PACKAGES.TXT; Tue Sep 2 03:10:32 UTC 2008 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./patches/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 149 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 450 MB PACKAGE NAME: amarok-1.4.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 13318 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 28380 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: amarok: Amarok's home page is: http://amarok.kde.org amarok: PACKAGE NAME: bind-9.4.2_P1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1936 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5510 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: dnsmasq-2.45-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 233 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 540 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: fetchmail-6.3.8-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 720 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2020 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: gnutls-2.2.5-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1541 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3140 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gnutls: gnutls (GNU TLS library) gnutls: gnutls: This is a TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0 and SSL (Secure Sockets gnutls: Layer) 3.0 implementation. In brief, GnuTLS can be described as a gnutls: library which offers an API to access secure communication protocols. gnutls: These protocols provide privacy over insecure lines, and were designed gnutls: to prevent eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. gnutls: gnutls: Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutls/ gnutls: PACKAGE NAME: httpd-2.2.9-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1823 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6890 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: kdenetwork-3.5.9-i486-3_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12091 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30190 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: kdenetwork: kdenetwork (network utilities for KDE) kdenetwork: kdenetwork: Network related utilities for the K Desktop Environment. kdenetwork: PACKAGE NAME: libxslt-1.1.24-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 632 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2740 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libxslt: libxslt (XML transformation library) libxslt: libxslt: XSLT support for libxml2. (XSLT is a language used for transforming libxslt: XML documents) libxslt: PACKAGE NAME: links-2.1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1902 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2820 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: links: links (WWW browser for the console) links: links: Links is a console mode WWW browser, supporting colors, correct table links: rendering, background downloading, frames, Javascript, and a menu links: driven configuration interface. The default is text output, but links: graphical output (using -g) is also supported using the Linux links: framebuffer console or SVGAlib. links: links: links was written by Mikulas Patocka. links: PACKAGE NAME: mkinitrd-1.3.2-i486-3.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 826 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 880 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mkinitrd: mkinitrd (make an initial ramdisk) mkinitrd: mkinitrd: mkinitrd is a script to create an initial ramdisk that is loaded at mkinitrd: the same time as the kernel. The initial ramdisk may be responsible mkinitrd: for loading kernel modules (such a filesystem or SCSI controller mkinitrd: module) that are needed to mount the root filesystem. mkinitrd: mkinitrd: The "initrd" is implemented as an initramfs. See the kernel mkinitrd: documentation for more information on this, if you are interested. mkinitrd: PACKAGE NAME: mozilla-firefox-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 9521 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 24690 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-2.0.0.16-i686-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 11242 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30680 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: mtr-0.73-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 50 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 130 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mtr: mtr (a network diagnostic tool) mtr: mtr: mtr combines the functionality of the 'traceroute' and 'ping' programs mtr: in a single network diagnostic tool. mtr: mtr: Matt Kimball wrote most of mtr, and mtr is currently maintained by mtr: Roger Wolff. mtr: mtr: mtr has a home page: http://www.bitwizard.nl/mtr/ mtr: PACKAGE NAME: net-snmp-5.4.1.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1641 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5840 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: net-snmp: net-snmp (Simple Network Management Protocol tools) net-snmp: net-snmp: Various tools relating to the Simple Network Management Protocol: net-snmp: net-snmp: An extensible agent net-snmp: An SNMP library net-snmp: Tools to request or set information from SNMP agents net-snmp: Tools to generate and handle SNMP traps net-snmp: A version of the unix 'netstat' command using SNMP net-snmp: A graphical Perl/Tk/SNMP based mib browser net-snmp: PACKAGE NAME: openssh-5.1p1-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 828 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1920 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-0.9.8h-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3320 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-0.9.8h-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 809 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2080 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: pan-0.133-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1034 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2970 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pan: pan (USENET newsreader) pan: pan: This is PAN, a powerful and user-friendly USENET newsreader based on pan: GTK+2. Pan is the only Unix newsreader to score 100% on the Good pan: Net-Keeping Seal of Approval newsreader evaluations. pan: PACKAGE NAME: pcre-7.7-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 469 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1200 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pcre: pcre (Perl-compatible regular expression library) pcre: pcre: The PCRE library is a set of functions that implement regular pcre: expression pattern matching using the same syntax and semantics as pcre: Perl 5, with just a few differences (documented in the man page). pcre: pcre: The PCRE library is used by KDE's Konqueror browser. pcre: PACKAGE NAME: php-5.2.6-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7686 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 21230 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-2.4.3-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 10074 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 27850 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-1.3.1-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 787 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2810 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: python-2.5.2-i486-2_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 15067 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 65520 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: python: python (object-oriented interpreted programming language) python: python: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming python: language that combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. python: Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in python: C or C++. Python is also adaptable as an extension language for python: existing applications. python: PACKAGE NAME: rdesktop-1.6.0-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 123 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 380 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: rdesktop: rdesktop (Remote Desktop Protocol client) rdesktop: rdesktop: rdesktop is a client for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), used in a rdesktop: number of Microsoft products including Windows NT Terminal Server, rdesktop: Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 Server. rdesktop: rdesktop: For more information, see: http://www.rdesktop.org rdesktop: PACKAGE NAME: ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3099 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 20150 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ruby: ruby (Interpreted object-oriented scripting language) ruby: ruby: Ruby is an interpreted scripting language for quick and easy ruby: object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text ruby: files and to do system management tasks (as in Perl). It is simple, ruby: straight-forward, and extensible. ruby: ruby: Visit the Ruby project online at http://www.ruby-lang.org/ ruby: PACKAGE NAME: samba-3.0.32-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 19939 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 49720 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: samba: samba (SMB file and print server) samba: samba: Samba is an SMB file and print server for SMB and CIFS clients. It samba: allows you to make file space or printers on a Samba host available to samba: any PCs running SMB clients (such as PCs running Windows). samba: samba: If you have any SMB servers (such as Windows NT/2K Server), you may be samba: able to replace them by or supplement them with Samba. One of Samba's samba: big strengths is integration, so you can use it to tie together your samba: Linux hosts and Windows PC clients. samba: PACKAGE NAME: seamonkey-1.1.11-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 16648 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 67910 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. For web developers, seamonkey: mozilla.org's DOM inspector and JavaScript debugger tools are seamonkey: included as well. seamonkey: seamonkey: Visit the SeaMonkey project at this URL: seamonkey: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/ seamonkey: PACKAGE NAME: slackpkg-2.70.4-noarch-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 43 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 160 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: slackpkg: slackpkg slackpkg: slackpkg: Slackpkg is a package manager for Slackware. It can download, slackpkg: upgrade, install and remove selected packages. With it, you slackpkg: can search in the Slackware Package database and find which slackpkg: package has the selected file. slackpkg: slackpkg: Slackpkg DOESN'T replace pkgtool. Actually, Slackpkg uses pkgtool slackpkg: for all install|upgrade|remove functions. slackpkg: PACKAGE NAME: vim-7.1.330-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 8308 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 23700 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: vim: vim (Vi IMproved) vim: vim: Vim is an almost compatible version of the UNIX editor vi. Many new vim: features have been added: multi level undo, command line history, vim: filename completion, block operations, and more. vim: vim: Vim's development is led by Bram Moolenaar. vim: vim: This package also contains the Exuberant Ctags program vim: written by Darren Hiebert. vim: PACKAGE NAME: vim-gvim-7.1.330-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1838 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3940 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: vim-gvim: vim-gvim (gvim, the X/GTK2 enabled version of vim) vim-gvim: vim-gvim: Gvim is a graphical version of vim. Vim is an almost compatible vim-gvim: version of the UNIX editor vi. Many new features have been added, vim-gvim: such as multi level undo, command line history, filename completion, vim-gvim: block operations, and more. vim-gvim: vim-gvim: The main vim package in the AP series is required to use this package. vim-gvim: vim-gvim: Vim's development is led by Bram Moolenaar. vim-gvim: PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 3287 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 9520 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server: xorg-server (The Xorg server, the core of the X Window System) xorg-server: xorg-server: Xorg is a full featured X server that was originally designed for UNIX xorg-server: and UNIX-like operating systems running on Intel x86 hardware. It now xorg-server: runs on a wider range of hardware and OS platforms. This work was xorg-server: derived by the X.Org Foundation from the XFree86 Project's XFree86 xorg-server: 4.4rc2 release. The XFree86 release was originally derived from X386 xorg-server: 1.2 by Thomas Roell which was contributed to X11R5 by Snitily Graphics xorg-server: Consulting Service. xorg-server: xorg-server: The home page for the X project is: http://www.x.org PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-xnest-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1308 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3380 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server-xnest: xorg-server-xnest (a nested X server) xorg-server-xnest: xorg-server-xnest: Xnest is an experimental nested server for X that acts as both a xorg-server-xnest: client and a server. Xnest is a client of the real server which xorg-server-xnest: manages windows and graphics requests on its behalf. Xnest is a xorg-server-xnest: server to its own clients. Xnest manages windows and graphics xorg-server-xnest: requests on their behalf. To these clients Xnest appears to be a xorg-server-xnest: conventional server. xorg-server-xnest: PACKAGE NAME: xorg-server-xvfb-1.4.2-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./patches/packages PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1410 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3580 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xorg-server-xvfb: xorg-server-xvfb (virtual framebuffer X server) xorg-server-xvfb: xorg-server-xvfb: Xvfb is an X server that can run on machines with no display hardware xorg-server-xvfb: and no physical input devices. It emulates a dumb framebuffer using xorg-server-xvfb: virtual memory. The primary use of this server is intended to be xorg-server-xvfb: server testing. The mfb or cfb code for any depth can be exercised xorg-server-xvfb: with this server without the need for real hardware that supports the xorg-server-xvfb: desired depths. A secondary use is testing clients against unusual xorg-server-xvfb: depths and screen configurations. xorg-server-xvfb: