AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
- September 2002
+ December 2007
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
+ lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
System
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+ flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
+ OBEX Protocol
foomatic-data PPD printer description files
linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
Documentation
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- aspell-dictionary a dictionary for the aspell system
dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
dict-server the Dictionary Server
+ dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
man-browser something that can read man pages
+ stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
+ stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
+ stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
www-browser something that can browse HTML files
dhcp-client a DHCP client
ftp-server a FTP server
httpd a HTTP server
+ httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
ident-server an identd daemon
+ inet-superserver an inetd server
lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
X Window System
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+ x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
+ x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
+ or launches a general X session
x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
physical input and display hardware
+Fonts
+-----
+ ttf-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
+ ttf-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
+
Graphics and MultiMedia
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- mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
- mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
of a sound card, with a tty interface
x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
of a sound card, X Window System interface
+ mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
+ mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
+ mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
+Scheme and interpreters
+-------------------------
+ scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
+ scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
+ scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
+ environment
+ scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
+ extension
+ scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
+ extension
+ scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
+ extension
Old and obsolete virtual package names
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Added aspell-dictionary
Added radius-server
9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
- 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
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+ 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
+
+Andreas Barth:
+ 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
+ Added inetd-superserver
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
+ Added flexmem
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
+ Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
+ includes:
+ scheme-r4rs
+ scheme-r5rs
+ scheme-ieee-11878-1900
+ scheme-srfi-0
+ scheme-srfi-7
+ scheme-srfi-55
+ Added x-display-manager
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 02 October 2006 Added stardict
+ Added stardict-dictdata
+ Added lzh-archiver
+
+Russ Allbery:
+ 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
+ Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
+ 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
+ Added ttf-japanese-mincho
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