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 dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
92 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
93 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
94 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
95 man-browser something that can read man pages
96 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
97 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
98 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
99 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
100 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
104 dhcp-client a DHCP client
105 ftp-server a FTP server
107 httpd-cgi A CGI capable HTTP server
108 ident-server an identd daemon
109 inet-superserver an inetd server
110 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
111 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
112 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
113 rsh-client an rsh client
114 rsh-server an rsh server
115 telnet-client a telnet client
116 telnet-server a telnet server
120 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
121 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
122 imap-server an IMAP mail server
123 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
124 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
125 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
126 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
127 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
128 pop3-server a POP3 Server
132 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
133 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
134 or launches a general X session
135 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
136 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
137 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
139 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
140 physical input and display hardware
144 ttf-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
145 ttf-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
147 Graphics and MultiMedia
148 -----------------------
149 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
150 of a sound card, with a tty interface
151 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
152 of a sound card, X Window System interface
153 mp3-encoder an MP3 encoder package
154 mp3-decoder an MP3 decoder package
155 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
156 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
157 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
158 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
159 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
161 Java and virtual machines
162 -------------------------
163 java-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 1
164 java2-compiler a java compiler, for Java version 2
165 java-virtual-machine a JAVA virtual machine
166 java1-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 1
167 java2-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 2
169 Scheme and interpreters
170 -------------------------
171 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
172 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
173 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
175 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
177 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
179 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
182 Old and obsolete virtual package names
183 --------------------------------------
184 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
185 these virtual package names.
187 [There are currently no such package names in use]
193 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
196 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
199 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
202 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
204 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
205 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
206 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
207 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
208 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
209 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
210 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
213 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
214 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
215 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
217 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
218 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
219 Added new section about obsolete names
220 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
221 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
223 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
224 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
227 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
228 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
231 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
237 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
238 Added x-window-manager
240 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
241 Added system-log-faemon
242 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
247 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
251 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
252 Removed xcompat virtual package names
255 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
256 Added java-virtual-machine
257 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
260 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
261 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
263 Added aspell-dictionary
265 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
266 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
269 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
270 Added inetd-superserver
273 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
276 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
280 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
283 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
284 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
288 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
292 Added x-display-manager
295 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
298 02 October 2006 Added stardict
299 Added stardict-dictdata
303 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
304 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
305 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
306 Added ttf-japanese-mincho