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.
37 Please include a proposed brief description of the new virtual name(s)
38 for the list. The list maintainer will then include the updated list
39 in the next release of Policy.
41 4. Go and use the new or changed names.
44 (based on earlier versions by Warwick and Ian Jackson and Chris Schwarz)
50 <virtual package name> <packages that provide it include...>
52 [Those marked with a (*) are handled using the alternatives mechanism;
53 others may do so as well.]
57 awk a suitable /usr/bin/{awk,nawk} (*)
58 c-shell a suitable /bin/csh (*)
59 dotfile-module a module for the Dotfile Generator
60 emacsen the GNU emacs or a compatible editor
61 lzh-archiver an LZH archiver package
62 tclsh a /usr/bin/tclsh (*)
63 wish a /usr/bin/wish (*)
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 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
79 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
80 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
81 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
83 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
84 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
85 cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy
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 httpd-wsgi a WSGI-capable HTTP server (python 2 API)
110 httpd-wsgi3 a WSGI-capable HTTP server (python 3 API)
111 ident-server an identd daemon
112 inet-superserver an inetd server
113 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
114 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
115 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
116 rsh-client an rsh client
117 rsh-server an rsh server
118 telnet-client a telnet client
119 telnet-server a telnet server
123 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
124 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
125 imap-server an IMAP mail server
126 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
127 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
128 mailx a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
129 the POSIX mailx interface (*)
130 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
131 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
132 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
133 pop3-server a POP3 Server
137 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
138 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
139 or launches a general X session
140 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
141 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
142 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
144 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
145 physical input and display hardware
149 fonts-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
150 fonts-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
152 Graphics and MultiMedia
153 -----------------------
154 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
155 of a sound card, with a tty interface
156 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
157 of a sound card, X Window System interface
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 java5-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 5
167 java6-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 6
168 java7-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 7
169 java8-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 8
170 java9-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 9
171 java5-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 5
172 java6-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 6
173 java7-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 7
174 java8-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 8
175 java9-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 9
177 Scheme and interpreters
178 -------------------------
179 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
180 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
181 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
183 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
185 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
187 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
190 Games and Game-related
191 ----------------------
192 doom-engine An executable Doom engine
193 boom-engine An executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
195 doom-wad The data component of a Doom game, compatible with
196 the original Doom engine
197 boom-wad The data component of a Doom game, using features
198 from the "boom" engine family
200 Old and obsolete virtual package names
201 --------------------------------------
202 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
203 these virtual package names.
205 [There are currently no such package names in use]
211 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
214 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
217 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
220 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
222 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
223 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
224 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
225 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
226 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
227 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
228 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
231 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
232 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
233 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
235 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
236 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
237 Added new section about obsolete names
238 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
239 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
241 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
242 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
245 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
246 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
249 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
255 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
256 Added x-window-manager
258 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
259 Added system-log-faemon
260 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
265 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
269 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
270 Removed xcompat virtual package names
273 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
274 Added java-virtual-machine
275 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
278 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
279 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
281 Added aspell-dictionary
283 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
284 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
287 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
288 Added inetd-superserver
291 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
294 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
298 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
301 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
302 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
306 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
310 Added x-display-manager
313 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
316 02 October 2006 Added stardict
317 Added stardict-dictdata
321 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
322 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
323 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
324 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
327 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
330 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
333 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
334 Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
335 Removed java-compiler
336 Removed java2-compiler
337 Removed java-virtual-machine
340 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder
341 17 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-decoder
344 16 Jul 2014 Added java{5,6,7,8,9}-runtime{,-headless}
345 Removed java1-runtime, java2-runtime
346 30 Jul 2014 Added httpd-wsgi
349 31 Dec 2016 Added httpd-wsgi3