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 tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
63 wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
64 lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
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 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
78 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
79 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
81 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
82 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
83 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the OBEX Protocol
87 dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
88 dict-server the Dictionary Server
89 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
90 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
91 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
92 man-browser something that can read man pages
93 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
94 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
95 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
96 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
97 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
101 dhcp-client a DHCP client
102 ftp-server a FTP server
104 httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
105 ident-server an identd daemon
106 inetd-superserver an inetd server
107 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
108 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
109 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
110 rsh-client an rsh client
111 rsh-server an rsh server
112 telnet-client a telnet client
113 telnet-server a telnet server
117 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
118 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
119 imap-server an IMAP mail server
120 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
121 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
122 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
123 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
124 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
125 pop3-server a POP3 Server
129 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
130 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
131 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
133 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
134 physical input and display hardware
135 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
136 or launches a general X session
137 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
139 Graphics and MultiMedia
140 -----------------------
141 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
142 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
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 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
148 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
149 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
150 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
151 mpd-client A client that can control the Music Player Daemon
153 Java and virtual machines
154 -------------------------
155 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
156 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
157 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
158 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
159 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
161 Scheme and interpreters
162 -------------------------
163 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
164 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
165 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900 environment
166 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language extension
167 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
168 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language extension
170 Old and obsolete virtual package names
171 --------------------------------------
172 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
173 these virtual package names.
175 [There are currently no such package names in use]
181 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
184 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
187 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
190 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
192 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
193 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
194 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
195 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
196 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
197 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
198 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
201 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
202 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
203 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
205 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
206 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
207 Added new section about obsolete names
208 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
209 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
211 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
212 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
215 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
216 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
219 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
225 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
226 Added x-window-manager
228 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
229 Added system-log-faemon
230 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
235 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
239 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
240 Removed xcompat virtual package names
243 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
244 Added java-virtual-machine
245 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
248 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
249 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
251 Added aspell-dictionary
253 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
254 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
257 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
258 Added inetd-superserver
261 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
264 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
268 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
271 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
272 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
276 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
280 Added x-display-manager
283 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
286 02 October 2006 Added stardict
287 Added stardict-dictdata