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 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
157 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
158 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
159 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
160 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
161 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
162 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
164 Java and virtual machines
165 -------------------------
166 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
167 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
168 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
169 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
170 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
172 Scheme and interpreters
173 -------------------------
174 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
175 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
176 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
178 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
180 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
182 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
185 Games and Game-related
186 ----------------------
187 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
188 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
190 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
191 the original Doom engine
192 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
193 from the "boom" engine family
195 Old and obsolete virtual package names
196 --------------------------------------
197 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
198 these virtual package names.
200 [There are currently no such package names in use]
206 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
209 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
212 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
215 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
217 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
218 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
219 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
220 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
221 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
222 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
223 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
226 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
227 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
228 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
230 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
231 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
232 Added new section about obsolete names
233 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
234 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
236 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
237 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
240 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
241 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
244 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
250 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
251 Added x-window-manager
253 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
254 Added system-log-faemon
255 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
260 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
264 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
265 Removed xcompat virtual package names
268 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
269 Added java-virtual-machine
270 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
273 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
274 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
276 Added aspell-dictionary
278 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
279 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
282 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
283 Added inetd-superserver
286 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
289 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
293 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
296 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
297 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
301 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
305 Added x-display-manager
308 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
311 02 October 2006 Added stardict
312 Added stardict-dictdata
316 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
317 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
318 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
319 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
322 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
325 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx