PACKAGES.TXT; Sat Jun 22 13:08:33 PDT 2002 This file provides details on the Slackware packages found in the ./contrib/ directory. Total size of all packages (compressed): 54 MB Total size of all packages (uncompressed): 132 MB PACKAGE NAME: afterstep.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 317 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 790 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: afterstep: AfterStep 1.0 (with patches from AfterStepClassic 1.1beta2) afterstep: afterstep: AfterStep is a window manager with quite an interesting history. It afterstep: was originally a continuation of the Bowman window manager (based afterstep: on fvwm), but is now its own project. This is a classic version of afterstep: AfterStep, which offers a single configuration file (.steprc) and afterstep: NEXTSTEP-like widgets. It's a lean, mean, window managing machine. afterstep: afterstep: For the new version of AfterStep, check out afterstep: http://www.afterstep.org afterstep: PACKAGE NAME: amp.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 44 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 120 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: amp: amp 0.7.6 amp: amp: amp is a command line MP3 player. It's written by Tomislav Uzelac amp: and is supported by many frontends available on the Internet. Most amp: of the current MP3 players out there got their start by using amp amp: as a code base. amp: amp: REQUIREMENTS: Well, you'll probably want to have ann MP3 file or amp: two and also sound support in your kernel (/dev/dsp). :) amp: PACKAGE NAME: ax25-apps-0.0.4.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 70 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 180 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ax25-apps-0.0.4: AX.25 applications 0.0.4 ax25-apps-0.0.4: ax25-apps-0.0.4: These are the essential applications for use with AX.25 ax25-apps-0.0.4: packet radio. ax25-apps-0.0.4: Requires libax25 to be installed. PACKAGE NAME: ax25-apps-0.0.4-cfg.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 10 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ax25-apps-0.0.4-cfg: AX.25 application configuration files ax25-apps-0.0.4-cfg: ax25-apps-0.0.4-cfg: These are the configuration files for the AX.25 application ax25-apps-0.0.4-cfg: set. Don't forget to edit these for your station! PACKAGE NAME: ax25-tools-0.0.5.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 187 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 690 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ax25-tools-0.0.5: AX.25 tools version 0.0.5 ax25-tools-0.0.5: ax25-tools-0.0.5: Author: Craig Small VK2XLZ , et al ax25-tools-0.0.5: Needs: glibc2.1, A Modern kernel (2.2.x), libtool, ax25-tools-0.0.5: libax25 0.0.5 or better, zlib. PACKAGE NAME: ax25-tools-0.0.5-cfg.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 20 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ax25-tools-0.0.5-cfg: AX.25 tools configuration files ax25-tools-0.0.5-cfg: ax25-tools-0.0.5-cfg: These are the configuration files for the AX.25 tool set. ax25-tools-0.0.5-cfg: Don't forget to edit these for your station! PACKAGE NAME: bitchx.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 860 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3000 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: bitchx: ircii-pana-75p3 (BitchX) - an advanced Internet Relay Chat client bitchx: bitchx: BitchX is a VERY heavily modified ircII client. It bitchx: includes many things such as built in CDCC (XDCC) offer- bitchx: ing, built in flood protection, etc. It is easier to bitchx: script things in BitchX because unlike plain, vanilla bitchx: ircII, half the script does not have to be devoted to bitchx: changing the appearance of ircII. It also includes many bitchx: other new features, such as port scanning, advanced TCL, a bitchx: CD player, a mail client, screening process, etc. bitchx: PACKAGE NAME: blackbox.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 90 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 250 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: blackbox: blackbox-0.51.3.1 blackbox: blackbox: BlackBox is a lean and clean X11 window manager. blackbox: PACKAGE NAME: cmatrix.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 25 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 90 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: cmatrix: CMatrix 1.0b cmatrix: cmatrix: An ncurses program that displays a vertical scrolling "matrix" cmatrix: of text and numbers. This was made popular by the movie Matrix cmatrix: from 1999. It comes with fonts for console mode as well as cmatrix: running in an xterm (or other X terminal program). cmatrix: cmatrix: Enjoy! It makes for a nice screen saver. :) cmatrix: PACKAGE NAME: cvs-1.10.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 606 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1320 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: cvs-1.10: cvs-1.10. cvs-1.10: cvs-1.10: CVS is a freely available collection of programs that provide for cvs-1.10: software release and revision control functions in a UNIX cvs-1.10: environment. cvs-1.10: PACKAGE NAME: epic.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 315 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 830 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: epic: epic4_pre2.004-19990718 - Internet Relay Chat client epic: epic: The ircII/EPIC program is a character oriented user agent to epic: Internet Relay Chat. It is a fully functional ircII client with epic: many useful extensions. This version works with all modern irc epic: server classes as of early 1999. Program written by Michael epic: Sandrof (ms5n+@andrew.cmu.edu). The copyright holder is Matthew epic: Green (mrg@mame.mu.oz.au). This software is maintained by Jeremy epic: Nelson (jnelson@acronet.net) on behalf of the EPIC project epic: (ircii-epic@concentric.net). epic: PACKAGE NAME: gcc-2.7.2.3.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 792 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 2070 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gcc-2.7.2.3: gcc-2.7.2.3 gcc-2.7.2.3: gcc-2.7.2.3: This is gcc 2.7.2.3, with support for C only. This is useful for gcc-2.7.2.3: building 2.0.x kernels and some system software. PACKAGE NAME: gcc-2.95.1.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 7183 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 19490 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: gcc-2.95.1: gcc-2.95.1 gcc-2.95.1: gcc-2.95.1: This is GNU GCC 2.95.1, compiled to support C, C++, Objective-C, gcc-2.95.1: Fortran-77, Java, and Chill. It is supplied as an alternate gcc-2.95.1: compiler for Slackware. It's not very well tested at this time for gcc-2.95.1: things like compiling the kernel and system software, so if you use gcc-2.95.1: it for such things you are on your own. To make this your default gcc-2.95.1: compiler, just install it with 'installpkg'. If you decide later gcc-2.95.1: to switch back to egcs, just remove this package with 'removepkg' gcc-2.95.1: and then reinstall egcs with 'installpkg'. gcc-2.95.1: PACKAGE NAME: glidesdk.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 2176 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 5500 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: glidesdk: Glide 2.x Software Development Kit glidesdk: glidesdk: The Glide SDK is needed if you plan on developing your own Glide glidesdk: applications, or if you plan on recompiling things that use the glidesdk: Glide libraries (for example, Mesa). This package includes a lot glidesdk: of documentation (in PDF format), source code, and header files. glidesdk: PACKAGE NAME: icewm.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 98 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 370 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: icewm: This is icewm-0.8.9, a window manager for X11. icewm: icewm: The goal of IceWM is to provide a small, fast and familiar window icewm: manager for the X11 window system. Compatibility with the mwm window icewm: manager is desired and will be implemented where appropriate. icewm: icewm: The IceWM is designed to emulate the look of Motif, OS/2 Warp 4, OS/2 icewm: Warp 3 and Windows 95. Others might added in the future. icewm: icewm: It also tries to combine the feel of the above systems whenever it is icewm: compatible. PACKAGE NAME: libax25-0.0.7.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 31 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 140 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libax25-0.0.7: AX.25 libraries version 0.0.7 libax25-0.0.7: libax25-0.0.7: This library set is still really under test but is now release libax25-0.0.7: for general use. You are supposed to use glibc 2.1 (libc6 libax25-0.0.7: unstable libraries) for this package. This code is alpha, use at libax25-0.0.7: your own risk. Authors: Jonathan Naylor, Tomi Manninen, libax25-0.0.7: Jean-Paul ROUBELAT, Alan Cox. PACKAGE NAME: libax25-0.0.7-cfg.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 0 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 10 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: libax25-0.0.7-cfg: AX.25 library configuration files libax25-0.0.7-cfg: libax25-0.0.7-cfg: These configuration files belong to the libax25 package. libax25-0.0.7-cfg: Don't forget to edit these for your station! PACKAGE NAME: mesagl.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 508 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 1580 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: mesagl: Mesa 3.0 with Glide support mesagl: mesagl: This package replaces the mesa.tgz package that comes with mesagl: Slackware. It adds support for using the Glide rasterization mesagl: libraries for OpenGL graphics rendering. Quite useful when mesagl: playing things like Quake. mesagl: PACKAGE NAME: ncurses-4.2.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1544 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 8330 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2 ncurses-4.2: ncurses-4.2: The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of ncurses-4.2: curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, ncurses-4.2: supports pads, color, multiple highlights, forms, characters, ncurses-4.2: and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses ncurses-4.2: enhancements over BSD curses. ncurses-4.2: PACKAGE NAME: node-0.3.0.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 41 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 130 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: node-0.3.0: AX.25 node version 0.3.0 node-0.3.0: node-0.3.0: This is a simple node frontend for Linux kernel AX.25, NETROM, node-0.3.0: ROSE and TCP. Author: Tomi Manninen OH2BNS, PACKAGE NAME: node-0.3.0-cfg.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 4 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: node-0.3.0-cfg: AX.25 node configuration files node-0.3.0-cfg: node-0.3.0-cfg: These are the configuration files for AX.25 node. node-0.3.0-cfg: Don't forget to edit these for your station! PACKAGE NAME: pdksh-2.1.14.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 200 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 460 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-5.2.14 pdksh-2.1.14: pdksh-2.1.14: A freely distributable Korn shell clone. pdksh-2.1.14: PACKAGE NAME: pinfo.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 62 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 180 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: PACKAGE NAME: qcam.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 52 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 170 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: qcam: qcam-0.91j qcam: qcam: qcam is a library and a set of utilities for using the Connectix qcam: Black and White Parallel QuickCam under Linux. It does not support qcam: the color or serial versions of the camera. This version has JPEG qcam: image support so that the images you take can be stored to a JPEG qcam: file. qcam: PACKAGE NAME: rexima.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 8 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: rexima: rexima 1.0 rexima: rexima: rexima is a simple ncurses-based audio mixer. It's designed to rexima: be small, fast, and straightforward. It also offers a command rexima: line mode so you can script mixer settings. rexima: rexima: NOTE: root will need to set the permissions on the appropriate rexima: /dev/mixer* devices to allow users to adjust the sound settings. rexima: PACKAGE NAME: rio.