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 https://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 virtual-mysql-client a MySQL-database-compatible client package
68 virtual-mysql-client-core a MySQL-database-compatible client core package
69 virtual-mysql-server a MySQL-database-compatible server package
70 virtual-mysql-server-core a MySQL-database-compatible server core package
71 virtual-mysql-testsuite a MySQL-database-compatible test suite packag
75 c-compiler a C compiler
76 debconf-2.0 the debconf protocol
77 fortran77-compiler a Fortran77 compiler
78 kernel-headers kernel header files (<linux/*.h>, <asm/*.h>)
79 kernel-image kernel image (vmlinuz, System.map, modules)
80 kernel-source kernel source code
81 libc-dev header and object files of `libc'
85 flexmem anything that can access flexible memory via the
87 foomatic-data PPD printer description files
88 linux-kernel-log-daemon a daemon to facilitate logging for the Linux kernel
89 system-log-daemon a daemon that provides a logging facility for
91 time-daemon anything that serves as a time daemon
92 ups-monitor anything that is capable of controlling an UPS
93 cron-daemon Any cron daemon that correctly follows policy
98 dict-client clients for the Dictionary Server
99 dict-server the Dictionary Server
100 dictd-dictionary a dictionary for the dictd Dictionary Server
101 info-browser something that can browse GNU Info files
102 ispell-dictionary a dictionary for the ispell system
103 myspell-dictionary a dictionary for the myspell system
104 man-browser something that can read man pages
105 stardict-dictionary a dictionary for stardict
106 stardict application capable of reading stardict-dictdata
107 stardict-dictdata dictionary data which can be read from stardict
108 wordlist a /usr/share/dict/words (*)
109 www-browser something that can browse HTML files
113 dhcp-client a DHCP client
114 ftp-server a FTP server
116 httpd-cgi a CGI-capable HTTP server
117 httpd-wsgi a WSGI-capable HTTP server (python 2 API)
118 httpd-wsgi3 a WSGI-capable HTTP server (python 3 API)
119 ident-server an identd daemon
120 inet-superserver an inetd server
121 lambdamoo-core a lambdamoo-compatible database package
122 lambdamoo-server anything running a moo using a lambdamoo-core
123 radius-server a RADIUS server for acct/auth
124 rsh-client an rsh client
125 rsh-server an rsh server
126 telnet-client a telnet client
127 telnet-server a telnet server
131 imap-client a mail reader capable of accessing remote mail
132 folders using the IMAP protocol (e.g. Pine)
133 imap-server an IMAP mail server
134 mail-reader a mail user agent (e.g. Pine, Elm, mailx, &c)
135 mail-transport-agent a mail transport agent (e.g. Smail, Sendmail, &c)
136 mailx a /usr/bin/mailx binary that provides at least
137 the POSIX mailx interface (*)
138 news-reader a news reader (e.g. trn, tin, &c)
139 news-transport-system a local news system (e.g. INN, C News or B News)
140 pgp a version of PGP (International or US)
141 pop3-server a POP3 Server
145 x-display-manager an X client which manages a collection of X servers
146 x-session-manager a program which starts a desktop environment
147 or launches a general X session
148 x-terminal-emulator an X client which emulates a terminal with a
149 terminfo description in the ncurses-base package
150 x-window-manager an X client which provides window management
152 xserver an X server that (directly or indirectly) manages
153 physical input and display hardware
157 fonts-japanese-gothic Gothic-style Japanese font
158 fonts-japanese-mincho Mincho-style Japanese font
160 Graphics and MultiMedia
161 -----------------------
162 audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
163 of a sound card, with a tty interface
164 x-audio-mixer a utility to control the input and output levels
165 of a sound card, X Window System interface
166 mpd-client a client that can control the Music Player Daemon
167 pdf-preview a preprocessor that creates PDF output
168 pdf-viewer anything that can display PDF files
169 postscript-preview a preprocessor that creates Postscript output
170 postscript-viewer anything that can display Postscript files
172 Java and virtual machines
173 -------------------------
174 java5-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 5
175 java6-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 6
176 java7-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 7
177 java8-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 8
178 java9-runtime a Java runtime environment, Java version 9
179 java5-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 5
180 java6-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 6
181 java7-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 7
182 java8-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 8
183 java9-runtime-headless a non-graphical Java runtime environment, Java ver. 9
185 Scheme and interpreters
186 -------------------------
187 scheme-r4rs Scheme interpreter with the R4RS environment
188 scheme-r5rs Scheme interpreter with the R5RS environment
189 scheme-ieee-11878-1900 Scheme interpreter with the IEEE-11878-1900
191 scheme-srfi-0 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 0 language
193 scheme-srfi-7 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 7 language
195 scheme-srfi-55 Scheme interpreter accepting the SRFI 55 language
198 Games and Game-related
199 ----------------------
200 adventure the classic Colossal Cave Adventure game
201 doom-engine an executable Doom engine
202 boom-engine an executable Doom engine supporting the 'boom'
204 doom-wad the data component of a Doom game, compatible with
205 the original Doom engine
206 boom-wad the data component of a Doom game, using features
207 from the "boom" engine family
209 Old and obsolete virtual package names
210 --------------------------------------
211 Note, that no other package then the ones listed here should use
212 these virtual package names.
