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 (retitling the bug to
38 Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
39 for the list. The list maintainer will then post the new list to
40 debian-devel and upload it to the FTP site.
42 4. Go and use the new or changed names.
45 (based on earlier versions by Warwick and Ian Jackson and Chris Schwarz)
51 <virtual package name> <packages that provide it include...>
53 [Those marked with a (*) are handled using the alternatives mechanism;
54 others may do so as well.]
58 awk a suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*)
59 c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
60 dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
61 emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
62 lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
63 tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
64 wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
68 c-compiler a C compiler
69 debconf-2.0 the debconf protocol
70 fortran77-compiler a Fortran77 compiler
71 kernel-headers kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
72 kernel-image kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
73 kernel-source kernel source code
74 libc-dev header and object files of `libc'
78 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
80 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
81 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
82 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
84 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
85 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
89 dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
90 dict-server the Dictionary Server
91 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
92 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
93 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
94 man-browser something that can read man pages
95 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
96 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
97 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
98 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
99 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
103 dhcp-client a DHCP client
104 ftp-server a FTP server
106 httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
107 ident-server an identd daemon
108 inetd-superserver an inetd server
109 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
110 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
111 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
112 rsh-client an rsh client
113 rsh-server an rsh server
114 telnet-client a telnet client
115 telnet-server a telnet server
119 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
120 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
121 imap-server an IMAP mail server
122 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
123 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
124 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
125 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
126 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
127 pop3-server a POP3 Server
131 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
132 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
133 or launches a general X session
134 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
135 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
136 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
138 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
139 physical input and display hardware
141 Graphics and MultiMedia
142 -----------------------
143 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
144 of a sound card, with a tty interface
145 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
146 of a sound card, X Window System interface
147 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
148 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
149 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
150 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
151 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
152 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
153 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
155 Java and virtual machines
156 -------------------------
157 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
158 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
159 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
160 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
161 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
163 Scheme and interpreters
164 -------------------------
165 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
166 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
167 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
169 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
171 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
173 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
176 Old and obsolete virtual package names
177 --------------------------------------
178 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
179 these virtual package names.
181 [There are currently no such package names in use]
187 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
190 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
193 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
196 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
198 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
199 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
200 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
201 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
202 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
203 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
204 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
207 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
208 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
209 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
211 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
212 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
213 Added new section about obsolete names
214 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
215 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
217 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
218 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
221 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
222 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
225 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
231 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
232 Added x-window-manager
234 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
235 Added system-log-faemon
236 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
241 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
245 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
246 Removed xcompat virtual package names
249 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
250 Added java-virtual-machine
251 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
254 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
255 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
257 Added aspell-dictionary
259 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
260 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
263 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
264 Added inetd-superserver
267 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
270 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
274 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
277 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
278 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
282 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
286 Added x-display-manager
289 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
292 02 October 2006 Added stardict
293 Added stardict-dictdata