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-decoder an MP3 decoder package
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 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
166 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
168 Scheme and interpreters
169 -------------------------
170 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
171 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
172 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
174 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
176 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
178 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
181 Games and Game-related
182 ----------------------
183 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
184 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
186 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
187 the original Doom engine
188 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
189 from the "boom" engine family
191 Old and obsolete virtual package names
192 --------------------------------------
193 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
194 these virtual package names.
196 [There are currently no such package names in use]
202 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
205 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
208 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
211 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
213 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
214 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
215 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
216 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
217 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
218 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
219 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
222 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
223 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
224 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
226 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
227 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
228 Added new section about obsolete names
229 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
230 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
232 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
233 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
236 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
237 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
240 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
246 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
247 Added x-window-manager
249 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
250 Added system-log-faemon
251 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
256 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
260 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
261 Removed xcompat virtual package names
264 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
265 Added java-virtual-machine
266 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
269 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
270 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
272 Added aspell-dictionary
274 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
275 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
278 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
279 Added inetd-superserver
282 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
285 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
289 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
292 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
293 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
297 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
301 Added x-display-manager
304 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
307 02 October 2006 Added stardict
308 Added stardict-dictdata
312 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
313 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
314 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
315 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
318 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
321 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
324 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
325 Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
326 Removed java-compiler
327 Removed java2-compiler
328 Removed java-virtual-machine
331 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder