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+The Debian GNU/Linux FAQ +
Chapter 4 - Software available in the Debian system +

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4.1 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 18138 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 444 software +suites are available as Debian packages, but are not formally part of Debian +due to license restrictions. +

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4.2 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 6.4) 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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4.3 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 +twenty "sections" of the Debian archive. +

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4.4 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 12.1. +

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4.5 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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4.6 (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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4.7 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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+     dpkg -l
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+For a more verbose description, use: +

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+     dpkg --status foo
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4.8 How does Debian support non-English languages?

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4.9 What about the US export regulation limitations?

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+US laws placed restrictions on the export of defense articles, which includes +some types of cryptographic software. PGP and ssh, among others, fall into +this category. For the sarge release packages in this archive were +moved to the main archive (or to non-free, if applicable) due to the +US relaxing its regulations on the export of cryptography. +

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+To prevent anyone from taking unnecessary legal risks, certain Debian GNU/Linux +packages were only available from a non-US site ftp://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US/, +with numerous mirror sites all of which are also outside of the US, see +ftp://non-US.debian.org/debian-non-US/README.non-US +for a full list. These sites still exist (for the benefit of users of +woody) but its contents are no longer supported and are considered +obsolete. Please remove any mentions to non-US from your sources in your +/etc/apt/sources.list configuration file. +

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4.10 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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4.11 Where is qmail/ezmlm/djbdns?

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+Dan J. Bernstein distributes all +software he has written with a restrictive license, consequently, +it's in the non-free area. Since the license he uses does not allow modified +binaries to be distributed, you have to compile it yourself from the source and +the Debian patches to obtain a binary package you can install in your Debian +GNU/Linux system. +

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+The source package names are qmail-src, ezmlm-src and +djbdns-installer, respectively. +

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+For qmail you need to install qmail-src first and +then run build-qmail to build the Debian package. You also need +to do install the ucspi-tcp-src package to get ucspi-tcp, which +qmail depends on. +

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+Dan J. Bernstein maintains a FAQ from distributors page +if you are interested in reading his reasons (one of which is Cross-platform +compatibility) +

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