2 AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
7 Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
8 in-use or proposed and not objected to. Please check the list below
9 for things relevant to your packages.
11 New packages MUST use virtual package names where appropriate (this
12 includes making new ones - read on).
14 Packages MUST NOT use virtual package names (except privately, amongst
15 a cooperating group of packages) unless they have been agreed upon and
18 The latest version of this file can be found in the debian-policy, or at
19 http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt
20 (or any other Debian web mirror).
22 The procedure for updating the list is as follows:
24 1. Post to debian-devel saying what names you intend to use or what
25 other changes you wish to make, and file a wish list bug against the
26 package debian-policy.
28 2. Wait a few days for comment (some of the comments may be on the
29 debian-policy list, if you are not subscribed, ask for mail to be CC'd
32 3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (which is the
33 Debian Policy list <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>) notifying them
34 of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if noone objected).
35 Please update the bug report at the same time (retitling the bug to
38 Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
39 for the list. The list maintainer will then post the new list to
40 debian-devel and upload it to the FTP site.
42 4. Go and use the new or changed names.
45 (based on earlier versions by Warwick and Ian Jackson and Chris Schwarz)
51 <virtual package name> <packages that provide it include...>
53 [Those marked with a (*) are handled using the alternatives mechanism;
54 others may do so as well.]
58 awk a suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*)
59 c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
60 dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
61 emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
62 lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
63 tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
64 wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
68 c-compiler a C compiler
69 debconf-2.0 the debconf protocol
70 fortran77-compiler a Fortran77 compiler
71 kernel-headers kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
72 kernel-image kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
73 kernel-source kernel source code
74 libc-dev header and object files of `libc'
78 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
80 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
81 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
82 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
84 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
85 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
89 dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
90 dict-server the Dictionary Server
91 dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
92 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
93 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
94 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
95 man-browser something that can read man pages
96 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
97 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
98 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
99 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
100 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
104 dhcp-client a DHCP client
105 ftp-server a FTP server
107 httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
108 ident-server an identd daemon
109 inet-superserver an inetd server
110 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
111 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
112 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
113 rsh-client an rsh client
114 rsh-server an rsh server
115 telnet-client a telnet client
116 telnet-server a telnet server
120 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
121 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
122 imap-server an IMAP mail server
123 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
124 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
125 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
126 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
127 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
128 pop3-server a POP3 Server
132 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
133 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
134 or launches a general X session
135 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
136 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
137 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
139 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
140 physical input and display hardware
142 Graphics and MultiMedia
143 -----------------------
144 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
145 of a sound card, with a tty interface
146 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
147 of a sound card, X Window System interface
148 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
149 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
150 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
151 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
152 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
153 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
154 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
156 Java and virtual machines
157 -------------------------
158 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
159 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
160 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
161 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
162 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
164 Scheme and interpreters
165 -------------------------
166 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
167 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
168 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
170 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
172 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
174 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
177 Old and obsolete virtual package names
178 --------------------------------------
179 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
180 these virtual package names.
182 [There are currently no such package names in use]
188 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
191 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
194 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
197 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
199 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
200 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
201 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
202 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
203 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
204 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
205 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
208 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
209 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
210 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
212 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
213 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
214 Added new section about obsolete names
215 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
216 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
218 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
219 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
222 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
223 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
226 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
232 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
233 Added x-window-manager
235 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
236 Added system-log-faemon
237 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
242 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
246 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
247 Removed xcompat virtual package names
250 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
251 Added java-virtual-machine
252 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
255 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
256 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
258 Added aspell-dictionary
260 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
261 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
264 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
265 Added inetd-superserver
268 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
271 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
275 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
278 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
279 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
283 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
287 Added x-display-manager
290 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
293 02 October 2006 Added stardict
294 Added stardict-dictdata
298 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
299 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver