util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities The stuff in the subdirectories mount, fdisk, disk-utils, text-utils, misc-utils, sys-utils, getopt-* should be rather distribution-neutral, and installing it does no harm. On the other hand, the stuff in login-utils defines initial boot-time stuff, things that are done in different ways by different distributions. If you install it, your machine may not boot anymore. No RPMs are provided - get yours from your distributor.