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- Extra Slackware packages / user contributed package directory
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-
- These are some extra packages that might be handy. Use 'pkgtool' to install or
- remove these from your system. These can also be installed with 'installpkg'.
-
- Anyone who wants to contribute a package to this directory should send me mail
- at: volkerdi@ftp.cdrom.com. The package must install cleanly, and must include a
- description to be added to this index (in which you can feel free to give
- yourself some credit). As of version 2.0.0, Slackware contains an easy to use
- package creation tool called 'makepkg' that can be used to make the package.
-
- I don't offer any support for these packages. :^)
-
- Some of these long package names may cause unsightly wrap-around in the color
- pkgtool's package removal menu, but it should still work ok.
-
- -- Pat
- ________________________
-
- ALSO SEE THE "package_descriptions" FILES FOR MORE INFORMATION!
-
- emacspeak: Emacspeak is the first full-fledged speech output system that willi
- allow someone who cannot see to work directly on a UNIX system.
- (Until now, the only option available to visually impaired users has
- been to use a talking PC as a terminal.) Emacspeak is built on top
- of Emacs. Once you start emacs with emacspeak loaded, you get spoken
- feedback for everything you do. Your mileage will vary depending on
- how well you can use Emacs. There is nothing that you cannot do
- inside Emacs:-)
-
- seejpeg v1.4.3: seejpeg is Evan Harris's JPEG viewer which utilizes svgalib and
- contains limited GIF, PPM and TARGA viewing support. The most
- useful feature of seejpeg is that it automatically decides on the
- "best" video mode to use based on the image being displayed and the
- video card being used. To aid it, various hints may be given as
- program options. In the worst case, it may be overridden.
-
- sample_users.tgz: If you install this package, 3 sample users will be created
- (gonzo, snake, satan). This package was once part of the AP disk
- series, but too many people installed it without noticing, and it
- was becoming the best known backdoor into Linux boxes all over the
- Internet (!). This package stems from a time before the "adduser"
- utility was put in Slackware, so it really isn't all that helpful
- anymore. You could use "adduser" to create some sample accounts
- nearly as easily.
-
- aps-23.tgz: Andreas Klemm's Apsfilter-2.3. aps-2 is an lineprinter input filter
- for Unix Systems with Berkeley alike printing system (configuration
- using /etc/printcap). Main features are AUTOMATIC FILE TYPE
- RECOGNITION for the filetypes: * ASCII * DATA * POSTSCRIPT * DVI *
-
- samba-1.9.13.tgz: Samba is a Unix based SMB file server. This allows a Unix host
- to act as a file and print server for SMB clients. This includes
- Lan-Manager compatible clients such as LanManager for DOS, Windows
- for Workgroups, Windows NT, OS/2, Pathworks and many more. If you
- have any PCs running SMB clients, such as a PC running Windows for
- Workgroups, then you can mount file space or printers from a Linux
- host, so that directories, files and printers on the Linux host
- are available on the PC.
-
- f2c: A Fortran-77 to C translator, complete with an "f77" script to
- hide the translation details from the user.
-
- auis63L4-*.tgz: Packages from the Andrew User Interface System, put together
- for Linux by Terry Gliedt.
-
- xgrabsc.tgz: A screen grabber for X.
-
- nvi.tgz: Version 1.34 of nex/nvi, a freely redistributable replacement for the
- Berkeley ex and vi text editors.
-
- noweb.tgz: A literate-programming tool like FunnelWEB or nuweb, only simpler.
-
- smail/: Smail 3.1.29. Smail is a mail-handling system. Some find it easier to
- maintain and configure than BSD sendmail, especially for use with UUCP.
-
- pdksh.tgz: A Korn shell look-alike, version 5.2.3.
-
- perl4.tgz: Perl version 4.036.
-
- slirp-1.0c.tar.gz: Source for a program to emulate SLIP/CSLIP from a Unix(R)
- shell account on the Internet.
-
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