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
86 cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy requirements
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 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
127 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
128 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
129 pop3-server a POP3 Server
133 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
134 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
135 or launches a general X session
136 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
137 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
138 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
140 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
141 physical input and display hardware
145 ttf-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
146 ttf-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
148 Graphics and MultiMedia
149 -----------------------
150 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
151 of a sound card, with a tty interface
152 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
153 of a sound card, X Window System interface
154 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
155 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
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 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
165 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
166 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
167 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
168 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
170 Scheme and interpreters
171 -------------------------
172 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
173 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
174 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
176 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
178 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
180 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
183 Games and Game-related
184 ----------------------
186 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
187 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
189 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
190 the original Doom engine
191 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
192 from the "boom" engine family
194 Old and obsolete virtual package names
195 --------------------------------------
196 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
197 these virtual package names.
199 [There are currently no such package names in use]
205 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
208 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
211 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
214 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
216 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
217 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
218 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
219 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
220 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
221 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
222 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
225 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
226 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
227 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
229 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
230 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
231 Added new section about obsolete names
232 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
233 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
235 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
236 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
239 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
240 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
243 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
249 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
250 Added x-window-manager
252 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
253 Added system-log-faemon
254 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
259 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
263 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
264 Removed xcompat virtual package names
267 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
268 Added java-virtual-machine
269 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
272 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
273 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
275 Added aspell-dictionary
277 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
278 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
281 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
282 Added inetd-superserver
285 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
288 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
292 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
295 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
296 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
300 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
304 Added x-display-manager
307 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
310 02 October 2006 Added stardict
311 Added stardict-dictdata
315 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
316 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
317 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
318 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
321 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon