Debian additionally installed packages
Following is a list of packages I installed additionally to the
default. This started with the Debian/Sarge desktop setup and was later
upgraded to Etch and Lenny. There may be packages in this list that are not
on the machine anymore, or not even in the archives.. Further down are the
package repositories and preferences listed.
- ThinkPad or notebook specific
- acpid - Utilities for using ACPI power management
- acpi-support - scripts for handling many ACPI events
- laptop-mode-tools - Scripts to spin down hard drive and save power
- hdparm - tune hard disk parameters for high performance
- sdparm (recommended by laptop-mode-tools) - Output and modify SCSI device parameters
- laptop-net to automatically configure the network interfaces and environment
- laptop-net-doc
- resolvconf
- madwifi-source
- madwifi-tools
- madwifi-doc
- wireless-tools
- wpasupplicant
- wpagui
- fglrx-control - control panel for the ATI graphics accelerators
- fglrx-driver - display driver for the ATI graphics accelerators
- fglrx-kernel-src - kernel module source for the ATI graphics accelerators
- System & Network
- apt
- aptutils
- apt-listbugs
- apt-listchanges
- apt-rdepends
- aptitude
- aptitude-doc-en
- libapt-pkg-perl
- python-apt
- synaptic - Graphical package manager - was just curious, but now in Etch GNOME even depends on it?!?
- debtags - Enables support for package tags
- deborphan
- debian-goodies - Small toolbox-style utilities for Debian systems
- debsums - Verify installed package files against MD5 checksums.
- debian-backports-keyring - GnuPG archive key of the backports.org repository
- cruft - Find any cruft built up on your system
- anacron
- tcpspy
- ntpdate
- vpnc - original Cisco 3000 (EasyVPN) client v4.6 didn't work
- openssl
- nis
- autofs
- rsync
- xvnc4viewer
- vnc4-common
- mc
- xkeycaps - use xkeycaps -keyboard tp770 for this ThinkPad's keyboard
- dhcp3-client - replaces dhcp-client
- hibernate
- encfs - encrypted virtual filesystem
- cryptkeeper - EncFS system tray applet for GNOME
- sshfs - filesystem client based on SSH File Transfer Protocol
- fuse-utils - Filesystem in USErspace (utilities) - [needed by encfs, cryptkeeper and sshfs]
- cryptmount - Management and user-mode mounting of encrypted file systems
- tor - anonymizing overlay network for TCP - from mirror.noreply.org
- tor-geoipdb - geoIP database for Tor - from mirror.noreply.org
- privoxy
- tsocks
- sg3-utils - Utilities for working with generic SCSI devices
- swaks - Swiss Army Knife for SMTP, SMTP command-line test tool
- wipe - Secure file deletion
- sux - wrapper around su which will transfer your X credentials
- usplash - Userspace bootsplash utility
- hwinfo - Hardware identification system
- sensors-applet - Display readings from hardware sensors in your Gnome panel
- hddtemp - Utility to monitor the temperature of your hard drive - suggested by sensors-applet
- cryptsetup - configures encrypted block devices
- hashalot - Read and hash a passphrase
- smbfs - mount and umount commands for the smbfs
- smbclient - a LanManager-like simple client for Unix
- duplicity - encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
- virtualbox-3.1 - Sun xVM VirtualBox
- wine - Windows API implementation - standard suite
- davfs2 - mount a WebDAV resource as a regular file system
- testdisk - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool
- After upgrade to Lenny
- locate (seems was removed during upgrade)
- dlocate - fast alternative to dpkg -L and dpkg -S
- linux-doc-2.6.26 - Linux kernel specific documentation
- Communication
- signing-party
- gpa - GNU Privacy Assistant, for overview, else I do prefer command line..
- sig2dot - converts a list of GPG signatures to a .dot file
- fetchmail
- grepmail
- minicom
- lynx - additionally to ELinks that sometimes is useful
- ncftp
- ftp-ssl instead of ftp for rare sites that do support SSL
- tftp - Trivial file transfer protocol client - for flashing the router and such
- irssi - The IRC client
- irssi-scripts
- pisg - Perl IRC Statistics Generator
- psi - Jabber client
- libqca2-plugin-gnupg - QCA gnupg plugin for libqca2 - [needed to use GnuPG within Psi]
- pidgin - graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for X - [additionally to psi]
- pidgin-otr - Off-the-Record Messaging plugin for pidgin
- libotr2-bin - toolkit for Off-the-Record Messaging library - [suggested by libotr2 from pidgin-otr]
- xchat - just for fun
- talk
- talkd
- slrn - slick little read news ...
- slrnpull
- slrnface
- metamail - implementation of MIME, e.g. for use with slrn
- mimedecode
- uudeview
- geekcode
- urlview
- bittorrent-gui
- mutt switched to developer builds, currently mutt-1.15.20 installed with --prefix=~/usr
- muttprint - Pretty printing of mails
- Develop
- vim-gnome instead of vim-gtk. In fact I run up-to-date Vim built from source and installed with --prefix=~/usr
- exuberant-ctags - build tag file indexes of source code definitions
- libgnomeui-dev for self-compiled vim
- cscope
- cbrowser
- id-utils
- par - Paragraph reformatter
- vim-vimoutliner
- ssh-askpass for editing remote files in Vim and such
- dia
- dia2code
- graphviz
- libxml-libxml-perl
- libdate-calc-perl
- libwww-mechanize-perl for paste2pastebin.pl at pastebin.ca
- libdigest-hmac-perl for Cancel-Lock experiments, see http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canceln (German)
- libtest-differences-perl - Test string and data structure differences in perl -- for cpan HTML::Toc
- emacs21
- xemacs21
- ltrace
- oprofile
- memprof
- subversion - Advanced version control system [1.5.5 using self-compiled newer release, for OOo]
- rapidsvn - A GUI client for subversion
- gawk
- code2html
- libgdbm-dev for mutt developer builds using --enable-hcache
- libncursesw5-dev for mutt developer builds and utf-8
- gdb-doc - The GNU Debugger Documentation
- valgrind - A memory debugger and profiler
- alleyoop - Front-end to the Valgrind memory checker
- kcachegrind - visualisation tool for valgrind profiling output
- keychain - key manager for OpenSSH [e.g. for svn+ssh protocol]
- vbindiff - visual binary diff, visually compare binary files
- mercurial - scalable distributed version control system [1.3.1 lenny-backports, for OOo]
- kdiff3 - compares and merges 2 or 3 files or directories [for mercurial merges]
- for OpenOffice.org builds
- libcupsys2-dev
- libpam0g-dev
- sun-java5-jdk
- libarchive-zip-perl
- libxaw7-dev, you may have libxaw8-dev if you are on testing (etch)
- libgnomevfs2-dev
- libgtk2.0-dev
- libcairo-dev
- ant - Java based build tool like make
- autoconf
- ccache
- libsoap-lite-perl for cws... tools
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl for cws... tools
- gperf
- libapr1-dev to build Subversion 1.5.x
- libaprutil1-dev to build Subversion 1.5.x
- libneon26-dev to build Subversion 1.5.x
- General
- perl-doc
- antiword for those .doc attachments that don't cease to exist..
- zip and unzip
- unrar
- p7zip-full
- unifont
- xfonts-100dpi-transcoded
- xfonts-efont-unicode
- xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
- msttcorefonts
- xclip
- sun-java5-bin
- sun-java5-fonts
- sun-java5-plugin
- recode
- screen
- unshield - extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers - cabextract doesn't do that
- aspell-de - German dictionary for aspell - for libaspell15, used by Psi and others; marked Auto
- myspell-de-de - German dictionary for myspell - for libhunspell, used by OOo and Mozilla; marked Auto (also other myspell-* dictionaries)
- freemind - A Java Program for creating and viewing Mindmaps
- Media
- xpdf as a stand-alone PDF reader better than gpdf, IMHO, though gpdf is better integrated into the desktop
- pdftohtml
- xzgv as a fast viewer for graphic files and an alternative to eog in some circumstances
- gv - PostScript and PDF viewer for X
- xine-ui - somehow I like it, additionally to totem-xine
- xmovie - yet another one
- alsa-oss
- cdparanoia
- dvd+rw-tools
- xcdroast [xcdroast since etch reads CDs using icedax that produces broken rubbish files on my machine, might remove as well]
- k3b - A sophisticated KDE CD burning application
- normalize-audio - adjust the volume of WAV files to a standard volume level
- sox - A universal sound sample translator
- digikam - digital photo management application for KDE
- kphotoalbum - tool for indexing, searching and viewing images by keywords for KDE
- gtkam - GTK+ application for digital still cameras
- gimp-data-extras - An extra set of brushes, palettes, and gradients for The GIMP
- gimp-plugin-registry - A repository of optional extensions for The GIMP
- gimp-help-en - Documentation for the GIMP
- grip - GNOME-based CD-player/ripper/encoder [for simply playing and extracting CDs sound-juicer is now in Etch]
- streamripper - download online streams into mp3 files
- vlc - multimedia player
- vlc-plugin-alsa
- mozilla-plugin-vlc
- quelcom - simple command line editing operations on MP3 and WAV audio files
- glame - versatile audio processor
- audacity - A fast, cross-platform audio editor
- streamtuner - for shoutcast, icecast, (live365 is broken)
- avidemux - a small editing software for avi and mpeg
- kdenlive - A Non-Linear Video Editing Suite for KDE
- qdvdauthor - GUI frontend for dvdauthor and other related tools - [for kdenlive]
- dvdauthor - create DVD-Video file system - [dependency of qdvdauthor]
- videotrans - DVD authoring utilities - [dependency of qdvdauthor]
- dvdauthorwizard - KDE DVD Authoring Wizard
- transcode - Utility to encode raw video/audio streams - [dependency of dvdauthorwizard]
- showimg - A feature-rich image viewer
- gthumb - an image viewer and browser for GNOME2
- lmms - Linux Multimedia Studio
- audacious - small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats [successor of XMMS]
- imms-audacious - Unobtrusive, automatic, and learning audacious playlist manager
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad - GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set - MIDI and stuff
- flac - Free Lossless Audio Codec - command line tools [for use with grip]
- banshee - Audio Management and Playback application
- soundconverter - GNOME application to convert audio files into other formats [uses GStreamer, otherwise just for eye candy instead of flac and ogg]
- mtp-tools - Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library tools [for MP3 player]
- mtpfs - FUSE filesystem for Media Transfer Protocol devices
- gnuift - GNU image finding tool - index and search images by content
- gnuift-doc - Documentation for gnuift
- mp3diags - finds problems in MP3 files and helps the user fix many of them [plus tag editor with album information from MusicBrainz and Discogs]
- multimedia bits For Mirrors see http://www.debian-multimedia.org/debian-m.php
- mplayer-586 - swiss army knife player
- w32codecs - and collection of blades
- acroread for the full-featured proprietary stuff, just in case it will be needed during work
- flashplayer-mozilla - we're lucky to be able to disable it using FlashBlock
- mjpegtools - for mp2enc used by digiKam's MPEG SlideShow plugin
- Fun & Games & Recreation
- filters
- figlet - Frank, Ian & Glenn's Letters
- wordplay
- cw - Command-line frontend to unixcw [morse]
- cwcp - Ncurses frontend to unixcw [morse]
- morse - 'Morse Classic' is a morse-code training program for aspiring radio hams
- briquolo - Fast paced 3d Breakout
- openuniverse - 3D Universe Simulator
- stellarium - real-time photo-realistic sky generator
- gnubg - GTK or console backgammon program with analysis
- xtide - provides tide and current predictions
- xtide-data-nonfree - Harmonics data for xtide (Canada, Netherlands, Germany and UK)
- xtide-coastline - coastline data for xtide
- pingus - Free Lemmings(TM) clone
- backported
- taskjuggler - not yet but want to give it a try: lenny 2.4.1~beta2-1
- for backporting things
- cdbs
- automake1.9
- docbook2x
- docbook-utils
- xsltproc
- kdelibs4-dev
- libarts1-dev
- libartsc0-dev
- libktnef1-dev
- libkcal2-dev
- for trying things out
- icedove - free/unbranded thunderbird mail/news/rss clone
- icedove-gnome-support - Support for Gnome in Icedove - [suggested by icedove]
- enigmail - Enigmail - GPG support for Thunderbird
- Tried & Ditched
- xmms2 - - [no need except when driving a server]
- esperanza - - [xmms2 client, hopeless ...]
- f-spot - personal photo management application - [digikam + kphotoalbum rule so far]
- gpgkeys - GPG Keymanagement frontend - [quite useless on a large keyring, also no options to specify diferent keyring files]
- Removed in Sarge
- mozilla-mplayer - v2.70-1 didn't work reliably, most times buffering stopped and video didn't start; better to click a link and view in xine.
- billard-gl - shooting doesn't properly work, trigger is released too early => no force
- mozilla-plugin-vlc - didn't work in Firefox, just intercepted things, no picture, freeze ...
- lphoto v1.0.61 - simple but, well, too simple; and far too slow
- j2re1.4 - superseded by Java5
- j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin
- /var/local/debs
- Tried but unmet dependencies or other quirks
- gwibber - microblogging client for GNOME - [from http://people.debian.org/~kartik/packages/gwibber/ - unmet dependencies on various python-* packages]
Package repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
# erAck: from here on
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates contrib non-free
# Local packages in /var/local/debs ; /dev/null is the overridefile
# cd /var/local && dpkg-scanpackages debs /dev/null | gzip > debs/Packages.gz
deb file:///var/local debs/
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib non-free
# non-US not needed anymore as of etch.
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US sarge/non-US main contrib non-free
# For backporting things.
deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
# Do we really want to mix in testing?
#deb-src ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
# Continously updated packages, see http://volatile.debian.org/
deb http://volatile.debian.net/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
# Upgrade oldstable → stable without backports.
# Add backports
deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/backports.org/ lenny-backports main contrib non-free
# and testing, but not after newstable became stable,
#deb ftp://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# both pinned down in preferences.
# Christian Marillat's acroread, flashplayer, realplayer, mplayer, w32codecs
# dead: deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sarge main
# new: deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sarge main
# For Mirrors see http://www.debian-multimedia.org/debian-m.php
#deb http://debian-multimedia.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/debian-multimedia/ {etch,lenny,sid,experimental} main
#deb-src http://debian-multimedia.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/debian-multimedia/ {etch,lenny,sid,experimental} main
deb http://ftp.uni-kl.de/debian-multimedia/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.uni-kl.de/debian-multimedia/ lenny main
#deb http://mirrors.ecology.uni-kiel.de/debian/debian-multimedia {etch,lenny,sid,experimental} main
#deb http://mirrors.ecology.uni-kiel.de/debian/debian-multimedia lenny main
## From http://www.gregfolkert.net/files/sources.list
## Lotsa Nice add-ons not typically available in the Debian Archive.
## Some things may conflict with some of Christian Marillat's stuff.
#deb http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free restricted
#deb-src http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free restricted
# Java, or any other site mentioned at http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/mirrors.html
# Is now Debian package in Etch (and was also in sarge-backports).
#deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian sarge non-free
# madwifi is now Debian package in Etch.
## MadWifi http://www.marlow.dk/site.php/tech/madwifi
#deb ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi
#deb-src ftp://debian.marlow.dk/ sid madwifi
# Tor, https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorOnDebian
deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor lenny main
# VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lenny non-free
Preferences in /etc/apt/preferences
Note: These were the preferences for Sarge and backports and
testing, since plain Etch I don't have any preferences set.
# erAck: lower priority of all backport packages below "untargeted" (500), but above "now" (100)
Package: *
Pin: release a=sarge-backports
Pin-Priority: 200
# erAck: lower priority of all testing packages below "now" (100)
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 50
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Last modified:
2010-03-11T21:30+0100