AUTHORITATIVE LIST OF VIRTUAL PACKAGE NAMES
- September 2002
+ February 2012
Below is an authoritative list of virtual package names currently
3. Mail the maintainer of the virtual package name list (which is the
Debian Policy list <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>) notifying them
of the consensus reached (or your suggestions if noone objected).
- Please update the bug report at the same time (retitling the bug to
- [ACCEPTED] ....
+ Please update the bug report at the same time.
Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
- for the list. The list maintainer will then post the new list to
- debian-devel and upload it to the FTP site.
+ for the list. The list maintainer will then include the updated list
+ in the next release of Policy.
4. Go and use the new or changed names.
c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
+ lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
System
------
+ flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
+ OBEX Protocol
foomatic-data PPD printer description files
linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
other applications
time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
+ cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy
+ requirements
Documentation
-------------
- aspell-dictionary a dictionary for the aspell system
dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
dict-server the Dictionary Server
+ dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
+ myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
man-browser something that can read man pages
+ stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
+ stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
+ stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
www-browser something that can browse HTML files
dhcp-client a DHCP client
ftp-server a FTP server
httpd a HTTP server
+ httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
+ httpd-wsgi A WSGI capable HTTP server
ident-server an identd daemon
+ inet-superserver an inetd server
lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
imap-server an IMAP mail server
mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
+ mailx a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
+ the POSIX mailx interface (*)
news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
X Window System
---------------
+ x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
+ x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
+ or launches a general X session
x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
physical input and display hardware
+Fonts
+-----
+ fonts-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
+ fonts-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
+
Graphics and MultiMedia
-----------------------
- mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
- mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
of a sound card, with a tty interface
x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
of a sound card, X Window System interface
+ mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
Java and virtual machines
-------------------------
- java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
- java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
- java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
- java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
- java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
-
+ java5-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 5
+ java6-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 6
+ java7-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 7
+ java8-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 8
+ java9-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 9
+ java5-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 5
+ java6-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 6
+ java7-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 7
+ java8-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 8
+ java9-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 9
+
+Scheme and interpreters
+-------------------------
+ scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
+ scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
+ scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
+ environment
+ scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
+ extension
+ scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
+ extension
+ scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
+ extension
+
+Games and Game-related
+----------------------
+ doom-engine An executable Doom engine
+ boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
+ feature-set
+ doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
+ the original Doom engine
+ boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
+ from the "boom" engine family
Old and obsolete virtual package names
--------------------------------------
Added aspell-dictionary
Added radius-server
9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
+ 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
+
+Andreas Barth:
+ 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
+ Added inetd-superserver
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
+ Added flexmem
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
+ Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
+ includes:
+ scheme-r4rs
+ scheme-r5rs
+ scheme-ieee-11878-1900
+ scheme-srfi-0
+ scheme-srfi-7
+ scheme-srfi-55
+ Added x-display-manager
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 02 October 2006 Added stardict
+ Added stardict-dictdata
+ Added lzh-archiver
+
+Russ Allbery:
+ 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
+ Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
+ 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
+ Added ttf-japanese-mincho
+
+Manoj Srivastava:
+ 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
+
+Russ Allbery:
+ 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
+
+Bill Allombert:
+ 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
+ Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
+ Removed java-compiler
+ Removed java2-compiler
+ Removed java-virtual-machine
+
+Charles Plessy:
+ 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder
+ 17 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-decoder
+
+Bill Allombert:
+ 16 Jul 2014 Added java{5,6,7,8,9}-runtime{,-headless}
+ Removed java1-runtime, java2-runtime
+ 30 Jul 2014 Added httpd-wsgi
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