214 [There are currently no such package names in use]
220 22 Sep 1995 Initial revision.
223 26 Mar 1996 Added www-browser.
226 11 May 1996 Added kernel-image, added new location of this file
229 19 May 1996 Took over maintenance of list, changed instructions for
231 25 Jul 1996 Added awk as per Chris Fearnley's suggestion
232 Added c-shell, which seemed to have dropped off at some stage
233 2 Aug 1996 Added pdf-{viewer,preview}, compress, emacs
234 5 Aug 1996 Added imap-{client,server}
235 8 Aug 1996 Added editor
236 20 Aug 1996 Added sgmls, removed metafont, dvilj, dvips
237 25 Nov 1996 Removed editor (should have done this a long time ago)
240 29 Apr 1997 New maintainer of this list
241 5 May 1997 Added wordlist
242 29 May 1997 Added dotfile-module, ups-monitor, tcl-interpreter,
244 21 Jun 1997 Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
245 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
246 Added new section about obsolete names
247 1 Sep 1997 Renamed `tcl/tk-interpreter' to `tclsh/wish'
248 21 Oct 1997 Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
250 29 Jan 1998 Added libc-dev, emacsen
251 14 Apr 1998 Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
254 23 Jun 1999 Added pop3-server
255 13 Jul 1999 Added ftp-server
258 26 Oct 1999 Added ispell-dictionary
264 11 Jul 2000 Added x-terminal-emulator
265 Added x-window-manager
267 Added linux-kernel-log-daemon
268 Added system-log-faemon
269 24 Aug 2000 Added mp3-encoder
274 16 Jan 2001 Added rsh server
278 13 Feb 2001 Removed libc.4.so
279 Removed xcompat virtual package names
282 14 Mar 2002 Added java-compiler, java2-compiler
283 Added java-virtual-machine
284 Added java1-runtime and java2-runtime
287 Added audio-mixer and x-audio-mixer
288 30 Aug 2002 Added debconf-2.0
290 Added aspell-dictionary
292 9 Sep 2002 Added dict-server
293 3 Aug 2003 Added myspell-dictionary
296 25 Apr 2004 Added stardict-dictionary
297 Added inetd-superserver
300 25 Jun 2004 Added cron-daemon
303 4 Feb 2005 Added mpd-client
307 16 Jun 2005 Removed aspell-dictionary
310 18 Jun 2005 Added x-session-manager
311 Added the section on Scheme and interpreters, which
315 scheme-ieee-11878-1900
319 Added x-display-manager
322 26 April 2006 Added httpd-cgi
325 02 October 2006 Added stardict
326 Added stardict-dictdata
330 8 Jul 2007 Added dictd-dictionary
331 Rename inetd-superserver to inet-superserver
332 2 Dec 2007 Added ttf-japanese-gothic
333 Added ttf-japanese-mincho
336 21 Nov 2009 (Re)Added cron-daemon
339 27 Aug 2010 Added mailx
342 22 Feb 2012 Rename ttf-japanese-gothic to fonts-japanese-gothic
343 Rename ttf-japanese-mincho to fonts-japanese-mincho
344 Removed java-compiler
345 Removed java2-compiler
346 Removed java-virtual-machine
349 03 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-encoder
350 17 Aug 2013 Removed mp3-decoder
353 16 Jul 2014 Added java{5,6,7,8,9}-runtime{,-headless}
354 Removed java1-runtime, java2-runtime
355 30 Jul 2014 Added httpd-wsgi
358 01 Jan 2017 Added httpd-wsgi3
359 Added MySQL virtual packages:
361 virtual-mysql-client-core
363 virtual-mysql-server-core
364 virtual-mysql-testsuite
365 08 Jan 2017 Added adventure