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.
37 Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
38 for the list. The list maintainer will then include the updated list
39 in the next release of Policy.
41 4. Go and use the new or changed names.
44 (based on earlier versions by Warwick and Ian Jackson and Chris Schwarz)
50 <virtual package name> <packages that provide it include...>
52 [Those marked with a (*) are handled using the alternatives mechanism;
53 others may do so as well.]
57 awk a suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*)
58 c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
59 dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
60 emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
61 lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
62 tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
63 wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
67 c-compiler a C compiler
68 debconf-2.0 the debconf protocol
69 fortran77-compiler a Fortran77 compiler
70 kernel-headers kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
71 kernel-image kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
72 kernel-source kernel source code
73 libc-dev header and object files of `libc'
77 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
79 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
80 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
81 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
83 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
84 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
85 cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy
90 dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
91 dict-server the Dictionary Server
92 dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
93 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
94 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
95 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
96 man-browser something that can read man pages
97 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
98 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
99 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
100 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
101 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
105 dhcp-client a DHCP client
106 ftp-server a FTP server
108 httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
109 ident-server an identd daemon
110 inet-superserver an inetd server
111 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
112 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
113 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
114 rsh-client an rsh client
115 rsh-server an rsh server
116 telnet-client a telnet client
117 telnet-server a telnet server
121 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
122 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
123 imap-server an IMAP mail server
124 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
125 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
126 mailx a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
127 the POSIX mailx interface (*)
128 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
129 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
130 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
131 pop3-server a POP3 Server
135 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
136 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
137 or launches a general X session
138 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
139 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
140 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
142 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
143 physical input and display hardware
147 fonts-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
148 fonts-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
150 Graphics and MultiMedia
151 -----------------------
152 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
153 of a sound card, with a tty interface
154 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
155 of a sound card, X Window System interface
156 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
157 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
158 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
159 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
160 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
162 Java and virtual machines
163 -------------------------
164 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
165 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
167 Scheme and interpreters
168 -------------------------
169 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
170 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
171 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
173 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
175 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
177 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
180 Games and Game-related
181 ----------------------
182 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
183 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
185 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
186 the original Doom engine
187 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
188 from the "boom" engine family
190 Old and obsolete virtual package names
191 --------------------------------------
192 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
193 these virtual package names.
195 [There are currently no such package names in use]
201 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
204 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
207 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
210 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
212 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
213 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
214 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
215 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
216 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
217 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
218 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
221 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
222 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
223 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
225 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
226 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
227 Added new section about obsolete names
228 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
229 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
231 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
232 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
235 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
236 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
239 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
245 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
246 Added x-window-manager
248 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
249 Added system-log-faemon
250 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
255 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
259 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
260 Removed xcompat virtual package names
263 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
264 Added java-virtual-machine
265 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
268 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
269 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
271 Added aspell-dictionary
273 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
274 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
277 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
278 Added inetd-superserver
281 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
284 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
288 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
291 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
292 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
296 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
300 Added x-display-manager
303 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
306 02 October 2006 Added stardict
307 Added stardict-dictdata
311 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
312 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
313 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
314 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
317 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
320 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
323 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
324 Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
325 Removed java-compiler
326 Removed java2-compiler
327 Removed java-virtual-machine
330 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder
331 17 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-decoder