12.  Updated Packages

Documentation

Documentation

Deployment Guide

Deployment Guide

This Deployment Guide documents relevant information regarding the
deployment, configuration and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.2.

This Deployment Guide documents relevant information regarding the
deployment, configuration and administration of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5.2.

Applications/Multimedia

Applications/Multimedia

An X application for displaying and manipulating images.

An X application for displaying and manipulating images.

ImageMagick(TM) is an image display and manipulation tool for the X
Window System. ImageMagick can read and write JPEG, TIFF, PNM, GIF,
and Photo CD image formats. It can resize, rotate, sharpen, color
reduce, or add special effects to an image, and when finished you can
either save the completed work in the original format or a different
one. ImageMagick also includes command line programs for creating
animated or transparent .gifs, creating composite images, creating
thumbnail images, and more.

ImageMagick is one of your choices if you need a program to manipulate
and dis play images. If you want to develop your own applications
which use ImageMagick code or APIs, you need to install
ImageMagick-devel as well.

ImageMagick(TM) is an image display and manipulation tool for the X
Window System. ImageMagick can read and write JPEG, TIFF, PNM, GIF,
and Photo CD image formats. It can resize, rotate, sharpen, color
reduce, or add special effects to an image, and when finished you can
either save the completed work in the original format or a different
one. ImageMagick also includes command line programs for creating
animated or transparent .gifs, creating composite images, creating
thumbnail images, and more.

ImageMagick is one of your choices if you need a program to manipulate
and dis play images. If you want to develop your own applications
which use ImageMagick code or APIs, you need to install
ImageMagick-devel as well.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Network connection manager and user applications

Network connection manager and user applications

NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all
times. It is intended only for the desktop use-case, and is not intended for
usage on servers.  The point of NetworkManager is to make networking
configuration and setup as painless and automatic as possible. If using DHCP,
NetworkManager is _intended_ to replace default routes, obtain IP addresses
from a DHCP server, and change nameservers whenever it sees fit.

NetworkManager attempts to keep an active network connection available at all
times. It is intended only for the desktop use-case, and is not intended for
usage on servers.  The point of NetworkManager is to make networking
configuration and setup as painless and automatic as possible. If using DHCP,
NetworkManager is _intended_ to replace default routes, obtain IP addresses
from a DHCP server, and change nameservers whenever it sees fit.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

OpenIPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to
platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project.

The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to
platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI).
This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project.

Documentation

Documentation

Virtualization Guide

Virtualization Guide

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide contains
information on installation, configuring, administering, tips,
tricks and troubleshooting Virtualization technologies used in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization Guide contains
information on installation, configuring, administering, tips,
tricks and troubleshooting Virtualization technologies used in Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.

Applications/Publishing

Applications/Publishing

Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM).

Converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM).

The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM).
A2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and includes support for a wide
number of programming languages, encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.),
and medias.

The a2ps filter converts text and other types of files to PostScript(TM).
A2ps has pretty-printing capabilities and includes support for a wide
number of programming languages, encodings (ISO Latins, Cyrillic, etc.),
and medias.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Access control list utilities.

Access control list utilities.

This package contains the getfacl and setfacl utilities needed for
manipulating access control lists.

This package contains the getfacl and setfacl utilities needed for
manipulating access control lists.

Applications/Multimedia

Applications/Multimedia

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities

Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities

This package contains command line utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA).

This package contains command line utilities for the Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA).

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU)

Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU)

Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU) is an administrative utility to check
whether the underlying protection mechanism of the hardware are still being
enforced. This is a requirement of the Controlled Access Protection Profile
FPT_AMT.1, see
http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/protection_profiles/CAPP-1.d.pdf

Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU) is an administrative utility to check
whether the underlying protection mechanism of the hardware are still being
enforced. This is a requirement of the Controlled Access Protection Profile
FPT_AMT.1, see
http://www.radium.ncsc.mil/tpep/library/protection_profiles/CAPP-1.d.pdf

Applications/System

Applications/System

Graphical system installer

Graphical system installer

The anaconda package contains the program which was used to install your
system. These files are of little use on an already installed system.

The anaconda package contains the program which was used to install your
system. These files are of little use on an already installed system.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

Apache Portable Runtime Utility library

Apache Portable Runtime Utility library

The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a
free library of C data structures and routines. This library
contains additional utility interfaces for APR; including support
for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing and more.

The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is to provide a
free library of C data structures and routines. This library
contains additional utility interfaces for APR; including support
for XML, LDAP, database interfaces, URI parsing and more.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface

Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface

at-spi allows assistive technologies to access GTK-based
applications. Essentially it exposes the internals of applications for
automation, so tools such as screen readers, magnifiers, or even
scripting interfaces can query and interact with GUI controls.

at-spi allows assistive technologies to access GTK-based
applications. Essentially it exposes the internals of applications for
automation, so tools such as screen readers, magnifiers, or even
scripting interfaces can query and interact with GUI controls.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

User space tools for 2.6 kernel auditing

User space tools for 2.6 kernel auditing

The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generate by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.

The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generate by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Command line tool for setting up authentication from network services

Command line tool for setting up authentication from network services

Authconfig is a command line utility which can configure a workstation
to use shadow (more secure) passwords. Authconfig can also configure a
system to be a client for certain networked user information and
authentication schemes.

Authconfig is a command line utility which can configure a workstation
to use shadow (more secure) passwords. Authconfig can also configure a
system to be a client for certain networked user information and
authentication schemes.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems.

A tool for automatically mounting and unmounting filesystems.

autofs is a daemon which automatically mounts filesystems when you use
them, and unmounts them later when you are not using them. This can
include network filesystems, CD-ROMs, floppies, and so forth.

autofs is a daemon which automatically mounts filesystems when you use
them, and unmounts them later when you are not using them. This can
include network filesystems, CD-ROMs, floppies, and so forth.

System Environment/Shells

System Environment/Shells

The GNU Bourne Again shell (bash) version 3.2

The GNU Bourne Again shell (bash) version 3.2

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language
interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash
incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell
(csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification. This
package (bash) contains bash version 3.2, which improves POSIX
compliance over previous versions.

The GNU Bourne Again shell (Bash) is a shell or command language
interpreter that is compatible with the Bourne shell (sh). Bash
incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell
(csh). Most sh scripts can be run by bash without modification. This
package (bash) contains bash version 3.2, which improves POSIX
compliance over previous versions.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server.

The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server.

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),
which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),
which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

Development/Tools

Development/Tools

A GNU collection of binary utilities.

A GNU collection of binary utilities.

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar (for
creating, modifying and extracting from archives), as (a family of GNU
assemblers), gprof (for displaying call graph profile data), ld (the
GNU linker), nm (for listing symbols from object files), objcopy (for
copying and translating object files), objdump (for displaying
information from object files), ranlib (for generating an index for
the contents of an archive), size (for listing the section sizes of an
object or archive file), strings (for listing printable strings from
files), strip (for discarding symbols), and addr2line (for converting
addresses to file and line).

Binutils is a collection of binary utilities, including ar (for
creating, modifying and extracting from archives), as (a family of GNU
assemblers), gprof (for displaying call graph profile data), ld (the
GNU linker), nm (for listing symbols from object files), objcopy (for
copying and translating object files), objdump (for displaying
information from object files), ranlib (for generating an index for
the contents of an archive), size (for listing the section sizes of an
object or archive file), strings (for listing printable strings from
files), strip (for discarding symbols), and addr2line (for converting
addresses to file and line).

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

simple python bootloader config lib

simple python bootloader config lib

Small python library for use with bootloader configuration by anaconda
and up2date.

Small python library for use with bootloader configuration by anaconda
and up2date.

System Environment/Shells

System Environment/Shells

Statically linked binary providing simplified versions of system commands

Statically linked binary providing simplified versions of system commands

Busybox is a single binary which includes versions of a large number
of system commands, including a shell. This package can be very
useful for recovering from certain types of system failures,
particularly those involving broken shared libraries.

Busybox is a single binary which includes versions of a large number
of system commands, including a shell. This package can be very
useful for recovering from certain types of system failures,
particularly those involving broken shared libraries.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

CacheFiles userspace management daemon

CacheFiles userspace management daemon

The cachefilesd daemon manages the caching files and directory that are
that are used by network filesystems such a AFS and NFS to
do persistent caching to the local disk.

The cachefilesd daemon manages the caching files and directory that are
that are used by network filesystems such a AFS and NFS to
do persistent caching to the local disk.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

A vector graphics library

A vector graphics library

Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality
display and print output. Currently supported output targets include
the X Window System, OpenGL (via glitz), in-memory image buffers, and
image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce
identical output on all output media while taking advantage of display
hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render
Extension or OpenGL).

Cairo is a vector graphics library designed to provide high-quality
display and print output. Currently supported output targets include
the X Window System, OpenGL (via glitz), in-memory image buffers, and
image files (PDF, PostScript, and SVG). Cairo is designed to produce
identical output on all output media while taking advantage of display
hardware acceleration when available (eg. through the X Render
Extension or OpenGL).

Development/System

Development/System

SELinux policy compiler

SELinux policy compiler

Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux® kernel and a number
of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add
mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux
kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to
improve the security of the Flask operating system. These
architectural components provide general support for the enforcement
of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those
based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access
Control, and Multi-level Security.

This package contains checkpolicy, the SELinux policy compiler.
Only required for building policies.

Security-enhanced Linux is a feature of the Linux® kernel and a number
of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add
mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux
kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to
improve the security of the Flask operating system. These
architectural components provide general support for the enforcement
of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those
based on the concepts of Type Enforcement®, Role-based Access
Control, and Multi-level Security.

This package contains checkpolicy, the SELinux policy compiler.
Only required for building policies.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

A system tool for maintaining the /etc/rc*.d hierarchy.

A system tool for maintaining the /etc/rc*.d hierarchy.

Chkconfig is a basic system utility. It updates and queries runlevel
information for system services. Chkconfig manipulates the numerous
symbolic links in /etc/rc.d, to relieve system administrators of some
of the drudgery of manually editing the symbolic links.

Chkconfig is a basic system utility. It updates and queries runlevel
information for system services. Chkconfig manipulates the numerous
symbolic links in /etc/rc.d, to relieve system administrators of some
of the drudgery of manually editing the symbolic links.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Monitoring and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Suite

Monitoring and management of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Suite

This package contains Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Suite
SNMP/CIM module/agent/provider.

This package contains Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster Suite
SNMP/CIM module/agent/provider.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

cman - The Cluster Manager

cman - The Cluster Manager

cman - The Cluster Manager

cman - The Cluster Manager

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Remote Management System

Remote Management System

Conga is a project developing management system for remote stations.
It consists of luci, https frontend, and ricci, secure daemon that dispatches
incoming messages to underlying management modules.

Conga is a project developing management system for remote stations.
It consists of luci, https frontend, and ricci, secure daemon that dispatches
incoming messages to underlying management modules.

User Interface/Desktops

User Interface/Desktops

GNOME Control Center

GNOME Control Center

GNOME (the GNU Network Object Model Environment) is an attractive and
easy-to-use GUI desktop environment. The control-center package
provides the GNOME Control Center utilities that allow you to setup
and configure your system's GNOME environment (things like the desktop
background and theme, the screensaver, system sounds, and mouse
behavior).

If you install GNOME, you need to install control-center.

GNOME (the GNU Network Object Model Environment) is an attractive and
easy-to-use GUI desktop environment. The control-center package
provides the GNOME Control Center utilities that allow you to setup
and configure your system's GNOME environment (things like the desktop
background and theme, the screensaver, system sounds, and mouse
behavior).

If you install GNOME, you need to install control-center.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

CoolKey PKCS #11 module

CoolKey PKCS #11 module

Linux Driver support for the CoolKey and CAC products.

Linux Driver support for the CoolKey and CAC products.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in shell scripts

The GNU core utilities: a set of tools commonly used in shell scripts

These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

These are the GNU core utilities. This package is the combination of
the old GNU fileutils, sh-utils, and textutils packages.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

CPU frequency adjusting daemon

CPU frequency adjusting daemon

cpuspeed is a daemon that dynamically changes the speed
of your processor(s) depending upon its current workload
if it is capable (needs Intel Speedstep, AMD PowerNow!,
or similar support).

This package also supports enabling cpu frequency scaling
via in-kernel governors on Intel Centrino and AMD
Athlon64/Opteron platforms.

cpuspeed is a daemon that dynamically changes the speed
of your processor(s) depending upon its current workload
if it is capable (needs Intel Speedstep, AMD PowerNow!,
or similar support).

This package also supports enabling cpu frequency scaling
via in-kernel governors on Intel Centrino and AMD
Athlon64/Opteron platforms.

Development/Debuggers

Development/Debuggers

crash utility for live systems; netdump, diskdump, kdump, LKCD or mcore dumpfiles

crash utility for live systems; netdump, diskdump, kdump, LKCD or mcore dumpfiles

The core analysis suite is a self-contained tool that can be used to
investigate either live systems, kernel core dumps created from the
netdump, diskdump and kdump packages from Red Hat Linux, the mcore kernel patch
offered by Mission Critical Linux, or the LKCD kernel patch.

The core analysis suite is a self-contained tool that can be used to
investigate either live systems, kernel core dumps created from the
netdump, diskdump and kdump packages from Red Hat Linux, the mcore kernel patch
offered by Mission Critical Linux, or the LKCD kernel patch.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Creates a common metadata repository

Creates a common metadata repository

This utility will generate a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm
packages.

This utility will generate a common metadata repository from a directory of rpm
packages.

Applications/System

Applications/System

SSL certificate and key management utilities

SSL certificate and key management utilities

This package provides tools for managing and generating
SSL certificates and keys.

This package provides tools for managing and generating
SSL certificates and keys.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

Common Unix Printing System

Common Unix Printing System

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for
UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products
to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users.
CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces.

The Common UNIX Printing System provides a portable printing layer for
UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Easy Software Products
to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users.
CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

A high-performance mail server with IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SIEVE support

A high-performance mail server with IMAP, POP3, NNTP and SIEVE support

The cyrus-imapd package contains the core of the Cyrus IMAP server.
It is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from
small to large enterprise environments using standards-based
internet mail technologies.

A full Cyrus IMAP implementation allows a seamless mail and bulletin
board environment to be set up across multiple servers. It differs from
other IMAP server implementations in that it is run on "sealed"
servers, where users are not normally permitted to log in and have no
system account on the server. The mailbox database is stored in parts
of the filesystem that are private to the Cyrus IMAP server. All user
access to mail is through software using the IMAP, POP3 or KPOP
protocols. It also includes support for virtual domains, NNTP,
mailbox annotations, and much more. The private mailbox database design
gives the server large advantages in efficiency, scalability and
administratability. Multiple concurrent read/write connections to the
same mailbox are permitted. The server supports access control lists on
mailboxes and storage quotas on mailbox hierarchies.

The Cyrus IMAP server supports the IMAP4rev1 protocol described
in RFC 3501. IMAP4rev1 has been approved as a proposed standard.
It supports any authentication mechanism available from the SASL
library, imaps/pop3s/nntps (IMAP/POP3/NNTP encrypted using SSL and
TLSv1) can be used for security. The server supports single instance
store where possible when an email message is addressed to multiple
recipients, SIEVE provides server side email filtering.

The cyrus-imapd package contains the core of the Cyrus IMAP server.
It is a scaleable enterprise mail system designed for use from
small to large enterprise environments using standards-based
internet mail technologies.

A full Cyrus IMAP implementation allows a seamless mail and bulletin
board environment to be set up across multiple servers. It differs from
other IMAP server implementations in that it is run on "sealed"
servers, where users are not normally permitted to log in and have no
system account on the server. The mailbox database is stored in parts
of the filesystem that are private to the Cyrus IMAP server. All user
access to mail is through software using the IMAP, POP3 or KPOP
protocols. It also includes support for virtual domains, NNTP,
mailbox annotations, and much more. The private mailbox database design
gives the server large advantages in efficiency, scalability and
administratability. Multiple concurrent read/write connections to the
same mailbox are permitted. The server supports access control lists on
mailboxes and storage quotas on mailbox hierarchies.

The Cyrus IMAP server supports the IMAP4rev1 protocol described
in RFC 3501. IMAP4rev1 has been approved as a proposed standard.
It supports any authentication mechanism available from the SASL
library, imaps/pop3s/nntps (IMAP/POP3/NNTP encrypted using SSL and
TLSv1) can be used for security. The server supports single instance
store where possible when an email message is addressed to multiple
recipients, SIEVE provides server side email filtering.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

D-BUS message bus

D-BUS message bus

D-BUS is a system for sending messages between applications. It is
used both for the systemwide message bus service, and as a
per-user-login-session messaging facility.

D-BUS is a system for sending messages between applications. It is
used both for the systemwide message bus service, and as a
per-user-login-session messaging facility.

Applications/File

Applications/File

Desktop print icon

Desktop print icon

Desktop-printing contains eggcups, a program for user print job
notification and control.

Desktop-printing contains eggcups, a program for user print job
notification and control.

Development/Tools

Development/Tools

API document browser

API document browser

An API document browser for GNOME 2.

An API document browser for GNOME 2.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

device mapper library

device mapper library

This package contains the supporting userspace files (libdevmapper and
dmsetup) for the device-mapper.

This package contains the supporting userspace files (libdevmapper and
dmsetup) for the device-mapper.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Tools to manage multipath devices using device-mapper.

Tools to manage multipath devices using device-mapper.

device-mapper-multipath provides tools to manage multipath devices by instructing the
device-mapper multipath kernel module what to do.
The tools are :
* multipath :  Scan the system for multipath devices and assemble them.
* multipathd : Detects when paths fail and execs multipath to update things.

device-mapper-multipath provides tools to manage multipath devices by instructing the
device-mapper multipath kernel module what to do.
The tools are :
* multipath :  Scan the system for multipath devices and assemble them.
* multipathd : Detects when paths fail and execs multipath to update things.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server and relay agent.

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server and relay agent.

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows
individual devices on an IP network to get their own network
configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address,
etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it
easier to administer a large network. The dhcp package includes the
ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent),
and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhcp package provides
the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows
individual devices on an IP network to get their own network
configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address,
etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it
easier to administer a large network. The dhcp package includes the
ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

To use DHCP on your network, install a DHCP service (or relay agent),
and on clients run a DHCP client daemon. The dhcp package provides
the ISC DHCP service and relay agent.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

DHCPv6 - DHCP server and client for IPv6

DHCPv6 - DHCP server and client for IPv6

Implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks in accordance with RFC 3315: Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6). Consists of dhcp6s(8), the server
DHCP daemon, and dhcp6r(8), the DHCPv6 relay agent.

Install this package if you want to support dynamic configuration of IPv6
addresses and parameters on your IPv6 network.

Implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for Internet
Protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks in accordance with RFC 3315: Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6). Consists of dhcp6s(8), the server
DHCP daemon, and dhcp6r(8), the DHCPv6 relay agent.

Install this package if you want to support dynamic configuration of IPv6
addresses and parameters on your IPv6 network.

Applications/Text

Applications/Text

A GNU collection of diff utilities.

A GNU collection of diff utilities.

Diffutils includes four utilities: diff, cmp, diff3 and sdiff. Diff
compares two files and shows the differences, line by line. The cmp
command shows the offset and line numbers where two files differ, or
cmp can show the characters that differ between the two files. The
diff3 command shows the differences between three files. Diff3 can be
used when two people have made independent changes to a common
original; diff3 can produce a merged file that contains both sets of
changes and warnings about conflicts. The sdiff command can be used
to merge two files interactively.

Install diffutils if you need to compare text files.

Diffutils includes four utilities: diff, cmp, diff3 and sdiff. Diff
compares two files and shows the differences, line by line. The cmp
command shows the offset and line numbers where two files differ, or
cmp can show the characters that differ between the two files. The
diff3 command shows the differences between three files. Diff3 can be
used when two people have made independent changes to a common
original; diff3 can produce a merged file that contains both sets of
changes and warnings about conflicts. The sdiff command can be used
to merge two files interactively.

Install diffutils if you need to compare text files.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

dmraid (Device-mapper RAID tool and library)

dmraid (Device-mapper RAID tool and library)

DMRAID supports RAID device discovery, RAID set activation and display of
properties for ATARAID on Linux >= 2.4 using device-mapper.

DMRAID supports RAID device discovery, RAID set activation and display of
properties for ATARAID on Linux >= 2.4 using device-mapper.

System Environment/Daemons

System Environment/Daemons

Dovecot Secure imap server

Dovecot Secure imap server

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security
primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail
in either of maildir or mbox formats.

Dovecot is an IMAP server for Linux/UNIX-like systems, written with security
primarily in mind. It also contains a small POP3 server. It supports mail
in either of maildir or mbox formats.

Applications/Multimedia

Applications/Multimedia

Utility to capture video from a DV camera

Utility to capture video from a DV camera

The dvgrab utility will capture digital video from a DV source on the firewire
(IEEE-1394) bus.

The dvgrab utility will capture digital video from a DV source on the firewire
(IEEE-1394) bus.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

Utilities for managing the second and third extended (ext2/ext3) filesystems

Utilities for managing the second and third extended (ext2/ext3) filesystems

The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second
and third extended (ext2/ext3) filesystems. E2fsprogs contains
e2fsck (used to repair filesystem inconsistencies after an unclean
shutdown), mke2fs (used to initialize a partition to contain an
empty ext2 filesystem), debugfs (used to examine the internal
structure of a filesystem, to manually repair a corrupted
filesystem, or to create test cases for e2fsck), tune2fs (used to
modify filesystem parameters), and most of the other core ext2fs
filesystem utilities.

You should install the e2fsprogs package if you need to manage the
performance of an ext2 and/or ext3 filesystem.

The e2fsprogs package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in second
and third extended (ext2/ext3) filesystems. E2fsprogs contains
e2fsck (used to repair filesystem inconsistencies after an unclean
shutdown), mke2fs (used to initialize a partition to contain an
empty ext2 filesystem), debugfs (used to examine the internal
structure of a filesystem, to manually repair a corrupted
filesystem, or to create test cases for e2fsck), tune2fs (used to
modify filesystem parameters), and most of the other core ext2fs
filesystem utilities.

You should install the e2fsprogs package if you need to manage the
performance of an ext2 and/or ext3 filesystem.

Text Editors/Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

Text Editors/Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

An open, extensible IDE

An open, extensible IDE

The Eclipse Platform is designed for building integrated development
environments (IDEs) that can be used to create applications as diverse
as web sites, embedded Java(tm) programs, C++ programs, and Enterprise
JavaBeans(tm).

The Eclipse Platform is designed for building integrated development
environments (IDEs) that can be used to create applications as diverse
as web sites, embedded Java(tm) programs, C++ programs, and Enterprise
JavaBeans(tm).

Applications/Editors

Applications/Editors

GNU Emacs text editor

GNU Emacs text editor

Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text
editor. Emacs contains special code editing features, a scripting
language (elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more
without leaving the editor.

This package provides an emacs binary with support for X windows.

Emacs is a powerful, customizable, self-documenting, modeless text
editor. Emacs contains special code editing features, a scripting
language (elisp), and the capability to read mail, news, and more
without leaving the editor.

This package provides an emacs binary with support for X windows.

Applications/Editors

Applications/Editors

emacspeak — The Complete Audio Desktop

emacspeak — The Complete Audio Desktop

Emacspeak is a speech interface that allows visually impaired users to
interact independently and efficiently with the computer. Emacspeak has
dramatically changed how the author and hundreds of blind and visually
impaired users around the world interact with the personal computer and
the Internet. A rich suite of task-oriented speech-enabled tools provides
efficient speech-enabled access to the evolving semantic WWW.
When combined with Linux running on low-cost PC hardware,
Emacspeak/Linux provides a reliable, stable speech-friendly solution that
opens up the Internet to visually impaired users around the world.

Emacspeak is a speech interface that allows visually impaired users to
interact independently and efficiently with the computer. Emacspeak has
dramatically changed how the author and hundreds of blind and visually
impaired users around the world interact with the personal computer and
the Internet. A rich suite of task-oriented speech-enabled tools provides
efficient speech-enabled access to the evolving semantic WWW.
When combined with Linux running on low-cost PC hardware,
Emacspeak/Linux provides a reliable, stable speech-friendly solution that
opens up the Internet to visually impaired users around the world.

Applications/Internet

Applications/Internet

Enterprise Security Client Smart Card Client

Enterprise Security Client Smart Card Client

Enterprise Security Client allows the user to enroll and manage their
cryptographic smartcards.

Enterprise Security Client allows the user to enroll and manage their
cryptographic smartcards.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

Backend data server for Evolution

Backend data server for Evolution

The evolution-data-server package provides a unified backend for programs
that work with contacts, tasks, and calendar information.

It was originally developed for Evolution (hence the name), but is now used
by other packages.

The evolution-data-server package provides a unified backend for programs
that work with contacts, tasks, and calendar information.

It was originally developed for Evolution (hence the name), but is now used
by other packages.

Applications/File

Applications/File

A utility for determining file types.

A utility for determining file types.

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the
type of data contained by the file. File can identify many different
file types, including ELF binaries, system libraries, RPM packages, and
different graphics formats.

You should install the file package, since the file command is such a
useful utility.

Applications/Internet

Applications/Internet

Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser, designed for standards
compliance, performance and portability.

Applications/Multimedia

Applications/Multimedia

An encoder/decoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

An encoder/decoder for the Free Lossless Audio Codec.

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC
is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of
the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form,
flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac,
a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for
various music players.

FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Grossly oversimplified, FLAC
is similar to Ogg Vorbis, but lossless. The FLAC project consists of
the stream format, reference encoders and decoders in library form,
flac, a command-line program to encode and decode FLAC files, metaflac,
a command-line metadata editor for FLAC files and input plugins for
various music players.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

Font configuration and customization library

Font configuration and customization library

Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the
system and select them according to requirements specified by
applications.

Fontconfig is designed to locate fonts within the
system and select them according to requirements specified by
applications.

User Interface/X

User Interface/X

Free Indian truetype/opentype fonts

Free Indian truetype/opentype fonts

This package provides the Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu TrueType/Opentype fonts.

This package provides the Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Telugu TrueType/Opentype fonts.

Development/System

Development/System

Frysk execution analysis tool

Frysk execution analysis tool

Frysk is an execution-analysis technology implemented using native Java and C++.
It is aimed at providing developers and sysadmins with the ability to both
examine and analyze running multi-host, multi-process, multi-threaded systems.
Frysk allows the monitoring of running processes and threads, of locking
primitives and will also expose deadlocks, gather data and debug any given
process in the system.

Frysk is an execution-analysis technology implemented using native Java and C++.
It is aimed at providing developers and sysadmins with the ability to both
examine and analyze running multi-host, multi-process, multi-threaded systems.
Frysk allows the monitoring of running processes and threads, of locking
primitives and will also expose deadlocks, gather data and debug any given
process in the system.

Development/Languages

Development/Languages

Various compilers (C, C++, Objective-C, Java, ...)

Various compilers (C, C++, Objective-C, Java, ...)

The gcc package contains the GNU Compiler Collection version 4.1.
You'll need this package in order to compile C code.

The gcc package contains the GNU Compiler Collection version 4.1.
You'll need this package in order to compile C code.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

A graphics library for quick creation of PNG or JPEG images

A graphics library for quick creation of PNG or JPEG images

The gd graphics library allows your code to quickly draw images
complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from
other images, and flood fills, and to write out the result as a PNG or
JPEG file. This is particularly useful in Web applications, where PNG
and JPEG are two of the formats accepted for inline images by most
browsers. Note that gd is not a paint program.

The gd graphics library allows your code to quickly draw images
complete with lines, arcs, text, multiple colors, cut and paste from
other images, and flood fills, and to write out the result as a PNG or
JPEG file. This is particularly useful in Web applications, where PNG
and JPEG are two of the formats accepted for inline images by most
browsers. Note that gd is not a paint program.

Development/Debuggers

Development/Debuggers

A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Java and other languages.

A GNU source-level debugger for C, C++, Java and other languages.

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++,
Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion
and printing their data.

GDB, the GNU debugger, allows you to debug programs written in C, C++,
Java, and other languages, by executing them in a controlled fashion
and printing their data.

User Interface/X

User Interface/X

The GNOME Display Manager.

The GNOME Display Manager.

Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable
reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log
into your system with the X Window System running and supports running
several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

Gdm (the GNOME Display Manager) is a highly configurable
reimplementation of xdm, the X Display Manager. Gdm allows you to log
into your system with the X Window System running and supports running
several different X sessions on your local machine at the same time.

Applications/Editors

Applications/Editors

gEdit is a small but powerful text editor for GNOME

gEdit is a small but powerful text editor for GNOME

gEdit is a small but powerful text editor designed specifically for
the GNOME GUI desktop. gEdit includes a plug-in API (which supports
extensibility while keeping the core binary small), support for
editing multiple documents using notebook tabs, and standard text
editor functions.

You'll need to have GNOME and GTK+ installed to use gEdit.

gEdit is a small but powerful text editor designed specifically for
the GNOME GUI desktop. gEdit includes a plug-in API (which supports
extensibility while keeping the core binary small), support for
editing multiple documents using notebook tabs, and standard text
editor functions.

You'll need to have GNOME and GTK+ installed to use gEdit.

System Environment/Kernel

System Environment/Kernel

gfs kernel modules

gfs kernel modules

gfs - The Global File System is a symmetric, shared-disk, cluster file
system.

gfs - The Global File System is a symmetric, shared-disk, cluster file
system.

System Environment/Kernel

System Environment/Kernel

Utilities for managing the global filesystem (GFS)

Utilities for managing the global filesystem (GFS)

The gfs-utils package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS
filesystems.

The gfs-utils package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS
filesystems.

System Environment/Kernel

System Environment/Kernel

gfs2 kernel module

gfs2 kernel module

GFS2 - The GFS2 filesystem provided for RHEL5.

GFS2 - The GFS2 filesystem provided for RHEL5.

System Environment/Kernel

System Environment/Kernel

Utilities for managing the global filesystem (GFS)

Utilities for managing the global filesystem (GFS)

The gfs2-utils package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS
filesystems.

The gfs2-utils package contains a number of utilities for creating,
checking, modifying, and correcting any inconsistencies in GFS
filesystems.

Applications/Publishing

Applications/Publishing

A PostScript(TM) interpreter and renderer.

A PostScript(TM) interpreter and renderer.

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript(TM)
interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which
implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and
an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript
translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like
those understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normally
used to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files to
non-PostScript printers.

If you need to display PostScript files or print them to
non-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If you
install ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fonts
package.

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript(TM)
interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which
implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and
an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript
translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like
those understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normally
used to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files to
non-PostScript printers.

If you need to display PostScript files or print them to
non-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If you
install ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fonts
package.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

The GNU libc libraries.

The GNU libc libraries.

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.

The glibc package contains standard libraries which are used by
multiple programs on the system. In order to save disk space and
memory, as well as to make upgrading easier, common system code is
kept in one place and shared between programs. This particular package
contains the most important sets of shared libraries: the standard C
library and the standard math library. Without these two libraries, a
Linux system will not function.

User Interface/Desktops

User Interface/Desktops

GNOME panel

GNOME panel

The GNOME panel provides the window list, workspace switcher, menus, and other
features for the GNOME desktop.

The GNOME panel provides the window list, workspace switcher, menus, and other
features for the GNOME desktop.

Applications/System

Applications/System

GNOME Power Manager

GNOME Power Manager

GNOME Power Manager uses the information and facilities provided by HAL
displaying icons and handling user callbacks in an interactive GNOME session.
GNOME Power Preferences allows authorised users to set policy and
change preferences.

GNOME Power Manager uses the information and facilities provided by HAL
displaying icons and handling user callbacks in an interactive GNOME session.
GNOME Power Preferences allows authorised users to set policy and
change preferences.

Development/Languages

Development/Languages

The sources for additional PyGNOME Python extension modules for the GNOME desktop

The sources for additional PyGNOME Python extension modules for the GNOME desktop

The gnome-python-desktop package contains the source packages for additional
Python bindings for GNOME. It should be used together with gnome-python.

The gnome-python-desktop package contains the source packages for additional
Python bindings for GNOME. It should be used together with gnome-python.

Development/Languages

Development/Languages

The sources for additional. PyGNOME Python extension modules.

The sources for additional. PyGNOME Python extension modules.

The gnome-python-extra package contains the source packages for additional
Python bindings for GNOME. It should be used together with gnome-python.

The gnome-python-extra package contains the source packages for additional
Python bindings for GNOME. It should be used together with gnome-python.

Amusements/Graphics

Amusements/Graphics

GNOME Screensaver

GNOME Screensaver

gnome-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have
simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.

gnome-screensaver is a screen saver and locker that aims to have
simple, sane, secure defaults and be well integrated with the desktop.

Applications/System

Applications/System

GNOME utility programs

GNOME utility programs

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of
GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a
window manager for the X Window System. The gnome-utils package
includes a set of small "desk accessory" utility applications for GNOME.

GNOME (GNU Network Object Model Environment) is a user-friendly set of
GUI applications and desktop tools to be used in conjunction with a
window manager for the X Window System. The gnome-utils package
includes a set of small "desk accessory" utility applications for GNOME.

Applications/System

Applications/System

The GNOME Volume Manager

The GNOME Volume Manager

The GNOME Volume Manager monitors volume-related events and responds with
user-specified policy. The GNOME Volume Manager can automount hot-plugged
drives, automount inserted removable media, autorun programs, automatically
play audio CDs and video DVDs, and automatically import photos from a digital
camera. The GNOME Volume Manager does this entirely in user-space and without
polling.

The GNOME Voume Manager sits at the top end of a larger picture that aims to
integrate the Linux system from the kernel on up through the desktop and its
applications.

The GNOME Volume Manager monitors volume-related events and responds with
user-specified policy. The GNOME Volume Manager can automount hot-plugged
drives, automount inserted removable media, autorun programs, automatically
play audio CDs and video DVDs, and automatically import photos from a digital
camera. The GNOME Volume Manager does this entirely in user-space and without
polling.

The GNOME Voume Manager sits at the top end of a larger picture that aims to
integrate the Linux system from the kernel on up through the desktop and its
applications.

System Environment/Base

System Environment/Base

GRUB - the Grand Unified Boot Loader.

GRUB - the Grand Unified Boot Loader.

GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader) is an experimental boot loader
capable of booting into most free operating systems - Linux, FreeBSD,
NetBSD, GNU Mach, and others as well as most commercial operating
systems.

GRUB (Grand Unified Boot Loader) is an experimental boot loader
capable of booting into most free operating systems - Linux, FreeBSD,
NetBSD, GNU Mach, and others as well as most commercial operating
systems.

User Interface/X

User Interface/X

Image viewer, editor, organizer

Image viewer, editor, organizer

gthumb is an application for viewing, editing, and organizing
collections of images.

gthumb is an application for viewing, editing, and organizing
collections of images.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X

The GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating GUIs for X

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
suites.

GTK+ is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user
interfaces. Offering a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for
projects ranging from small one-off tools to complete application
suites.

System Environment/Libraries

System Environment/Libraries

gtkhtml library

gtkhtml library

GtkHTML is a lightweight HTML rendering/printing/editing engine. It
was originally based on KHTMLW, but is now being developed
independently of it.

GtkHTML is a lightweight HTML rendering/printing/editing engine. It
was originally based on KHTMLW, but is now being developed
independently of it.