PACKAGES.TXT; Fri Feb 23 04:51:07 UTC 2007
This file provides details on the Slackware packages found
in the ./slackware/ directory.
Total size of all packages (compressed): 1380 MB
Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 3590 MB
PACKAGE NAME: a2ps-4.13b-i386-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 859 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3140 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
a2ps: a2ps (any to PostScript filter)
a2ps:
a2ps: GNU a2ps is an Any to PostScript filter. Of course it processes
a2ps: plain text files, but also pretty prints quite a few popular
a2ps: programming languages. Also contained in this package is psutils, a
a2ps: collection of programs for manipulating PostScript files.
a2ps:
a2ps: a2ps is used by Apsfilter, so be sure to install this package if you
a2ps: plan to do any printing.
a2ps:
PACKAGE NAME: aaa_base-11.0.0-noarch-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 100 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aaa_base: aaa_base (Basic Linux filesystem package)
aaa_base:
aaa_base: Sets up the empty directory tree for Slackware and adds an email to
aaa_base: root's mailbox welcoming them to Linux.
This package should be
aaa_base: installed first, and never uninstalled.
aaa_base:
PACKAGE NAME: aaa_elflibs-11.0.0-i486-9.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 4503 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 10430 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aaa_elflibs: aaa_elflibs (shared libraries needed by many programs)
aaa_elflibs:
aaa_elflibs: This is a collection of shared libraries needed to run Linux programs.
aaa_elflibs: ELF (Executable and Linking Format) is the standard Linux binary
aaa_elflibs: format. These libraries are gathered from other Slackware packages
aaa_elflibs: and are intended to give a fairly complete initial set of libraries.
aaa_elflibs: This package should be not upgraded or reinstalled (it could copy
aaa_elflibs: over newer library versions).
aaa_elflibs:
PACKAGE NAME: aalib-1.4rc5-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 194 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 490 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aalib: aalib (ASCII Art library) _1l1vlvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvvl=.
aalib: __111llvl+' __...._ +1lv11=.
aalib: AA-lib is an ASCII art graphics _11vllvlv+ =vlvlvl1= /1vlvv1i=_
aalib: library. Internally, the AA-lib _vvllvlvlv= -+vlvlvlvlvlvlvlvdvl=_
aalib: API is similar to other graphics _:lvlvlvlvlv=. --^-^1lvlvlrlvv1s
aalib: libraries, but it renders the =llvlvvlvlvv11lvl=.... -lvlevlvlvv
aalib: the output into ASCII art (like =lvlvlvlvll-^+1vv11111v_ vlkllvllvl
aalib: the example to the right :^) =lvlvlvlvl1 +1vv1v1lv _llvlvlvlvl
aalib: The developers of AA-lib are +1lv |vlvl' -^-^- _1olvlvlvlv'
aalib: Jan Hubicka, Thomas A. K. Kjaer, -1vl |lvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvv1vlvlvlvlv+.
aalib: Tim Newsome, and Kamil Toman. +1 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^vlv-
aalib: -+uvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvlvl+_
aalib: -vlvlvlvlvlvlvlvllvlvl-'
PACKAGE NAME: acct-6.3.2-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 52 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 130 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
acct: acct (process accounting utilities)
acct:
acct: This is a set of utilities which reports and summarizes data about
acct: user connect times and process execution statistics. To activate
acct: process accounting, create the log file (touch /var/log/pacct), and
acct: then use the accton command to start it (accton /var/log/pacct).
acct: Be aware that the log file can grow to be quite large.
acct:
acct: The GNU process accounting utilities were written by Noel Cragg.
acct:
PACKAGE NAME: acl-2.2.39_1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 138 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 350 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
acl: acl (tools for using POSIX Access Control Lists)
acl:
acl: This package contains a set of tools and libraries for manipulating
acl: POSIX Access Control Lists. POSIX Access Control Lists (defined in
acl: POSIX 1003.1e draft standard 17) are used to define more fine-grained
acl: discretionary access rights for files and directories.
acl:
PACKAGE NAME: acpid-1.0.4-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 60 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
acpid: acpid (ACPI daemon)
acpid:
acpid: Most modern computers support the Advanced Configuration and Power
acpid: Interface (ACPI) standard to allow intelligent power management.
acpid: This package contains acpid, which is the user-space daemon needed in
acpid: order to make the Linux ACPI support completely functional.
acpid:
acpid: ACPI must be compiled into the kernel to run acpid.
acpid:
PACKAGE NAME: alsa-driver-1.0.11_2.4.33.3-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1812 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2920 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
alsa-driver: alsa-driver (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture drivers)
alsa-driver:
alsa-driver: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-driver: functionality to the Linux operating system. This package contains
alsa-driver: drivers in the form of kernel modules and include files for all of
alsa-driver: the sound cards supported by ALSA.
alsa-driver:
alsa-driver: For more information, see
http://alsa-project.orgalsa-driver:
PACKAGE NAME: alsa-lib-1.0.11-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 406 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1440 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
alsa-lib: alsa-lib (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture library)
alsa-lib:
alsa-lib: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-lib: functionality to the Linux operating system. This is the ALSA library
alsa-lib: (libasound) which is used by audio applications.
alsa-lib:
alsa-lib: For more information, see
http://alsa-project.orgalsa-lib:
PACKAGE NAME: alsa-oss-1.0.11-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 31 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 90 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
alsa-oss: alsa-oss (library/wrapper to use OSS programs with ALSA)
alsa-oss:
alsa-oss: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-oss: functionality to the Linux operating system. OSS (Open Sound System)
alsa-oss: is an older sound system for Linux that ALSA is replacing. Using
alsa-oss: the aoss wrapper you can use programs that only support OSS with ALSA
alsa-oss: without having to load the OSS compatibility kernel modules.
alsa-oss:
PACKAGE NAME: alsa-utils-1.0.11-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1035 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1650 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
alsa-utils: alsa-utils (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture utilities)
alsa-utils:
alsa-utils: The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
alsa-utils: functionality to the Linux operating system. This package contains
alsa-utils: command line audio utilities for use with ALSA:
alsa-utils: alsactl (manage soundcard settings)
alsa-utils: arecord/aplay (capture and play audio)
alsa-utils: amixer (adjust mixer settings from the command line)
alsa-utils: alsamixer (an ncurses-based console mixer)
alsa-utils:
alsa-utils: For more information, see
http://alsa-project.orgPACKAGE NAME: amarok-1.4.3-i486-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/kde
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16751 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 28570 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
amarok: amarok (music player)
amarok:
amarok: amaroK is a music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive
amarok: interface. amaroK makes playing the music you love easier than ever
amarok: before -- and looks good doing it.
amarok:
PACKAGE NAME: amp-0.7.6-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 44 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 120 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
amp: amp (An MP3 player)
amp:
amp: amp (Audio Mpeg Player) is a command-line MPEG audio decoder (MP3
amp: player). It works with both MPEG1 and MPEG2 audio streams (except for
amp: the multichannel extensions defined in MPEG2), layers 2 and 3.
amp:
PACKAGE NAME: apache-1.3.37-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1656 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6410 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
apache: apache (The Apache HTTP Server)
apache:
apache: Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for the
apache: NCSA HTTP server. It fixes numerous bugs in the NCSA server and
apache: includes many frequently requested new features, and has an API which
apache: allows it to be extended to meet users' needs more easily.
apache:
apache: Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over
apache: half of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of
apache: its variants.
apache:
PACKAGE NAME: apmd-3.0.2-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 52 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
apmd: apmd (Advanced Power Management daemon)
apmd:
apmd: apmd is an APM monitoring daemon, and works in conjunction with the
apmd: APM BIOS driver in the kernel. Apmd (and the included tools) handle
apmd: tasks such as automatically putting a laptop into suspend when the
apmd: power level drop below a certain point. This package also includes
apmd: the graphical power management tools xapm and xbattery.
apmd:
apmd: The apmd tools were written by Rik Faith and are maintained by
apmd: Avery Pennarun. xbattery was written by Nathan Sidwell.
apmd:
PACKAGE NAME: apr-1.2.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 245 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 910 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
apr: apr (Apache Portable Runtime)
apr:
apr: The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a
apr: free library of C data structures and routines, forming a system
apr: portability layer to as many operating systems as possible.
apr:
PACKAGE NAME: apr-util-1.2.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 100 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 380 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
apr-util: apr-util (Apache Portable Runtime utilities)
apr-util:
apr-util: The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a
apr-util: free library of C data structures and routines, forming a system
apr-util: portability layer to as many operating systems as possible.
apr-util:
apr-util: This package contains additional utility interfaces for APR;
apr-util: including support for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing,
apr-util: and more.
apr-util:
PACKAGE NAME: arts-1.5.4-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1264 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5110 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
arts: arts (Analog Realtime Synthesizer)
arts:
arts: aRts is the core sound system for KDE, and is short for "analog
arts: realtime synthesizer". aRts is designed to create or process sound
arts: using small specialized modules. These may create a waveform, play
arts: samples, filter data, add signals, perform effects (like delay,
arts: flanger or chorus), or output the data to the soundcard.
arts:
PACKAGE NAME: ash-0.4.0-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 70 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 140 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
ash: ash (Kenneth Almquist's ash shell)
ash:
ash: A lightweight (92K) Bourne compatible shell. Great for machines with
ash: low memory, but does not provide all the extras of shells like bash,
ash: tcsh, and zsh. Runs most shell scripts compatible with the Bourne
ash: shell. Note that under Linux, most scripts seem to use at least some
ash: bash-specific syntax. The Slackware setup scripts are a notable
ash: exception, since ash is the shell used on the install disks. NetBSD
ash: uses ash as its /bin/sh.
ash:
PACKAGE NAME: aspell-0.60.4-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 988 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3100 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aspell: aspell (spell checker)
aspell:
aspell: GNU Aspell is a spell checker designed to eventually replace Ispell.
aspell: It can either be used as a library or as an independent spell checker.
aspell:
PACKAGE NAME: aspell-en-6.0_0-noarch-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1579 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3550 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aspell-en: aspell-en
aspell-en:
aspell-en: GNU Aspell 0.60 English Dictionary Package.
aspell-en:
PACKAGE NAME: at-3.1.10-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 40 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 110 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
at: at (delayed command execution)
at:
at: at and batch read shell commands from standard input (or a specified
at: file) storing them as a job to be scheduled for execution at a later
at: time.
at:
at: The 'at' command was written by David Parsons and Thomas Koenig.
at:
PACKAGE NAME: atk-1.10.3-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 203 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1060 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
atk: atk
atk:
atk: atk is a library of accessibility functions that is used by the
atk: GTK+-2 toolkit.
atk:
PACKAGE NAME: attr-2.4.32_1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 73 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 220 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
attr: attr (tools for using extended attributes on filesystems)
attr:
attr: This package contains a set of tools for manipulating extended
attr: attributes (name:value pairs associated permanently with files and
attr: directories) on filesystem objects, and the library and header files
attr: needed to develop programs which make use of extended attributes.
attr: Extended attributes are used to provide additional functionality to
attr: a filesystem. For example, Access Control Lists (ACLs) are
attr: implemented using extended attributes.
attr:
PACKAGE NAME: audiofile-0.2.6-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 170 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 530 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
audiofile: audiofile (audio support library)
audiofile:
audiofile: Audiofile is a library to handle various audio file formats, and is
audiofile: used by the esound daemon. You can also use it to develop your own
audiofile: audiofile applications.
audiofile:
PACKAGE NAME: aumix-2.8-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 66 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 210 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
aumix: aumix (GTK+/ncurses audio mixer)
aumix:
aumix: This is a program for adjusting audio mixers from the command line or
aumix: scripts, or interactively at the console or a terminal with a
aumix: full-screen, ncurses-based interface or a GTK-based X interface.
aumix:
PACKAGE NAME: autoconf-2.60-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 718 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1830 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
autoconf: autoconf (generate configuration scripts)
autoconf:
autoconf: GNU autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
autoconf: scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
autoconf: These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like
autoconf: systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a
autoconf: configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the
autoconf: operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
autoconf: macro calls. You must install the "m4" package to be able to use
autoconf: autoconf.
autoconf:
PACKAGE NAME: autofs-3.1.7-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 55 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 200 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
autofs: autofs (kernel-based automounter)
autofs:
autofs: autofs is a kernel-based automounter for Linux. It performs a job
autofs: similar to amd(8) but relies on a small stub of kernel code instead of
autofs: pretending to be an NFS server. The result is simpler code, better
autofs: reliability, and much faster operation in the common case (everything
autofs: already mounted.)
autofs:
PACKAGE NAME: automake-1.9.6-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 473 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1390 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
automake: automake (a Makefile generator)
automake:
automake: This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD
automake: make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the
automake: GNU standards for Makefile variables and targets. Automake is a Perl
automake: script. The input files are called Makefile.am. The output files are
automake: called Makefile.in; they are intended for use with Autoconf. Automake
automake: requires certain things to be done in your configure.in. You must
automake: install the "m4" and "perl" packages to be able to use automake.
automake:
PACKAGE NAME: bash-3.1.017-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 721 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1570 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bash: bash (sh-compatible shell)
bash:
bash: The GNU Bourne-Again SHell. Bash is a sh-compatible command
bash: interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or
bash: from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn
bash: and C shells (ksh and csh). Bash is ultimately intended to be a
bash: conformant implementation of the IEEE Posix Shell and Tools
bash: specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
bash:
bash: Bash must be present for the system to boot properly.
bash:
PACKAGE NAME: bc-1.06-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 83 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 190 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bc: bc (An arbitrary precision calculator language)
bc:
bc: bc is an arbitrary precision numeric processing language. Syntax is
bc: similar to C, but differs in many substantial areas. It supports
bc: interactive execution of statements. bc is a utility included in the
bc: POSIX P1003.2/D11 draft standard.
bc:
bc: The GNU version of bc was written by Philip A. Nelson.
bc:
PACKAGE NAME: bin-11.0-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 608 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1560 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bin: bin (some common system utilities)
bin:
bin: The "bin" package is a collection of utilities for handling various
bin: kinds of archives, identifying file types, and processing data.
bin: Several of these tools are used by system scripts, so this is a
bin: required package. The bin package contains these programs:
bin:
bin: bban compress diskcopy dosfsck ed eject fbset file fiz fromdos lha
bin: mkdosfs mktemp patch rescan-scsi-bus rpm2targz rpmoffset run-parts
bin: savelog splitvt sysvbanner tempfile time todos tree unarj volname
bin: which xx zoo
PACKAGE NAME: bin86-0.16.15-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 65 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bin86: bin86 (8086 assembler/loader)
bin86:
bin86: This is a complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit
bin86: code for the 386+ processors. In the past it was used to compile the
bin86: 16-bit bootsector and setup binaries for the kernel, but modern
bin86: (2.4.x or newer) kernels use GNU ld instead.
bin86:
bin86: The bin86 package is needed to compile 2.2.x or earlier kernels.
bin86:
PACKAGE NAME: bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1198 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bind: bind (DNS server and utilities)
bind:
bind: The named daemon and support utilities such as dig, host, and
bind: nslookup. Sample configuration files for running a simple caching
bind: nameserver are included. Documentation for advanced name server
bind: setup can be found in /usr/doc/bind-9.x.x/.
bind:
PACKAGE NAME: binutils-2.15.92.0.2-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3068 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 7410 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
binutils: binutils (GNU binary development tools)
binutils:
binutils: Binutils is a collection of binary utilities. It includes "as" (the
binutils: portable GNU assembler), "ld" (the GNU linker), and other utilities
binutils: for creating and working with binary programs.
binutils:
binutils: These utilities are REQUIRED to compile C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran,
binutils: and most other programming languages.
binutils:
PACKAGE NAME: bison-2.1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 345 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 980 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bison: bison (parser generator similar to yacc)
bison:
bison: GNU "Bison" is a general-purpose parser generator that converts a
bison: grammar description for an LALR(1) context-free grammar into a C
bison: program to parse that grammar.
bison:
bison: Bison is upward compatible with Yacc: all properly-written Yacc
bison: grammars ought to work with Bison with no change. Anyone familiar
bison: with Yacc should be able to use Bison with little trouble.
bison:
PACKAGE NAME: bitchx-1.1-i486-5.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1374 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3540 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bitchx: BitchX (chat client)
bitchx:
bitchx: BitchX is an advanced Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
bitchx:
PACKAGE NAME: blackbox-0.65.0-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/xap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 324 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 920 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
blackbox: blackbox (Blackbox window manager)
blackbox:
blackbox: Blackbox is that fast, light window manager you have been looking for
blackbox: without all those annoying library dependencies.
blackbox:
blackbox: Also included in this package is the bbkeys utility for controlling
blackbox: keyboard shortcut commands from within Blackbox.
blackbox:
blackbox: The Blackbox home page is
http://blackboxwm.sourceforge.netblackbox:
PACKAGE NAME: bootp-2.4.3-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 61 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bootp: bootp
bootp:
bootp: This is an enhanced version of the CMU BOOTP server which was derived
bootp: from the original BOOTP server created by Bill Croft at Stanford.
bootp: BOOTP allows a network administrator to setup networking information
bootp: for clients via an /etc/bootptab on a server so that the clients can
bootp: automatically get their networking information.
bootp:
PACKAGE NAME: bpe-2.01.00-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 46 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 110 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bpe: bpe (Binary Patch Editor)
bpe:
bpe: bpe is a simple, screen-oriented editor for searching and editing
bpe: ordinary files in either ASCII or hexadecimal modes.
bpe:
bpe: bpe was written by Andreas Pleschutznig. Bill Davidsen contributed
bpe: additional features, as did Ralphe Neill (the current maintainer).
bpe:
PACKAGE NAME: bsd-games-2.13-i486-8.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/y
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2273 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5460 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bsd-games: bsd-games (Classic BSD text games collection)
bsd-games:
bsd-games: Games that go in /usr/games: adventure arithmetic atc backgammon
bsd-games: banner battlestar bcd caesar canfield cfscores countmail cribbage
bsd-games: factor fish fortune gomoku hangman hunt mille monop morse number
bsd-games: phantasia pig pom ppt primes quiz rain random robots rot13 sail
bsd-games: snake snscore teachgammon trek wargames worm worms wump
bsd-games:
bsd-games: Adds a call to 'fortune' to /etc/profile.d/ so that users will get a
bsd-games: fortune message when they log in.
bsd-games:
PACKAGE NAME: byacc-1.9-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 27 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 80 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
byacc: byacc (Berkeley Yacc parser generator)
byacc:
byacc: Berkeley Yacc is an LALR(1) parser generator. Berkeley Yacc
byacc: has been made as compatible as possible with AT&T Yacc. Berkeley
byacc: Yacc can accept any input specification that conforms to the AT&T
byacc: Yacc documentation. Specifications that take advantage of
byacc: undocumented features of AT&T Yacc will probably be rejected.
byacc: If you skip this package and install GNU bison, a /usr/bin/yacc
byacc: shell script will be created which will allow you to use bison
byacc: instead. (It contains 'bison -y $*')
byacc:
PACKAGE NAME: bzip2-1.0.3-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 151 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 440 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
bzip2: bzip2 (a block-sorting file compressor)
bzip2:
bzip2: Bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block sorting text
bzip2: compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally
bzip2: considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-
bzip2: based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of
bzip2: statistical compressors.
bzip2:
bzip2: Julian Seward <jseward@acm.org> is the author of bzip2.
bzip2:
PACKAGE NAME: cairo-1.0.4-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 263 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1090 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cairo: cairo (graphics library used by GTK+)
cairo:
cairo: Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality
cairo: display and print output. Cairo is designed to produce
cairo: identical output on all output media while taking advantage of display
cairo: hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render
cairo: Extension or OpenGL).
cairo:
PACKAGE NAME: ccache-2.4-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 24 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 60 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
ccache: ccache (a fast compiler cache)
ccache:
ccache: ccache is a compiler cache. It speeds up re-compilation of C/C++ code
ccache: by caching previous compiles and detecting when the same compile is
ccache: being done again.
ccache:
ccache: ccache was written by Andrew Tridgell.
ccache:
PACKAGE NAME: cdparanoia-IIIalpha9.8-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 121 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 290 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cdparanoia: cdparanoia (digital audio extraction tool)
cdparanoia:
cdparanoia: Cdparanoia is a Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) extraction tool,
cdparanoia: commonly known on the net as a 'ripper'. It reads digital audio data
cdparanoia: from a Compact Disc and saves it to sound files. Cdparanoia has been
cdparanoia: designed to read correct audio data even using cheap CDROM drives
cdparanoia: prone to misalignment, frame jitter and loss of streaming.
cdparanoia: Cdparanoia will also read and repair data from CDs that have been
cdparanoia: damaged in some way.
cdparanoia:
PACKAGE NAME: cdrdao-1.2.1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 455 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1170 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cdrdao: cdrdao (CD burning utility)
cdrdao:
cdrdao: cdrdao burns proper disc-at-once (DAO) audio discs. In DAO mode the
cdrdao: disc is written in one shot, so you don't have to have irritating 2
cdrdao: second gaps interrupting a live recording.
cdrdao:
PACKAGE NAME: cdrtools-2.01-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1107 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2840 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cdrtools: cdrtools
cdrtools:
cdrtools: Tools for mastering and writing compact discs.
cdrtools:
cdrtools: cdda2wav -- CD audio sampling utility.
cdrtools: cdrecord -- burn discs in most ATAPI and SCSI CD-R drives.
cdrtools: mkisofs -- create ISO9660/HFS/Joliet CD-ROM images.
cdrtools: mkzftree -- compress a file tree to make a compressed CD-ROM.
cdrtools:
PACKAGE NAME: clisp-2.39-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 10726 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 31640 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
clisp: clisp (a Common Lisp implementation)
clisp:
clisp: Common Lisp is a high-level, general-purpose programming language.
clisp: GNU CLISP is a Common Lisp implementation by Bruno Haible of Karlsruhe
clisp: University and Michael Stoll of Munich University, both in Germany.
clisp: It mostly supports the Lisp described in the ANSI Common Lisp standard.
clisp: The user interface comes in German, English, French, Spanish, Dutch
clisp: and Russian. GNU CLISP includes an interpreter, a compiler, a
clisp: debugger, a large subset of CLOS, a foreign language interface and a
clisp: socket interface. An X11 interface is available through CLX and
clisp: Garnet.
PACKAGE NAME: coreutils-5.97-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2904 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 7840 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
coreutils: coreutils (core GNU utilities)
coreutils:
coreutils: These are the GNU core utilities, the basic command line programs
coreutils: such as 'mkdir', 'ls', and 'rm' that are needed for the system to
coreutils: run. This package is the union of the GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and
coreutils: textutils packages. Most of these programs have significant
coreutils: advantages over their Unix counterparts, such as greater speed,
coreutils: additional options, and fewer arbitrary limits.
coreutils:
PACKAGE NAME: cpio-2.5-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 73 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 190 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cpio: cpio (backup and archiving utility)
cpio:
cpio: This is GNU cpio, a program to manage archives of files. This package
cpio: also includes mt, a tape drive control program. cpio copies files into
cpio: or out of a cpio or tar archive, which is a file that contains other
cpio: files plus information about them, such as their pathname, owner,
cpio: timestamps, and access permissions. The archive can be another file on
cpio: the disk, a magnetic tape, or a pipe.
cpio:
PACKAGE NAME: cscope-15.5-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 91 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 330 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cscope: cscope (source code browsing tool)
cscope:
cscope: Cscope is a text screen based source browsing tool. Although it is
cscope: primarily designed to search C code (including lex and yacc files),
cscope: it can also be used for C++ code.
cscope:
cscope: For more information, see
http://cscope.sourceforge.net.cscope:
PACKAGE NAME: cups-1.1.23-i486-4.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1644 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5000 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cups: CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System)
cups:
cups: The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for
cups: UNIX(R)-like operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software
cups: Products to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors
cups: and users. CUPS uses the Internet Printing Protocol ("IPP") as the
cups: basis for managing print jobs and queues. The CUPS package includes
cups: System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces, a PostScript RIP
cups: package for supporting non-PostScript printer drivers, and tools for
cups: creating additional printer drivers and other CUPS services.
cups:
PACKAGE NAME: curl-7.15.5-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 631 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1480 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
curl: curl
curl:
curl: Curl is a command line tool for transferring data specified with URL
curl: syntax. The command is designed to work without user interaction or
curl: any kind of interactivity. Curl offers a busload of useful tricks
curl: like proxy support, user authentication, ftp upload, HTTP post, SSL
curl: (https:) connections, cookies, file transfer resume and more.
curl:
curl: libcurl is a library that Curl uses to do its job. It is readily
curl: available to be used by your software, too.
curl:
PACKAGE NAME: cvs-1.11.22-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 868 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1470 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cvs: cvs (Concurrent Versions System)
cvs:
cvs: CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions
cvs: of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why
cvs: changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS. It handles multiple
cvs: developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control
cvs: various operations, and can work over a wide area network.
cvs:
cvs: Some of the people who have worked on CVS include: Dick Grune,
cvs: Brian Berliner, Jeff Polk, and others too numerous to mention.
cvs:
PACKAGE NAME: cxxlibs-6.0.3-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1162 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3740 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cxxlibs: cxxlibs (C++ shared library compatibility package)
cxxlibs:
cxxlibs: This package contains the shared libraries needed to run dynamically
cxxlibs: linked C++ binaries linked with older versions of libstdc++.
cxxlibs:
PACKAGE NAME: cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 539 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1600 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
cyrus-sasl: cyrus-sasl (Simple Authentication and Security Layer)
cyrus-sasl:
cyrus-sasl: This is the Cyrus SASL library. Cyrus SASL is used by mail programs
cyrus-sasl: on the client or server side to provide authentication and
cyrus-sasl: authorization services. See RFC 2222 for more information.
cyrus-sasl:
PACKAGE NAME: db42-4.2.52-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 459 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1150 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
db42: db42 (Berkeley database library version 4.2.x)
db42:
db42: The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) library provides embedded database
db42: support for both traditional and client/server applications.
db42:
db42: This package should be installed if compatibility is needed with
db42: databases created with the Berkeley DB version 4.2.x.
db42:
PACKAGE NAME: db44-4.4.20-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2097 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5340 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
db44: db4 (Berkeley database library version 4.4.x)
db44:
db44: The Berkeley Database (Berkeley DB) library provides embedded database
db44: support for both traditional and client/server applications.
db44:
db44: This package should be installed if compatibility is needed with
db44: databases created with the Berkeley DB version 4.4.x.
db44:
PACKAGE NAME: dcron-2.3.3-i486-5.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 20 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 60 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dcron: dcron (Dillon's Cron daemon)
dcron:
dcron: The cron daemon runs in the background and executes tasks on behalf of
dcron: users at the appropriate time. Many timed system tasks are started
dcron: with cron, such as the nightly indexing with updatedb.
dcron:
dcron: dcron was written entirely from scratch by Matthew Dillon.
dcron:
PACKAGE NAME: dejavu-ttf-2.10-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/x
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3148 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5830 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dejavu-ttf: dejavu-ttf (DejaVu fonts)
dejavu-ttf:
dejavu-ttf: The DejaVu fonts are a font family based on the Bitstream Vera Fonts
dejavu-ttf: (http://gnome.org/fonts/). Its purpose is to provide a wider range
dejavu-ttf: of characters (see
http://dejavu.sf.net for more information) while
dejavu-ttf: maintaining the original look and feel.
dejavu-ttf:
dejavu-ttf: DejaVu fonts are based on Bitstream Vera fonts version 1.10.
dejavu-ttf:
PACKAGE NAME: desktop-file-utils-0.11-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 49 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 140 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
desktop-file-utils: desktop-file-utils (Utilities for manipulating desktop files)
desktop-file-utils:
desktop-file-utils: Some utilities from freedesktop.org for handling .desktop files:
desktop-file-utils:
desktop-file-utils: desktop-file-validate: validates a desktop file and prints
desktop-file-utils: warnings/errors about spec violations.
desktop-file-utils: desktop-file-install: installs a desktop file to the applications
desktop-file-utils: directory, optionally munging it a bit in transit.
desktop-file-utils: desktop-menu-tool: loads .vfolder-info and .menu files and does
desktop-file-utils: operations on them.
desktop-file-utils:
PACKAGE NAME: devs-2.3.1-noarch-25.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 106 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5020 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
devs: devs (system device files)
devs:
devs: This package creates special files in the /dev directory that
devs: represent your system's hardware, and a tool (/dev/MAKEDEV) for
devs: creating new device files. These files are required to access
devs: hardware on a Linux system.
devs:
PACKAGE NAME: dhcp-3.0.4-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 714 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1500 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dhcp: dhcp (DHCP server and client utilities)
dhcp:
dhcp: This package provides the ISC's DHCP utilities, including both a
dhcp: server and client. The DHCP protocol allows a host to contact a
dhcp: central server which maintains a list of IP addresses which may be
dhcp: assigned on one or more subnets. A DHCP client may request an
dhcp: address from this pool, and then use it temporarily for communication
dhcp: on the network. The DHCP protocol also provides a mechanism whereby
dhcp: a client can learn important details about the network to which it is
dhcp: attached, such as the location of a default router or name server.
dhcp:
PACKAGE NAME: dhcpcd-2.0.4-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 50 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 140 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dhcpcd: dhcpcd (DHCP client daemon)
dhcpcd:
dhcpcd: The DHCP client program dhcpcd is used to connect to a network by
dhcpcd: contacting a DHCP server. dhcpcd gets an IP address and other
dhcpcd: information from a corresponding DHCP server, configures the network
dhcpcd: interface automatically, and tries to renew the lease time according
dhcpcd: to RFC2131 or RFC1541 depending on the command line option.
dhcpcd:
PACKAGE NAME: diffstat-1.43-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 15 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 40 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
diffstat: diffstat (produces statistics from diff output)
diffstat:
diffstat: DiffStat is a simple filter that reads the output of the 'diff'
diffstat: program and displays a histogram of insertions, deletions, and
diffstat: modifications per-file. It is useful for reviewing large, complex
diffstat: patch files.
diffstat:
diffstat: Thomas E. Dickey is the author of DiffStat.
diffstat:
PACKAGE NAME: diffutils-2.8.1-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 208 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 620 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
diffutils: diffutils (finds differences between files)
diffutils:
diffutils: The GNU diff utilities finds differences between files. A major use
diffutils: for this package is to make source code patches.
diffutils:
PACKAGE NAME: distcc-2.18.3-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 142 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 350 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
distcc: distcc (distributed C/C++ compiler/daemon)
distcc:
distcc: distcc allows compilation of C code to be distributed across several
distcc: machines on a network. distcc should always generate the same results
distcc: as a local compile, is simple to install and use, and is often
distcc: significantly faster than a local compile.
distcc:
distcc: IMPORTANT SECURITY NOTE: distccd should only run on trusted networks.
distcc:
distcc: distcc was written by Martin Pool.
distcc:
PACKAGE NAME: dmapi-2.2.5_1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 34 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 130 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dmapi: dmapi (Data Management API library)
dmapi:
dmapi: A library required to use the Data Management API (DMAPI).
dmapi: This interface is defined in the X/Open document 'Systems Management:
dmapi: Data Storage Managment (XDSM) API' dated February 1997.
dmapi:
dmapi: The DMAPI library is used by the xfsdump utility.
dmapi:
PACKAGE NAME: dnsmasq-2.33-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 162 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 420 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dnsmasq: dnsmasq (small DNS and DHCP server)
dnsmasq:
dnsmasq: Dnsmasq is a lightweight, easy to configure DNS forwarder and DHCP
dnsmasq: server. It is designed to provide DNS (and optionally DHCP) to a
dnsmasq: small network, and can serve the names of local machines which are not
dnsmasq: in the global DNS.
dnsmasq:
dnsmasq: Dnsmasq was written by Simon Kelley.
dnsmasq:
PACKAGE NAME: doxygen-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2625 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6620 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
doxygen: doxygen (documentation generator)
doxygen:
doxygen: Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, IDL, and to some
doxygen: extent PHP and C#. Doxygen generates project documentation using
doxygen: special documentation blocks in the source code, easing the process of
doxygen: keeping docs and code in sync. Doxygen produces documentation in
doxygen: several output formats, including HTML, LaTeX, man pages, RTF, XML,
doxygen: compressed HTML, PostScript, and PDF.
doxygen:
PACKAGE NAME: dvd+rw-tools-6.1-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 101 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 260 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
dvd+rw-tools: dvd+rw-tools
dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools: A collection of tools to master DVD+RW/+R/-R/-RW media. For further
dvd+rw-tools: information see
http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/.dvd+rw-tools:
dvd+rw-tools: The DVD+RW tools were written by Andy Polyakov.
dvd+rw-tools:
PACKAGE NAME: e2fsprogs-1.38-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 488 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1260 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
e2fsprogs: e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs:
e2fsprogs: Utilities needed to create and maintain ext2 and ext3 filesystems.
e2fsprogs:
e2fsprogs: These utilities were written by Remy Card (the developer and
e2fsprogs: maintainer of the ext2 fs) and Theodore T'so.
e2fsprogs:
PACKAGE NAME: elm-2.5.8-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 278 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 730 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
elm: elm (Menu-driven user mail program)
elm:
elm: Elm is an interactive screen-oriented mailer program originally
elm: written by Dave Taylor, and continued by the Elm Development Group.
elm:
PACKAGE NAME: elvis-2.2_0-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 811 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2720 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
elvis: elvis
elvis:
elvis: Elvis is a text editor. It is intended to be a modern replacement
elvis: for the classic ex/vi editor of UNIX fame. Elvis supports many new
elvis: features, including multiple edit buffers, multiple windows, and a
elvis: variety of display modes.
elvis:
elvis: As elvis is Slackware's default vi, this is a required package.
elvis:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-21.4a-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7279 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 24530 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs: emacs (GNU Emacs)
emacs:
emacs: Base binaries and support files for the GNU Emacs editor/environment.
emacs: This version supports X. If you do not have X installed, you will
emacs: also have to install the replacement Emacs binary that does not
emacs: require the X11, Xaw3d, and Xt libraries.
emacs:
emacs: The emacs binary in this package was configured with these options:
emacs: i486-slackware-linux --prefix=/usr --with-x11 --with-x-toolkit
emacs: --with-pop
emacs:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-info-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1509 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1600 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs-info: emacs-info (Info files for Emacs)
emacs-info:
emacs-info: These gzipped info files go in /usr/info, providing online
emacs-info: documentation for Emacs.
emacs-info:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-leim-21.4-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3941 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 13810 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs-leim: emacs-leim (Library of Emacs Input Method)
emacs-leim:
emacs-leim: The leim package for Emacs provides input methods for many languages
emacs-leim: including Chinese, Tibetan, Vietnamese, Thai, Korean, and more. It
emacs-leim: also provides improved handling of many non-US keyboard layouts.
emacs-leim:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-lisp-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 5866 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 23870 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs-lisp: emacs-lisp (Emacs Lisp source files)
emacs-lisp:
emacs-lisp: This package contains source code for the parts of Emacs that are
emacs-lisp: written in Emacs Lisp. *.el files are Emacs Lisp source, and the
emacs-lisp: corresponding *.elc files are byte-compiled versions.
emacs-lisp:
emacs-lisp: The emacs package contains all of the *.el files that emacs
emacs-lisp: requires to run, but these are probably good to have if you've got
emacs-lisp: the space on your hard drive.
emacs-lisp:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-misc-21.4a-noarch-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1593 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 4900 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs-misc: emacs-misc (Miscellaneous files for Emacs)
emacs-misc:
emacs-misc: This package contains the architecture-independent files used by or
emacs-misc: with Emacs. This includes various text files containing documentation
emacs-misc: for GNU Emacs, or of interest to Emacs users.
emacs-misc:
PACKAGE NAME: emacs-nox-21.4a-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/e
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1728 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5380 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
emacs-nox: emacs-nox (Emacs binary without X support)
emacs-nox:
emacs-nox: A replacement /usr/bin/emacs binary that is not compiled with X11 menu
emacs-nox: support. This version of emacs is about 400K smaller than the full
emacs-nox: version of emacs, and is the same in every respect except for X11
emacs-nox: extensions. It can still run in an xterm or rxvt if you wish to run
emacs-nox: it under X, but it is mainly included for those folks who don't have X
emacs-nox: (or the X11, Xaw3d, and Xt shared libs) installed on their machines.
emacs-nox: You might want to remove the version that requires X if you install
emacs-nox: and use this one.
emacs-nox:
PACKAGE NAME: enscript-1.6.3-i386-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 430 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1820 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
enscript: enscript (converts text files to PostScript and other formats)
enscript:
enscript: Enscript converts text files to PostScript and spools the generated
enscript: output to a printer or saves it to a file. If no input files are
enscript: given, enscript processes standard input. Enscript can be extended to
enscript: handle different output media and it has many options for customizing
enscript: printouts.
enscript:
PACKAGE NAME: epic4-2.4-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 715 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2740 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
epic4: epic4 (Internet Relay Chat client)
epic4:
epic4: EPIC is the (E)nhanced (P)rogrammable (I)RC-II (C)lient.
epic4:
epic4: The EPIC home page is:
http://www.epicsol.org/epic4: The EPIC main ftp site is:
ftp://ftp.epicsol.org/epic4: The EPIC IRC channel is: #epic on EFNet
epic4:
PACKAGE NAME: esound-0.2.36-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 114 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 310 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
esound: esound (Enlightened Sound Daemon)
esound:
esound: EsounD, the Enlightened Sound Daemon, is a server process that mixes
esound: several audio streams for playback by a single audio device. For
esound: example, if you're listening to music on a CD and you receive a
esound: sound-related event from ICQ, the two applications won't have to
esound: jockey for the use of your sound card. Install esound if you'd like
esound: to let sound applications share your audio device.
esound:
PACKAGE NAME: espgs-8.15.3svn185-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 6992 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 21790 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
espgs: espgs (ESP Ghostscript)
espgs:
espgs: ESP Ghostscript is a customized version of GNU Ghostscript, an
espgs: interpreter of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) and Portable Document
espgs: Format (PDF) languages. Ghostscript is an essential part of the
espgs: printing subsystem, taking PostScript output from applications and
espgs: converting it into an appropriate printer or display format.
espgs: Ghostscript supports many printers directly, and more are supported
espgs: through gimp-print and HPIJS, which are add-on packages that work
espgs: with Ghostscript's IJS driver.
espgs:
PACKAGE NAME: etc-11.0-noarch-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 252 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 820 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
etc: etc (system configuration files)
etc:
etc: System configuration files. The /etc directory is traditionally the
etc: location where configuration files are found.
etc:
PACKAGE NAME: expat-1.95.8-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 161 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 480 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
expat: expat
expat:
expat: This is Expat, a C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark.
expat: Expat is a stream-oriented XML parser used by Python, GNOME, Xft2,
expat: and other things.
expat:
PACKAGE NAME: expect-5.43.0-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/tcl
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 516 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1430 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
expect: expect
expect:
expect: Expect is a program that talks to other interactive programs according
expect: to a script. Following the script, Expect knows what can be expected
expect: from a program and what the correct response should be. An
expect: interpreted language provides branching and high-level control
expect: structures to direct the dialogue.
expect:
expect: Expect was written by Don Libes of the National Institute of Standards
expect: and Technology.
expect:
PACKAGE NAME: fetchmail-6.3.4-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/n
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 683 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1850 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fetchmail: fetchmail (mail retrieval and forwarding utility)
fetchmail:
fetchmail: fetchmail is a mail retrieval and forwarding utility. It fetches
fetchmail: mail from a POP, IMAP, or ETRN-capable remote mailserver and forwards
fetchmail: it to your local (client) machine's delivery system. You can then
fetchmail: handle the retrieved mail using normal mail user agents such as elm,
fetchmail: pine, or mutt. The fetchmail utility can be run in a daemon mode to
fetchmail: repeatedly poll one or more systems at a specified interval.
fetchmail:
PACKAGE NAME: findutils-4.2.28-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 260 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 780 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
findutils: findutils (utilities to locate files)
findutils:
findutils: This package contains the GNU find and xargs programs. The find and
findutils: xargs implementations comply with POSIX 1003.2. They also support
findutils: some additional options, some borrowed from Unix and some unique to
findutils: GNU.
findutils:
PACKAGE NAME: flac-1.1.2-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/ap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 748 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2880 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
flac: flac (Free Lossless Audio Codec)
flac:
flac: FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified,
flac: FLAC is similar to MP3, but lossless. "Free" means that the
flac: specification of the stream format is in the public domain, and that
flac: neither the FLAC format nor any of the implemented encoding/decoding
flac: methods are covered by any patent. It also means that the sources for
flac: libFLAC and libFLAC++ are available under the LGPL and the sources for
flac: flac, metaflac, and the plugins are available under the GPL.
flac:
flac: FLAC was developed by Josh Coalson.
PACKAGE NAME: flex-2.5.4a-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 170 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 370 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
flex: flex (fast lexical analyzer generator)
flex:
flex: flex is a tool for generating programs that perform pattern matching
flex: on text. flex is a rewrite of the AT&T Unix lex tool (the two
flex: implementations do not share any code, though), with some extensions
flex: (and incompatibilities).
flex:
PACKAGE NAME: floppy-5.4-i386-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 375 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 720 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
floppy: floppy (floppy disk utilities)
floppy:
floppy: Contains fdutils-5.4, tools to test and format floppy disks; and
floppy: mtools-3.9.8, a collection of utilities for using DOS/Windows floppy
floppy: disks with Linux.
floppy:
PACKAGE NAME: fluxbox-1.0rc2-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/xap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 867 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2550 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fluxbox: fluxbox (Fluxbox window manager)
fluxbox:
fluxbox: Fluxbox is yet another windowmanager for X that is based on blackbox
fluxbox: but with many new features.
fluxbox:
PACKAGE NAME: fontconfig-2.2.3-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/x
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 244 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 580 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fontconfig: fontconfig (Font library and tools)
fontconfig:
fontconfig: Fontconfig is a library and tools designed to provide system-wide
fontconfig: font configuration, customization, and application access.
fontconfig:
fontconfig: Fontconfig is written and maintained by Keith Packard.
fontconfig:
PACKAGE NAME: freetype-2.1.9-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 669 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2500 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
freetype: freetype (A Free, High-Quality, and Portable Font Engine)
freetype:
freetype: The FreeType engine is a free and portable TrueType font rendering
freetype: engine. It has been developed to provide TrueType support to a
freetype: great variety of platforms and environments.
freetype:
PACKAGE NAME: fribidi-0.10.7-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/l
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 63 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 260 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fribidi: fribidi (Unicode BiDirectional algorithm library)
fribidi:
fribidi: This library implements the Unicode BiDirectional algorithm which is
fribidi: needed in order to support for left-to-right languages such as Arabic
fribidi: and Hebrew. It is used in word processing and display software like
fribidi: AbiWord and KDE's SVG module.
fribidi:
PACKAGE NAME: fvwm-2.4.19-i486-5.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/xap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1382 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3370 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
fvwm: fvwm (a small and fast virtual window manager for X)
fvwm:
fvwm: Fvwm is the classic highly-configurable virtual window manager for
fvwm: X11. It is a derivative of twm, redesigned to minimize memory
fvwm: consumption, provide a 3-D look to window frames, and provide a simple
fvwm: virtual desktop.
fvwm:
PACKAGE NAME: gaim-1.5.0-i486-2.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/xap
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 4751 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 12680 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gaim: gaim
gaim:
gaim: Gaim allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging
gaim: protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN
gaim: Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These protocols
gaim: are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a
gaim: protocol, just load the plugin for it.
gaim:
gaim: Gaim is NOT affiliated with or endorsed by AOL.
gaim:
PACKAGE NAME: gawk-3.1.5-i486-3.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/a
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 962 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1930 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gawk: gawk (pattern scanning and processing language)
gawk:
gawk: Gawk is the GNU Project's implementation of the AWK programming
gawk: language. It conforms to the definition of the language in the POSIX
gawk: 1003.2 Command Language And Utilities Standard. This version in turn
gawk: is based on the description in The AWK Programming Language, by Aho,
gawk: Kernighan, and Weinberger, with the additional features found in the
gawk: System V Release 4 version of UNIX awk. Gawk also provides more
gawk: recent Bell Labs awk extensions, and some GNU-specific extensions.
gawk:
PACKAGE NAME: gcc-3.4.6-i486-1.tgz
PACKAGE LOCATION: ./slackware/d
PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3962 K
PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 9170 K
PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
gcc: gcc (Base GCC package with C support)
gcc:
gcc: GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection.
gcc:
gcc: This package contains those parts of the compiler collection needed to
gcc: compile C code. Other
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