CONTENTS: autoconf automake bin86 binutils bison byacc cvs egcs flex gcc gcc_g77 gcc_objc gcl gdb gdbm gettext glibc glocale gmake jpeg6 libgr libpng libtiff libtool linuxinc m4 ncurses p2c perl pmake python rcs readline slang strace svgalib termcap zlib       
autoconf: GNU autoconf 2.50
autoconf:
autoconf: Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
autoconf: scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
autoconf: These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like
autoconf: systems without manual user intervention.  Autoconf creates a
autoconf: configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the
autoconf: operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
autoconf: macro calls.
autoconf: You must install the "m4" package to be able to use autoconf.
autoconf:
automake: GNU automake 1.4-p4
automake:
automake: This is Automake, a Makefile generator.  It was inspired by the 4.4BSD
automake: make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the
automake: GNU standards for Makefile variables and targets.
automake: Automake is a Perl script.  The input files are called Makefile.am.
automake: The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use
automake: with Autoconf.  Automake requires certain things to be done in your
automake: configure.in.
automake: You must install the "m4" and "perl" packages to be able to use
automake: automake.
bin86:    bin86-0.15.5
bin86:
bin86:    This is a complete 8086 assembler and loader which can make 32-bit
bin86:    code for the 386+ processors (under linux it's used only to create
bin86:    the 16-bit bootsector and setup binaries).
bin86:
bin86:    The bin86 package is needed to compile the kernel.
bin86:
bin86:
bin86:
bin86:
binutils: GNU binutils-2.11.90.0.19
binutils:
binutils: Includes these development tools:
binutils:  
binutils: addr2line ar as gasp gprof ld nm objcopy objdump ranlib readelf
binutils: size strings-GNU strip
binutils:
binutils: These utilities are REQUIRED to compile C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran,
binutils: and many other programming languages.
binutils:
binutils:
bison:    GNU bison-1.28
bison:
bison:    Bison is a parser generator in the style of yacc(1).  It should be
bison:    upwardly compatible with input files designed for yacc.
bison:
bison:
bison:
bison:
bison:
bison:
bison:
byacc:    Berkeley Yacc
byacc:
byacc:    Berkeley Yacc is an LALR(1) parser generator.  Berkeley Yacc
byacc:    has been made as compatible as possible with AT&T Yacc.  Berkeley
byacc:    Yacc can accept any input specification that conforms to the AT&T
byacc:    Yacc documentation.  Specifications that take advantage of 
byacc:    undocumented features of AT&T Yacc will probably be rejected.
byacc:    If you skip this package and install GNU bison, a /usr/bin/yacc
byacc:    shell script will be created which will allow you to use bison
byacc:    instead. (It contains 'bison -y $*')
byacc:    
cvs:      cvs-1.11.1p1 - Concurrent Versions System
cvs:
cvs:      CVS is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions
cvs:      of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why
cvs:      changes occurred, etc., like RCS or SCCS.  It handles multiple
cvs:      developers, multiple directories, triggers to enable/log/control
cvs:      various operations, and can work over a wide area network.
cvs:
cvs:      Some of the people who have worked on CVS include:  Dick Grune,
cvs:      Brian Berliner, Jeff Polk, and others too numerous to mention.
cvs:
flex:     flex - fast lexical analyzer generator version 2.5.4a
flex:
flex:     flex is a tool for generating scanners:  programs which recognize
flex:     lexical patterns in text.  
flex:
flex:
flex:
flex:
flex:
flex:
flex:
egcs:     The egcs-1.1.2 C compiler.
egcs:
egcs:     This package contains only the C compiler from egcs-1.1.2.  The
egcs:     recommended compiler for the kernel is egcs 1.1.2 (gcc 2.91.66), and
egcs:     it should be used when you need absolute stability. You may use gcc
egcs:     instead if you wish, although it may cause problems.  (Quoted from the
egcs:     2.4 kernel source documentation)  To use this, you'll also need to
egcs:     have gcc installed (for cpp).  Do not use this compiler for non-kernel
egcs:     source code;  it no longer works well with glibc's header files.
egcs:
egcs:
gcc:      The GNU C and C++ compilers (gcc-2.95.3).
gcc:
gcc:      This package contains the GNU C and C++ compilers and libstdc++ from
gcc:      gcc-2.95.3.  To compile, you'll also need (at least) these packages:
gcc:      binutils.tgz, gmake.tgz, glibc.tgz, and linuxinc.tgz.
gcc:
gcc:
gcc:
gcc:
gcc:
gcc:
gcc_g77:  GNU Fortran-77 compiler from the gcc-2.95.3 release.
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:  This package contains the GNU Fortran-77 compiler from gcc.  To use
gcc_g77:  this compiler, you'll also need to install the gcc.tgz C/C++ compiler
gcc_g77:  package, binutils.tgz, gmake.tgz, glibc.tgz, and linuxinc.tgz.
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:
gcc_g77:
gcc_objc: GNU Objective-C compiler from the gcc-2.95.3 release.
gcc_objc:
gcc_objc: This package contains the GNU Objective-C compiler from the gcc 
gcc_objc: release.  To use this compiler, you'll also need to install the
gcc_objc: gcc.tgz C/C++ compiler package, binutils.tgz, gmake.tgz, glibc.tgz,
gcc_objc: and linuxinc.tgz.
gcc_objc:
gcc_objc:
gcc_objc:
gcc_objc:
gcc_objc:
gcl:      GNU Common LISP 2.4.0
gcl:
gcl:      The GNU Common LISP system.  The GCL system contains C and Lisp source
gcl:      files to build a Common Lisp system.  The original KCL system was
gcl:      written by Taiichi Yuasa and Masami Hagiya in 1984.  The AKCL system
gcl:      work was begun in 1987 by William Schelter and continued through 1994.
gcl:      In 1994 AKCL was released as GCL (GNU Common Lisp) under the GNU
gcl:      Public Library License.  
gcl:
gcl:      A number of people have contributed ports and pieces.
gcl:
gdb:      The GNU debugger. (v. 5.0)
gdb:
gdb:      You can use GDB to debug programs written in C, C++, and Modula-2. 
gdb:      GDB now includes support for GNU Fortran 77.
gdb:
gdb:
gdb:
gdb:
gdb:
gdb:
gdb:
gdbm:     GNU gdbm-1.8.0
gdbm:
gdbm:     GNU dbm is a set of database routines that work similar to the
gdbm:     standard UNIX dbm routines.  (but better :)
gdbm:
gdbm:
gdbm:
gdbm:
gdbm:
gdbm:
gdbm:
gettext:  GNU gettext-0.10.38
gettext:
gettext:  The GNU gettext package is useful for authors and maintainers of
gettext:  internationalized software, or for anyone compiling programs that
gettext:  use it.  GNU gettext provides the needed tools and library functions
gettext:  for the handling of messages in different languages.  Some other GNU
gettext:  packages use the gettext program (included in this package) to
gettext:  internationalize the messages given by shell scripts.
gettext:
gettext:
gettext:
glibc:    GNU glibc-2.2.3
glibc:
glibc:    This package contains the GNU C libraries and header files.  The GNU
glibc:    C library was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is currently
glibc:    maintained by Ulrich Drepper.  Some parts of the library were
glibc:    contributed or worked on by other people.  The BSD database libraries,
glibc:    no longer officially part of glibc, have been added back by Slackware.
glibc:
glibc:    You'll need this package to compile programs.
glibc:
glibc:
glocale:  locale files from glibc-2.2.3
glocale:
glocale:  These files go in /usr/lib/locale to provide internationalization
glocale:  support.  You'll need this unless you will be using US English only.
glocale:
glocale:
glocale:
glocale:
glocale:
glocale:
glocale:
gmake:    GNU make-3.79.1
gmake:
gmake:    This is the GNU implementation of make, which was written by Richard
gmake:    Stallman and Roland McGrath.  The purpose of the make utility is to
gmake:    determine automatically which pieces of a large program need to be 
gmake:    recompiled, and issue the commands to recompile them.  
gmake:
gmake:    This is needed to compile just about any major C program, including
gmake:    the Linux kernel.
gmake:
gmake:
jpeg6:    Independent JPEG Group's JPEG software version 6b
jpeg6:
jpeg6:    Software to implement JPEG image compression and decompression.  JPEG
jpeg6:    (pronounced 'jay-peg') is a standardized compression method for
jpeg6:    full-color and gray-scale images.  JPEG is intended for compressing
jpeg6:    'real-world' scenes; cartoons and other non-realistic images are not
jpeg6:    its strong suit.  JPEG is lossy, however, on typical images of
jpeg6:    real-world scenes, very good compression levels can be obtained with
jpeg6:    no visible change, and amazingly high compression levels are possible
jpeg6:    if you can tolerate a low-quality image.
jpeg6:
libgr:    libgr-2.0.13
libgr:
libgr:    Shared and static graphics-related ELF libraries and header files.
libgr:
libgr:    Includes several graphic libraries (libpbm, libpgm, libppm, libpnm,
libgr:    libfbm, librle), and a collection of graphics utilities.
libgr:
libgr:
libgr:
libgr:
libgr:
libpng:   libpng-1.0.11
libpng:
libpng:   PNG (Portable Network Graphics) is an extensible file format for the
libpng:   lossless, portable, well-compressed storage of raster images.  PNG
libpng:   provides a patent-free replacement for GIF and can also replace many
libpng:   common uses of TIFF.  Indexed-color, grayscale, and truecolor images
libpng:   are supported, plus an optional alpha channel.  Sample depths range
libpng:   from 1 to 16 bits.
libpng:
libpng:
libpng:
libtiff:  libtiff-3.5.5
libtiff:
libtiff:  This library provides support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF),
libtiff:  a widely used format for storing image data.  A small assortment of
libtiff:  TIFF-related software for UNIX is also included.
libtiff:
libtiff:
libtiff:
libtiff:
libtiff:
libtiff:
libtool:  GNU libtool 1.4
libtool:
libtool:  This is GNU Libtool, a generic library support script. Libtool hides
libtool:  the complexity of using shared libraries behind a consistent, portable
libtool:  interface.  To use libtool, add the new generic library building
libtool:  commands to your Makefile, Makefile.in, or Makefile.am.  See the
libtool:  documentation for details.
libtool:
libtool:  You must install the "m4" package to be able to use libtool.
libtool:
libtool:
linuxinc: Linux 2.2.19 kernel include files
linuxinc:
linuxinc: These are the include files from the 2.2.19 Linux kernel.  You'll 
linuxinc: need these to compile most system software for Linux.
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
linuxinc:
m4:       GNU m4 1.4
m4:
m4:       This is release 1.4 of GNU m4, a program which copies its input to the
m4:       output, expanding macros as it goes.  m4 has built-in functions for
m4:       including named files, running Unix commands, doing integer 
m4:       arithmetic, manipulating text in various ways, recursion, etc...  
m4:       Macros can also be user-defined, and can take any number of arguments.
m4:       GNU 'm4' has been originally written by Rene Seindal, from Denmark.
m4:
m4:
m4:
ncurses:  ncurses-5.2
ncurses:
ncurses:  The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation of
ncurses:  curses in System V Release 4.0, and more.  It uses terminfo format,
ncurses:  supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms characters
ncurses:  and function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses
ncurses:  enhancements over BSD curses.
ncurses:
ncurses:
ncurses:
ncurses:
p2c:      p2c-1.21alpha2
p2c:
p2c:      P2c is a tool for translating Pascal programs into C.  The input
p2c:      consists of a set of source files in any of the following Pascal
p2c:      dialects:  HP Pascal, Turbo/UCSD Pascal, DEC VAX Pascal, Oregon
p2c:      Software Pascal/2, Macintosh Programmer's Workshop Pascal,
p2c:      Sun/Berkeley Pascal, Texas Instruments Pascal, Apollo Domain Pascal.
p2c:      Modula-2 syntax is also supported.  Output is a set of .c and .h
p2c:      files that comprise an equivalent program in any of several dialects
p2c:      of C.
p2c:
perl:     perl-5.6.1
perl:
perl:     Larry Wall's "Practical Extraction and Report Language".  Perl is a
perl:     language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting
perl:     information from those text files, and printing reports based on that
perl:     information.  It's also a good language for many system management
perl:     tasks.  The language is intended to be practical (easy to use,
perl:     efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny, elegant, minimal).
perl:     This package includes these additional modules:  DBI, Data-ShowTable,
perl:     Getopt-Mixed, TermReadKey, MD5, and libnet.
perl:
pmake:    pmake-2.1.34
pmake:
pmake:    This is release 2.1 of PMake -- a parallel Make program originally
pmake:    written for the Sprite operating system, ported from BSD UNIX.  This
pmake:    may be useful if you're going to port software with Makefiles designed
pmake:    for BSD.  The binary is installed as /usr/bin/pmake.
pmake:
pmake:    PMake was written by Adam de Boor and Andreas Stolcke.
pmake:
pmake:
pmake:
python:   python-2.0.1
python:
python:   Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
python:   language that combines remarkable power with very clear syntax.  
python:   Python's basic power can be extended with your own modules written in
python:   C or C++.  Python is also adaptable as an extension language for
python:   existing applications. 
python:
python:
python:
python:
rcs:      GNU revision control system.  (v. 5.7)
rcs:
rcs:      RCS, the Revision Control System, manages multiple revisions of files.
rcs:
rcs:      RCS can store, retrieve, log, identify, and merge revisions.  It is
rcs:      useful for files that are revised frequently, e.g. programs,
rcs:      documentation, graphics, and papers.
rcs:
rcs:
rcs:
rcs:
readline: GNU readline-4.1
readline:
readline: The Readline library provides a set of functions for use by
readline: applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed
readline: in.  Both Emacs and vi editing modes are available.  The Readline
readline: library includes additional functions to maintain a list of previously
readline: entered command lines, to recall and perhaps edit those lines, and
readline: perform csh-like history expansion on previous commands.  
readline:
readline:
readline:
slang:    slang-1.4.3
slang:
slang:    S-Lang is an interpreted language that was designed from the start
slang:    to be easily embedded into a program to provide it with a powerful
slang:    extension language.  S-Lang is also a programmer's library that
slang:    permits a programmer to develop sophisticated platform-independent
slang:    software.  In addition to providing the S-Lang extension language,
slang:    the library provides facilities for screen management, keymaps,
slang:    low-level terminal I/O, etc.
slang:
slang:
strace:   strace-4.2 - traces system calls and signals.
strace:
strace:   Strace allows you to trace the execution of a command.  It runs the
strace:   specified command until it exits, intercepting signals and system
strace:   calls and dumping the information to the standard output.
strace:
strace:
strace:
strace:
strace:
strace:
svgalib:  Svgalib Super-VGA Graphics Library 1.4.3
svgalib: 
svgalib:  A video hardware graphics library, based on VGAlib 1.2.  Supports most
svgalib:  video graphics adaptors, at least in VGA modes.  Contains additional
svgalib:  support for higher resolution modes with cards based on ALI2301, ARK
svgalib:  Logic ARK1000PV/2000PV, ATI SVGA, ATI Mach32, ATI Mach64, Chips and
svgalib:  Technologies, Cirrus Logic GD542x/3x, Genoa GVGA6400, Hercules
svgalib:  Stingray 64/Video, Oak Technologies OTI-037/67/77/87, S3, Trident TVGA
svgalib:  8900C/9000/9440, Tseng ET4000/ET4000W32, and some other chipsets.
svgalib: 
svgalib: 
termcap:  termcap-2.0.8
termcap:
termcap:  This is the GNU termcap library -- a library of C functions that
termcap:  enable programs to send control strings to terminals in a way
termcap:  independent of the terminal type.  Most of this package is also
termcap:  distributed with GNU Emacs, but it is available in this separate
termcap:  distribution to make it easier to install as -ltermcap.
termcap:
termcap:
termcap:
termcap:
zlib:     zlib-1.1.3
zlib:
zlib:     zlib 1.1.3 is a general purpose thread safe data compression library.
zlib:     The data format used by the zlib library is described by RFCs 1950 to
zlib:     1952 in the files ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1950.txt (zlib format)
zlib:     rfc1951.txt (deflate format) and rfc1952.txt (gzip format).
zlib:
zlib:
zlib:
zlib:
zlib:
