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 httpd-wsgi A WSGI capable HTTP server
110 ident-server an identd daemon
111 inet-superserver an inetd server
112 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
113 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
114 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
115 rsh-client an rsh client
116 rsh-server an rsh server
117 telnet-client a telnet client
118 telnet-server a telnet server
122 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
123 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
124 imap-server an IMAP mail server
125 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
126 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
127 mailx a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
128 the POSIX mailx interface (*)
129 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
130 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
131 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
132 pop3-server a POP3 Server
136 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
137 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
138 or launches a general X session
139 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
140 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
141 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
143 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
144 physical input and display hardware
148 fonts-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
149 fonts-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
151 Graphics and MultiMedia
152 -----------------------
153 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
154 of a sound card, with a tty interface
155 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
156 of a sound card, X Window System interface
157 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
158 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
159 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
160 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
161 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
163 Java and virtual machines
164 -------------------------
165 java5-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 5
166 java6-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 6
167 java7-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 7
168 java8-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 8
169 java9-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 9
170 java5-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 5
171 java6-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 6
172 java7-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 7
173 java8-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 8
174 java9-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 9
176 Scheme and interpreters
177 -------------------------
178 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
179 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
180 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
182 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
184 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
186 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
189 Games and Game-related
190 ----------------------
191 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
192 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
194 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
195 the original Doom engine
196 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
197 from the "boom" engine family
199 Old and obsolete virtual package names
200 --------------------------------------
201 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
202 these virtual package names.
204 [There are currently no such package names in use]
210 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
213 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
216 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
219 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
221 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
222 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
223 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
224 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
225 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
226 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
227 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
230 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
231 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
232 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
234 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
235 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
236 Added new section about obsolete names
237 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
238 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
240 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
241 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
244 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
245 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
248 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
254 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
255 Added x-window-manager
257 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
258 Added system-log-faemon
259 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
264 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
268 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
269 Removed xcompat virtual package names
272 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
273 Added java-virtual-machine
274 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
277 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
278 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
280 Added aspell-dictionary
282 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
283 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
286 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
287 Added inetd-superserver
290 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
293 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
297 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
300 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
301 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
305 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
309 Added x-display-manager
312 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
315 02 October 2006 Added stardict
316 Added stardict-dictdata
320 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
321 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
322 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
323 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
326 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
329 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
332 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
333 Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
334 Removed java-compiler
335 Removed java2-compiler
336 Removed java-virtual-machine
339 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder
340 17 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-decoder
343 16 Jul 2014 Added java{5,6,7,8,9}-runtime{,-headless}
344 Removed java1-runtime, java2-runtime
345 30 Jul 2014 Added httpd-wsgi