime languages

- LSB Imaging - printing and scanning

- LSB Trial Use - components that are not yet mandatory

Interfaces described in the LSB Core module specification are supplemented by other LSB module specifications. All other modules depend on the presence of LSB Core.

These specifications are composed of two basic parts: a common part describing those parts of the interface that remain constant across all implementations of the LSB, and an architecture-specific part describing the parts of the interface that vary by processor architecture. Together, the common part and the rel