10.3.3. Discontinued Packages

The following table lists discontinued (removed) packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and their replacements or alternatives.

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Table 10.2. Discontinued Packages
Discontinued Package	Replaced By
aspell	hunspell. aspell is only provided as a build dependency. Applications that want to use spell-checking must use hunspell.
beecrypt	NSS/OpenSSL
crash-spu-commands	None. Cell-specific packages no longer included.
dhcpv6/dhcpv6-client	dhcp/dhclient binaries now have IPv6 capability built in.
elfspe2	None. Cell-specific packages no longer included.
exim	Postfix
gnbd	iSCSI recommended for use instead.
gnome-vfs	gvfs
ipsec-tools	Openswan
kmod-gnbd	iSCSI recommended for use instead.
lam	openmpi
libatomic	gcc-libraries, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and onward.
libspe2	None. Cell-specific packages no longer included.
libspe2-devel	None. Cell-specific packages no longer included.
linuxwacom	xorg-x11-drv-wacom
mod_python	mod_wsgi, which uses the WSGI interface, can be used as an alternative for Python scripting.
mkinitrd	dracut
nss_ldap	nss-pam-ldapd, pam_ldap
openmotif-2.2	openmotif-2.3
spu-tools	None. Cell-specific packages no longer included.
switchdesk	The session management performed by both supported session managers: GDM and KDM.
sysklogd	rsyslog as of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0; rsyslog7 as of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
SysVinit	upstart
vixie-cron	cronie

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