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 21 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 60 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: rio: rio 1.07-modified rio: rio: Command line utility for working a Diamond Rio portable MP3 player. rio: You can format it, send and receive files, and run diagnostics. This rio: version adds a patch to let you specify the track number when you rio: want to delete a file or download a file from the Rio to the computer. rio: rio: (Patch added by Logan Johnson ) rio: PACKAGE NAME: socket.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 40 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: socket: socket 1.1 socket: socket: The program Socket implements access to TCP sockets from shell socket: level. First written for the need to open a server socket and socket: read and write to the socket interactively for testing purposes, socket: it quickly evolved into a generic tool providing the socket socket: interface for shell script and interactive use. socket: PACKAGE NAME: up.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 12 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 40 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: up: up 0.3 up: up: up is intended as a replacement for the uptime command that comes up: with Slackware Linux. It calculates the uptime all the way out to up: decades (or whatever is most applicable to your current uptime), up: instead of just stopping at days. It does not display the number of up: users logged in or load average information. up: PACKAGE NAME: v2-glide.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 276 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 780 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: v2-glide: Voodoo 2 chipset support v2-glide: v2-glide: Contains Glide 2.53-V2 v2-glide: PACKAGE NAME: v3-glide.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 220 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 610 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: v3-glide: Voodoo 3/Banshee chipset support v3-glide: v3-glide: Contains Glide 2.60-V3 v3-glide: PACKAGE NAME: vg-glide.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 246 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 670 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: vg-glide: Voodoo Graphics chipset support vg-glide: vg-glide: Contains Glide 2.46-VG vg-glide: PACKAGE NAME: vr-glide.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 259 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 740 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: vr-glide: Voodoo Rush chipset support vr-glide: vr-glide: Contains Glide 2.46-VR vr-glide: PACKAGE NAME: xemacs.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/xemacs PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 17075 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 36420 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xemacs: xemacs-20.4. xemacs: xemacs: XEmacs is a version of Emacs for the X Window System, compatible with xemacs: and containing many improvements over GNU Emacs, written by Richard xemacs: Stallman of the Free Software Foundation. It was originally based on xemacs: an early release of GNU Emacs Version 19, and has tracked subsequent xemacs: releases of GNU Emacs as they have become available. xemacs: PACKAGE NAME: xemule.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/xemacs PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 21273 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 46750 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xemule: xemacs-20.4-mule. xemule: xemule: XEmacs is a version of Emacs for the X Window System. This version of xemule: XEmacs was compiled with MULE (MULtilingual Enhancement) support. It xemule: can handle not only ASCII characters (7 bits) and ISO Latin-1 (8 bits) xemule: but also Japanese, Chinese, Korean (16 bits) coded in the ISO2022 xemule: standard and its variants (e.g. EUC, Compound Text). For Chinese xemule: there is support for both GB and Big5. In addition, Thai (based on xemule: TIS620), Vietnamese (based on VISCII and VSCII), Arabic, and Ethiopic xemule: are also supported. Some languages require fonts from intlfonts-1.1. xemule: PACKAGE NAME: xfstt.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 68 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 200 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xfstt: xfstt 0.9.99 xfstt: xfstt: xfstt is a TrueType font server for the X Window System. It allows xfstt: applications such as Netscape and the GIMP to take advantage of the xfstt: wide selection of TrueType fonts available. xfstt: xfstt: NOTE: No TrueType fonts are provided. You will need to obtain those xfstt: on your own. xfstt: PACKAGE NAME: xrush.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 1402 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 3410 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xrush: XF86_SVGA X Server with Voodoo Rush support xrush: xrush: This server replaces the standard XF86_SVGA server so you can have xrush: Voodoo Rush support under X. xrush: PACKAGE NAME: xrushlib.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/3dfx PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 4 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 30 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: xrushlib: X Libraries with Voodoo Rush support xrushlib: xrushlib: These libraries are needed in conjunction with the Voodoo Rush xrushlib: enabled X server. xrushlib: PACKAGE NAME: z8530drv-utils-3.0.tgz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./contrib/ham/ax25 PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 34 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 110 K PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: z8530drv-utils-3.0: Utilities for Z8530 based SCC boards by Joerg Reuter DL1BKE. z8530drv-utils-3.0: Needs scc support enabled in the kernel, or have the scc.o z8530drv-utils-3.0: module loaded. z8530drv-utils-3.0: z8530drv-utils-3.0: Edit /etc/ax25/z8530drv.conf to fit your configuration.