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-The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ -
Chapter 5 - Software available in the Debian system -

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5.1 What types of applications and development software are available for Debian GNU/Linux?

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-Like most Linux distributions, Debian GNU/Linux provides: -

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-More than 18040 packages, ranging from news servers and readers to sound -support, FAX programs, database and spreadsheet programs, image processing -programs, communications, net, and mail utilities, Web servers, and even -ham-radio programs are included in the distribution. Another 560 software -suites are available as Debian packages, but are not formally part of Debian -due to license restrictions. -

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5.2 Who wrote all that software?

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-For each package the authors of the program(s) are credited in the -file /usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/copyright, where PACKAGE is to be -substituted with the package's name. -

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-Maintainers who package this software for the Debian GNU/Linux system -are listed in the Debian control file (see What is a Debian control file?, -Section 7.4) that comes with each package. The Debian changelog, in -/usr/share/doc/PACKAGE/changelog.Debian.gz, mentions the people -who've worked on the Debian packaging too. -

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5.3 How can I get a current list of programs that have been packaged for Debian?

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-A complete list is available from any of the Debian mirrors, in the -file indices/Maintainers. That file includes the package names -and the names and e-mails of their respective maintainers. -

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-The WWW interface to the Debian -packages conveniently summarizes the packages in each of about -thirty "sections" of the Debian archive. -

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5.4 How can I install a developer's environment to build packages?

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-If you want to build packages in your Debian system you will need to have a -basic development environment, including a C/C++ compiler and some other -essential packages. In order to install this environment you just need to -install the build-essential. This package is a meta-package or -place-holder package which depends on the standard development tools one needs -to build a Debian package. -

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-Some software can, however, need additional software to be rebuilt, including -library headers or additional tools such as autoconf or -gettext. Debian provides many of the tools needed to build other -software as Debian packages. -

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-Finding which software is precisely required can be tricky, however, unless you -are planning on rebuilding Debian packages. This last task is rather easy to -do, as official packages have to include a list of the additional software -(besides the packages in build-essential) needed to build the -pacakge, this is known as Build-Dependencies. To install all the -packages needed to build a given source package and then build said source -package you can just run: -

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-Notice that if you want to build the Linux kernels distributed by Debian you -will want to install also the kernel-package package. For more -information see What tools does -Debian provide to build custom kernels?, Section 10.2. -

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5.5 What is missing from Debian GNU/Linux?

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-A list of packages which are still needed to be packaged for Debian exists, the -Work-Needing and Prospective -Packages list. -

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-For more details about adding the missing things, see How can I become a Debian software -developer?, Section 13.1. -

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5.6 Why do I get "ld: cannot find -lfoo" messages when compiling programs? Why aren't there any libfoo.so files in Debian library packages?

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-Debian Policy requires that such symbolic links (to libfoo.so.x.y.z or similar) -are placed in separate, development packages. Those packages are usually named -libfoo-dev or libfooX-dev (presuming the library package is named libfooX, and -X is a whole number). -

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5.7 (How) Does Debian support Java?

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-Several free implementations of Java technology are available as -Debian packages, providing both Java Development Kits as well as Runtime -Environments. You can write, debug and run Java programs using Debian. -

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-Running a Java applet requires a web browser with the capability to recognize -and execute them. Several web browsers available in Debian, such as Mozilla or -Konqueror, support Java plug-ins that enable running Java applets within them. -

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-Please refer to the Debian Java -FAQ for more information. -

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5.8 How can I check that I am using a Debian system, and what version is it?

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-In order to make sure that your system has been installed from the real Debian -base disks check for the existence of /etc/debian_version file, -which contains a single one-line entry giving the version number of the -release, as defined by the package base-files. -

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-The existence of the program dpkg shows that you should be able to -install Debian packages on your system, but as the program has been ported to -many other operating systems and architectures, this is no longer a reliable -method of determining is a system Debian GNU/Linux. -

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-Users should be aware, however, that the Debian system consists of many parts, -each of which can be updated (almost) independently. Each Debian -"release" contains well defined and unchanging contents. Updates are -separately available. For a one-line description of the installation status of -package foo, use the command dpkg --list foo. To -view versions of all installed packages, run: -

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5.10 Where is pine?

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-Due to its restrictive license, it's in the non-free area. Moreover, since -license does not even allow modified binaries to be distributed, you have to -compile it yourself from the source and the Debian patches. -

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-The source package name is pine. You can use the -pine-tracker package to be notified about when you need to -upgrade. -

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-Note that there are many replacements for both pine and pico, such as -mutt and nano, that are located in the main section. -

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5.11 Where is qmail/ezmlm/djbdns?

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-Dan J. Bernstein used to distribute all software he has written -with a restrictive license which does not allow modified binaries to be -distributed. In november 2007 however, Bernstein said "[...] i have -decided to put all of my future and [...] past software into the public -domain". See FAQ from -distributors for his distribution terms. -

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-As of 2008-04, daemontools, djbdns and -ucspi-tcp are shipped with Debian lenny (in main). As of this -writing (2008-04), qmail is not yet packaged for Debian main; see -Bug #457318 (ITP -qmail) for the current status. -

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-As of 2008-04, publicfile and ezmlm were still not -free software. For ezmlm, there's the ezmlm-src -package in the non-free area. -

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5.12 Where is a player for Flash (SWF)?

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-Debian ships both gnash and swfdec: two free SWF -movie players. -

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5.13 Where is Google Earth?

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-Google Earth is available for GNU/Linux from Google's web site, but is not only -not Free Software, but is completely undistributable by a third party. -However, googleearth-package (in the contrib-section) might be -helpful in using this software. -

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5.14 Where is VoIP software?

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-Two main open protocols are used for Voice Over IP: SIP and H.323. Both are -implemented by a wide variety of software in Debian main. ekiga -is one of the popular clients. -

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5.15 I have a wireless network card which doesn't work with Linux. What should I do?

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-Buy one which does :) -

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-Alternatively, use ndiswrapper to use a driver for Windows (if you -have one) on your Linux system. See the Debian Wiki ndiswapper -page for more information. -

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