PACKAGES.TXT; Wed May 23 00:24:03 UTC 2012 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./patches/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 130 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 725 MB PACKAGE NAME: apr-1.4.5-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 196 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 920 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-1.4.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 108 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 470 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: bind-9.7.4_P1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1780 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6720 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: ca-certificates-20111211-noarch-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 132 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 380 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ca-certificates: ca-certificates (PEM Files of CA Certificates) ca-certificates: ca-certificates: This package includes PEM files of CA certificates to allow SSL-based ca-certificates: applications to check for the authenticity of SSL connections. ca-certificates: ca-certificates: Homepage: http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/ca-certificates.html ca-certificates: PACKAGE NAME: coreutils-8.15-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2072 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 12890 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: dhcpcd-5.2.12-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 56 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: fetchmail-6.3.20-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 572 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2740 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: fetchmail: fetchmail is probably not secure. fetchmail: PACKAGE NAME: file-5.09-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 216 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 960 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: file: file (a utility to determine file type) file: file: This is Ian F. Darwin's 'file' utility, used to identify files. file: Christos Zoulas has been file's maintainer since 1994. file: file: Home FTP site: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/ file: PACKAGE NAME: freetype-2.4.8-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 408 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1840 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: ghostscript-9.02-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 11268 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 43700 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ghostscript: ghostscript (GPL Ghostscript) ghostscript: ghostscript: GPL Ghostscript is an interpreter of Adobe Systems' PostScript(tm) ghostscript: and Portable Document Format (PDF) languages. Ghostscript is an ghostscript: essential part of the printing subsystem, taking PostScript output ghostscript: from applications and converting it into an appropriate printer or ghostscript: display format. Ghostscript supports many printers directly, and ghostscript: more are supported through add-on packages. ghostscript: PACKAGE NAME: glibc-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 11152 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 133770 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glibc: glibc (GNU C libraries) glibc: glibc: This package contains the GNU C libraries and header files. The GNU glibc: C library was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is currently glibc: maintained by Ulrich Drepper. Some parts of the library were glibc: contributed or worked on by other people. glibc: glibc: You'll need this package to compile programs. glibc: PACKAGE NAME: glibc-i18n-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 6632 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 111210 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glibc-i18n: glibc-i18n (locale files from glibc) glibc-i18n: glibc-i18n: These files go in /usr/lib/locale and /usr/share/i18n/ to provide glibc-i18n: internationalization support. You'll need this package unless you glibc-i18n: will be using US English only. glibc-i18n: PACKAGE NAME: glibc-profile-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 848 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 4400 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glibc-profile: glibc-profile (GNU C libraries with profiling support) glibc-profile: glibc-profile: This package contains static versions of the GNU C libraries with glibc-profile: support for profiling binaries using gprof. gprof calculates how glibc-profile: much time a program spends in each routine which can suggest where glibc-profile: to concentrate efforts to improve performance. glibc-profile: glibc-profile: See the gprof man page for more details. glibc-profile: PACKAGE NAME: glibc-solibs-2.13-i486-5_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2220 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 9870 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glibc-solibs: glibc-solibs (shared GNU C libraries) glibc-solibs: glibc-solibs: This package contains the shared libraries, binaries, and support glibc-solibs: files required to run most Linux applications linked with glibc. glibc-solibs: PACKAGE NAME: glibc-zoneinfo-2.13-noarch-5_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 148 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3110 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glibc-zoneinfo: glibc-zoneinfo (timezone database) glibc-zoneinfo: glibc-zoneinfo: This package allows you to configure your time zone. glibc-zoneinfo: glibc-zoneinfo: This timezone database comes from the tzdata and tzcode packages by glibc-zoneinfo: Arthur David Olson et.al. The latest version and more information glibc-zoneinfo: may be found at ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ glibc-zoneinfo: glibc-zoneinfo: Use the timeconfig utility to set your local time zone. glibc-zoneinfo: PACKAGE NAME: httpd-2.2.22-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1564 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 7310 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: httpd: httpd (The Apache HTTP Server) httpd: httpd: Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for the httpd: NCSA HTTP server. It fixes numerous bugs in the NCSA server and httpd: includes many frequently requested new features, and has an API which httpd: allows it to be extended to meet users' needs more easily. httpd: httpd: Apache is the most popular web server in the known universe; over httpd: half of the servers on the Internet are running Apache or one of httpd: its variants. httpd: PACKAGE NAME: libpng-1.4.9-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 524 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2920 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libpng: libpng (Portable Network Graphics library) libpng: libpng: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the libpng: lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images. PNG libpng: provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many libpng: common uses of TIFF. Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images libpng: are supported, plus an optional alpha channel. Sample depths range libpng: from 1 to 16 bits. libpng: PACKAGE NAME: libtiff-3.9.6-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 484 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1550 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libtiff: libtiff (a library for reading and writing TIFF files) libtiff: libtiff: This package provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), libtiff: a widely used format for storing image data. Included is the libtiff libtiff: library (for reading and writing TIFF files), and a collection of libtiff: tools for working with TIFF images. libtiff: PACKAGE NAME: libxml2-2.7.8-i486-4_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1504 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 10230 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libxml2: libxml2 (XML parser library) libxml2: libxml2: Libxml2 is the XML C parser library and toolkit. XML itself is a libxml2: metalanguage to design markup languages -- i.e. a text language where libxml2: structures are added to the content using extra "markup" information libxml2: enclosed between angle brackets. HTML is the most well-known markup libxml2: language. Though the library is written in C, a variety of language libxml2: bindings make it available in other environments. libxml2: PACKAGE NAME: make-3.82-i486-3_slack_13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 388 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1260 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: make: make (GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs) make: make: This is the GNU implementation of make, which was written by Richard make: Stallman and Roland McGrath. The purpose of the make utility is to make: determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be make: recompiled, and issue the commands to recompile them. make: make: This is needed to compile just about any major C program, including make: the Linux kernel. make: PACKAGE NAME: mozilla-firefox-12.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 14592 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 36180 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox (Mozilla Firefox Web browser) mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox: This project is a redesign of the Mozilla browser component written mozilla-firefox: using the XUL user interface language. Firefox empowers you to mozilla-firefox: browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other mozilla-firefox: browser. mozilla-firefox: mozilla-firefox: Visit the Mozilla Firefox project online: mozilla-firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ mozilla-firefox: PACKAGE NAME: mozilla-thunderbird-12.0.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16960 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 43150 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird (Mozilla Thunderbird mail application) mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird: Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component mozilla-thunderbird: written using the XUL user interface language. Thunderbird makes mozilla-thunderbird: emailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the mozilla-thunderbird: industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam mozilla-thunderbird: filters, built-in RSS reader, quick search, and much more. mozilla-thunderbird: mozilla-thunderbird: Visit the Mozilla Thunderbird project online: mozilla-thunderbird: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/ mozilla-thunderbird: PACKAGE NAME: openssh-5.9p1-i486-2_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 512 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2200 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: openssh: openssh (Secure Shell daemon and clients) openssh: openssh: ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and openssh: for executing commands on a remote machine. It is intended to replace openssh: rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between openssh: two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. sshd (SSH Daemon) is openssh: the daemon program for ssh. OpenSSH is based on the last free version openssh: of Tatu Ylonen's SSH, further enhanced and cleaned up by Aaron openssh: Campbell, Bob Beck, Markus Friedl, Niels Provos, Theo de Raadt, and openssh: Dug Song. It has a homepage at http://www.openssh.com/ openssh: PACKAGE NAME: openssl-0.9.8x-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2284 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 9260 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: openssl: openssl (Secure Sockets Layer toolkit) openssl: openssl: The OpenSSL certificate management tool and the shared libraries that openssl: provide various encryption and decryption algorithms and protocols. openssl: openssl: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for openssl: use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org). This product openssl: includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young openssl: (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim openssl: Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). openssl: PACKAGE NAME: openssl-solibs-0.9.8x-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 680 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2180 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: openssl-solibs: openssl-solibs (OpenSSL shared libraries) openssl-solibs: openssl-solibs: These shared libraries provide encryption routines required by openssl-solibs: programs such as openssh. They are also used by KDE's Konqueror web openssl-solibs: browser to provide secure web connections. openssl-solibs: openssl-solibs: This product includes software developed by the OpenSSL Project for openssl-solibs: use in the OpenSSL Toolkit (http://www.openssl.org). This product openssl-solibs: includes cryptographic software written by Eric Young openssl-solibs: (eay@cryptsoft.com). This product includes software written by Tim openssl-solibs: Hudson (tjh@cryptsoft.com). PACKAGE NAME: php-5.3.13-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 5400 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 31980 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: php: php (HTML-embedded scripting language) php: php: PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. It shares syntax php: characteristics with C, Java, and Perl. The primary objective behind php: this language is to make a fast and easy-to-use scripting language php: for dynamic web sites. php: php: More information can be found online at http://www.php.net/ php: PACKAGE NAME: pidgin-2.10.4-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7064 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 35330 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pidgin: pidgin (GTK+ instant messaging program) pidgin: pidgin: Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging pidgin: protocols, including AIM (Oscar and TOC), ICQ, IRC, Yahoo!, MSN pidgin: Messenger, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Napster, and Zephyr. These protocols pidgin: are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a pidgin: protocol, just load the plugin for it. pidgin: pidgin: For more info, see: http://www.pidgin.im pidgin: PACKAGE NAME: proftpd-1.3.4a-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 796 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3820 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: proftpd: proftpd (FTP server daemon) proftpd: proftpd: ProFTPD is the Professional File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server proftpd: daemon. ProFTPD grew out of the desire to have a secure and proftpd: configurable FTP server, and out of a significant admiration of the proftpd: Apache web server. proftpd: PACKAGE NAME: samba-3.5.14-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16092 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 128160 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: samba: samba (SMB/CIFS file and print server) samba: samba: Samba is an SMB/CIFS file and print server for SMB and CIFS clients. samba: It allows you to make file space or printers on a Samba host samba: available to SMB/CIFS clients (such as PCs running Windows). samba: samba: If you have any Windows file servers, you may be able to replace them samba: or supplement them with Samba. One of Samba's big strengths is samba: integration, so you can use it to tie together your Linux hosts and samba: Windows PC clients. samba: PACKAGE NAME: seamonkey-2.9.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 24000 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 82000 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: seamonkey: SeaMonkey (an open-source web browser suite) seamonkey: seamonkey: The SeaMonkey browser suite. SeaMonkey features a state-of-the-art seamonkey: web browser and powerful email client, as well as a WYSIWYG web page seamonkey: composer and a feature-rich IRC chat client. seamonkey: seamonkey: Visit the SeaMonkey project at this URL: seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ seamonkey: PACKAGE NAME: seamonkey-solibs-2.9.1-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2132 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6650 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: seamonkey-solibs: seamonkey-solibs (Shared libraries from Seamonkey) seamonkey-solibs: seamonkey-solibs: This package contains a subset of the shared libraries from Seamonkey seamonkey-solibs: to provide runtime support for programs that require nss, nspr, and seamonkey-solibs: js. These libraries are used in programs like RPM and gxine, and can seamonkey-solibs: be used in others. This package is built from the Seamonkey sources seamonkey-solibs: and is provided as a standalone runtime package for people who do not seamonkey-solibs: want to install the entire seamonkey package (as for server use). seamonkey-solibs: seamonkey-solibs: This package is runtime only. The include files and other files for seamonkey-solibs: development can be found in the seamonkey package. PACKAGE NAME: vsftpd-2.3.5-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 116 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 340 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: vsftpd: vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) vsftpd: vsftpd: vsftpd is an FTP server, or daemon. The 'vs' stands for Very Secure. vsftpd: Obviously this is not a guarantee, but a reflection that the entire vsftpd: codebase was written with security in mind, and carefully designed to vsftpd: be resilient to attack (as well as extremely fast and scalable). vsftpd: vsftpd: The vsftpd homepage is http://vsftpd.beasts.org/ vsftpd: vsftpd: The Very Secure FTP Daemon was written by Chris Evans. vsftpd: PACKAGE NAME: wicd-1.7.2.4-i486-2_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 344 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1960 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: wicd: wicd (network manager for linux) wicd: wicd: wicd is a wired and wireless network manager for Linux. wicd: Some features include: wicd: - Ability to connect to wired and wireless networks wicd: - Profiles for each wireless network and wired network wicd: - Many encryption schemes, some of which include WEP/WPA/WPA2 wicd: - Compatible with wireless-tools wicd: wicd: Homepage: http://wicd.net wicd: PACKAGE NAME: yasm-1.2.0-i486-1_slack13.37.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 444 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2920 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: yasm: yasm (complete rewrite of the NASM assembler) yasm: yasm: Yasm is a complete rewrite of the NASM assembler under the "new" BSD yasm: License (some portions are under other licenses, see COPYING for yasm: details). Yasm currently supports the x86 and AMD64 instruction sets, yasm: accepts NASM and GAS assembler syntaxes, outputs binary, ELF32, ELF64, yasm: 32 and 64-bit Mach-O, RDOFF2, COFF, Win32, and Win64 object formats, yasm: and generates source debugging information in STABS, DWARF 2, and yasm: CodeView 8 formats. yasm: yasm: yasm home: http://www.tortall.net/projects/yasm/