PACKAGES.TXT; Thu May 31 23:05:50 PDT 2001 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./contrib/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 59 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 183 MB PACKAGE NAME: afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1775 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 6650 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: AfterStep-1.8.8 afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: AfterStep is a window manager with quite an interesting history. It afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: was originally a continuation of the Bowman window manager (based afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: on fvwm), but is now its own project. This is a classic version of afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: AfterStep, which offers a single configuration file (.steprc) and afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: NEXTSTEP-like widgets. It's a lean, mean, window managing machine. afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: The AfterStep homepage is http://www.afterstep.org/ afterstep-1.8.8-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: aumix-2.7-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 68 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 210 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7 aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix is an audio mixer. It has an X (GTK+) and console (ncurses) aumix-2.7-sparc-1: interface. A non-interactive command line mode is also supported. aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: aumix-2.7-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 215 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 620 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: blackbox-0.61.1 blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: BlackBox is a lean and clean X11 window manager. Also included in blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: this package is the bbkeys utility for controlling keyboard blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: shortcut commands from within Blackbox. blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: The Blackbox home page is http://blackbox.alug.org/ blackbox-0.61.1-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1117 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3070 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: ckermit 7.0.197 ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: C-Kermit is a combined serial and network communication software ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: package offering a consistent, medium-independent, cross-platform ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: approach to connection establishment, terminal sessions, file ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: transfer, character-set translation, numeric and alphanumeric ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: paging, and automation of communication tasks. ckermit-7.0.197-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 28 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 90 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: CMatrix 1.1b cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: An ncurses program that displays a vertical scrolling "matrix" cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: of text and numbers. This was made popular by the movie Matrix cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: from 1999. It comes with fonts for console mode as well as cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: running in an xterm (or other X terminal program). cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: Enjoy! It makes for a nice screen saver. :) cmatrix-1.1b-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: figlet-2.2-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 144 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 780 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: figlet-2.2-sparc-1: figlet-2.2 figlet-2.2-sparc-1: figlet-2.2-sparc-1: Figlet is a program that makes large ASCII letters out of ordinary figlet-2.2-sparc-1: text. figlet-2.2-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 907 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2520 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1: gcc-2.7.2.3 gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1: gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1: This is gcc 2.7.2.3, with support for C only. This is useful for gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1: building 2.0.x kernels and some system software. gcc-2.7.2.3-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/gcc-java-chill PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 943 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2330 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: GNU Java compiler from the gcc-2.95.3 release. gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: This package contains the GNU Java compiler from the gcc release. gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: To use this compiler, you'll also need to install the gcc.tgz C/C++ gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: compiler package, binutils.tgz, gmake.tgz, glibc.tgz, and gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: linuxinc.tgz. gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: Additional components such as libgcj are also required. gcc_java-2.95.3-sparc-2: PACKAGE NAME: gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/gcc-java-chill PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 919 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2360 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: GNU Chill compiler from the gcc-2.95.3 release. gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: This package contains the GNU Chill compiler from the gcc release. gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: Chill is the "CCITT High-Level Language", a language in the Modula2 gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: family, targeting many of the same applications as Ada (especially gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: large embedded systems). To use this compiler, you'll also need to gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: install the gcc.tgz C/C++ compiler package, binutils.tgz, gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: gmake.tgz, glibc.tgz, and linuxinc.tgz. gccchill-2.95.3-sparc-2: PACKAGE NAME: icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 236 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 920 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: icewm-1.0.6 icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: The goal of IceWM is to provide a small, fast and familiar window icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: manager for the X11 window system. Compatibility with the mwm window icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: manager is desired and will be implemented where appropriate. icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: The IceWM is designed to emulate the look of Motif, OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: Warp 3 and Windows 95. Others might added in the future. icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: It also tries to combine the feel of the above systems whenever it is icewm-1.0.6-sparc-1: compatible. PACKAGE NAME: jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/java PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 10082 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 22620 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: Java(TM) 2 SDK, Runtime Environment, Version 1.2.2rc4 jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: This is the Blackdown port of Sun's Java 2 SDK to the jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: SPARC Linux platform. Included with this package are jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: the necessary binaries and shared libraries needed to jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: execute Java programs. The JDK is available for jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: download from http://www.blackdown.org/. jre-1.2.2rc4-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1393 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 4900 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: SDL-1.1.8 libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: This is the Simple DirectMedia Layer, a generic API that provides low libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: OpenGL, and 2D framebuffer across multiple platforms. libsdl-1.1.8-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: ncurses-4.2-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1649 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 8820 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: ncurses-4.2 ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: supports pads, color, multiple highlights, forms, characters, ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: enhancements over BSD curses. ncurses-4.2-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/openmotif2.1.30 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7832 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 15670 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: OpenMotif 2.1.30 openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: The OpenMotif 2.1.30 toolkit and motif clients, such as the Motif openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: Window Manager. openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: OpenMotif is only free on free operating systems such as Linux, openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: BSD, and GNU HURD. Please see the LICENSE in this directory. openmotif-2.1.30-sparc-2: PACKAGE NAME: parted-1.4.9-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 397 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1530 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: GNU Parted 1.4.9 parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: GNU Parted is a program for creating, destroying, resizing, checking parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: and copying partitions, and the filesystems on them. This is useful parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: for creating space for new operating systems, reorganising disk parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: usage, copying data between hard disks, and disk imaging. parted-1.4.9-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: pdksh-5.2.14-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 210 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 500 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pdksh-5.2.14-sparc-1: pdksh-5.2.14 pdksh-5.2.14-sparc-1: pdksh-5.2.14-sparc-1: A freely distributable Korn shell clone. pdksh-5.2.14-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: pinfo-0.6.0-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 70 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 180 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pinfo-0.6.0-sparc-1: pinfo-0.6.0 pinfo-0.6.0-sparc-1: pinfo-0.6.0-sparc-1: pinfo is a GNU info file viewer that works similar to Lynx. pinfo-0.6.0-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: protopkg-2.0-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 19 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 80 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: protopkg is a packaging tool for Slackware Linux which automates to a large protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: degree the making of Slackware packages. protopkg compiles and installs protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: software according to instructions written in a prototype file, tracks the protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: installation, and then automagically creates Slackware packages. protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: protopkg is not a magic bullet. You will still need to be very careful in protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: constructing packages. This just takes some of the work off your hands. protopkg-2.0-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2652 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 10030 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: sgmltools-2.0.2 sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: This is SGML tools 2.0.2 with the following changes: sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: - Upgraded from DocBook 3.0 to DocBook 4.0. sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: - Added in the DTD and stylesheets for the GNOME Documentation Project. sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: These are needed to build much of the documentation in the GTK series. sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: - Added collateindex.pl and db2html, which have both proven quite useful. sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: - Took the liberty of modifying /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf with a few sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: magic numbers. This is needed to allow TeX to compile rather large source sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: files. Otherwise, it just dies. sgmltools-2.0.2-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: socket-1.1-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 40 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: socket-1.1-sparc-1: socket 1.1 socket-1.1-sparc-1: socket-1.1-sparc-1: The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell socket-1.1-sparc-1: level. First written for the need to open a server socket and socket-1.1-sparc-1: read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes, socket-1.1-sparc-1: it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket socket-1.1-sparc-1: interface for shell script and interactive use. socket-1.1-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: up-0.3-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 40 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: up-0.3-sparc-1: up 0.3 up-0.3-sparc-1: up-0.3-sparc-1: up is intended as a replacement for the uptime command that comes up-0.3-sparc-1: with Slackware Linux. It calculates the uptime all the way out to up-0.3-sparc-1: decades (or whatever is most applicable to your current uptime), up-0.3-sparc-1: instead of just stopping at days. It does not display the number of up-0.3-sparc-1: users logged in or load average information. up-0.3-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 375 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 970 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1: w3m-0.2.1 w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1: w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1: 3m is a pager with WWW capability. It IS a pager, but it can be w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1: used as a text-mode WWW browser. w3m-0.2.1-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/xemacs PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 29397 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 102870 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: xemacs-21.1.14 xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: XEmacs is a version of Emacs for the X Window System. This version of xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: XEmacs was compiled with MULE (MULtilingual Enhancement) support. It xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: can handle not only ASCII characters (7 bits) and ISO Latin-1 (8 bits) xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: but also Japanese, Chinese, Korean (16 bits) coded in the ISO2022 xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: standard and its variants (e.g. EUC, Compound Text). For Chinese xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: there is support for both GB and Big5. In addition, Thai (based on xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: TIS620), Vietnamese (based on VISCII and VSCII), Arabic, and Ethiopic xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: are also supported. Some languages require fonts from intlfonts-1.2. xemacs-21.1.14-sparc-1: PACKAGE NAME: xfstt-1.1-sparc-1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 65 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 220 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: xfstt 1.1 xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: xfstt is a TrueType font server for the X Window System. It allows xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: applications such as Netscape and the GIMP to take advantage of the xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: wide selection of TrueType fonts available. xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: NOTE: No TrueType fonts are provided. You will need to obtain those xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: on your own. xfstt-1.1-sparc-1: