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
86 cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy requirements
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 ttf-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
148 ttf-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-encoder an MP3 encoder package
157 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
158 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
159 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
160 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
161 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
162 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
164 Java and virtual machines
165 -------------------------
166 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
167 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
168 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
169 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
170 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
172 Scheme and interpreters
173 -------------------------
174 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
175 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
176 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
178 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
180 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
182 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
185 Games and Game-related
186 ----------------------
188 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
189 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
191 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
192 the original Doom engine
193 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
194 from the "boom" engine family
196 Old and obsolete virtual package names
197 --------------------------------------
198 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
199 these virtual package names.
201 [There are currently no such package names in use]
207 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
210 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
213 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
216 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
218 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
219 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
220 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
221 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
222 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
223 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
224 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
227 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
228 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
229 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
231 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
232 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
233 Added new section about obsolete names
234 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
235 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
237 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
238 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
241 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
242 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
245 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
251 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
252 Added x-window-manager
254 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
255 Added system-log-faemon
256 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
261 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
265 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
266 Removed xcompat virtual package names
269 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
270 Added java-virtual-machine
271 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
274 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
275 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
277 Added aspell-dictionary
279 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
280 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
283 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
284 Added inetd-superserver
287 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
290 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
294 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
297 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
298 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
302 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
306 Added x-display-manager
309 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
312 02 October 2006 Added stardict
313 Added stardict-dictdata
317 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
318 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
319 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
320 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
323 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon