AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
- October 1999
+ February 2001
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
Now, the list:
X Window System
- ---------
+---------------
x-terminal-emulator any X client which emulates a terminal with a
terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
x-window-manager any X client which provides window management
c-shell Anything providing a suitable /bin/csh (*)
dotfile-module Anything that provides a module for the
Dotfile Generator
+dict-client Any package providing clients for the Dictionary Server
emacsen Anything providing the GNU emacs or a
compatible editor
+foomatic-data Any package providing PPD printer description files
fortran77-compiler Anything providing a Fortran77 compiler
ftp-server Any ftp server
httpd Any HTTP server
kernel-image Kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
kernel-source Kernel source code
linux-kernel-log-daemon A daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
-lambdamoo-core A lambdamoo-compatible datebase package
+lambdamoo-core A lambdamoo-compatible database package
lambdamoo-server Anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
libc-dev Anything that provides header and object files
of `libc'
-libc.so.4 An a.out shared C library, version 4.x.x.
man-browser Anything that can read man pages
pdf-preview Any preprocessor that creates PDF output
pdf-viewer Anything that can display PDF files
system-log-daemon A daemon that provides a logging facility for
other applications
tclsh Anything that provides /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
-telent-client Any package that provides a telnet client
-telent-server Any package that provides a telnet server
+telnet-client Any package that provides a telnet client
+telnet-server Any package that provides a telnet server
time-daemon Anything that servers as a time daemon
ups-monitor Anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
wish Anything that provides /usr/bin/wish (*)
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mp3-encoder Any MP3 encoder package
mp3-decoder Any MP3 decoder package
+audio-mixer: Utility to control the input and output levels
+ of a sound card, with a tty interface
+x-audio-mixer: Utility to control the input and output levels
+ of a sound card, X Window system interface
+
+Java and virtual machines
+-------------------------
+java-compiler Any java compiler, for Java version 1
+java2-compiler, Any java compiler, for Java version 2
+java-virtual-machine Any JAVA virtual machine
+java1-runtime Any Java runtime environment, Java version 1
+java2-runtime. Any Java runtime environment, Java version 2
+
Old and obsolete virtual package names
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Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
these virtual package names.
-X11R5 provided by xcompat for compatibility reasons
-X11R6 do.
-xr5shlib do.
-aout-x11r6lib do.
-
+[There are currently no such package names in use]
Changelog
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Alphabeticised lists
Manoj Srivastava
- 11 July 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
- Added x-window-manager
- Added xserver
- Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
- Added system-log-faemon
+ 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
+ Added x-window-manager
+ Added xserver
+ Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
+ Added system-log-faemon
Manoj Srivastava
- 24 August 2000 Added mp3-encoder
- Added mp3-decoder
- Added time-daemon
- Added rsh-client
- Added telnet-client
-Manoj Srivastava
- 16 January 2001 Added rsh server
- Added telnet-server
-
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+ 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
+ Added mp3-decoder
+ Added time-daemon
+ Added rsh-client
+ Added telnet-client
+Manoj Srivastava
+ 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
+ Added telnet-server
+Julian Gilbey
+ 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
+ Removed xcompat virtual package names
+Manoj Srivastava
+ 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
+ Added java-virtual-machine
+ Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
+ Added dict-client
+ Added foomatic-data
+ Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer