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howto-japanese-html
This package contains the Linux HOWTO documents in HTML format, so
they can be viewed with a web browser. Linux HOWTOs are detailed
documents which describe a specific aspect of configuring or using Linux.
Install the howto-html package if you’d like to view the Linux HOWTOs with
your web browser off your own machine, or if you’d like to provide the HTML
HOWTOsfromyour web server. Please note that not all of the HOWTOshave
been translated. If you need to have a complete set of HOWTOs, you’ll need
to install the English version (the howto package).
howto-japanese-sgml
The howto-sgml package contains the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML
format. The SGML format documents are the ``source’’ files. Other file
formats (text, PostScript(TM), DVI, HTML) are translated from the SGML
documents. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a
specific aspect of configuring or using Linux. Install the howto-sgml package
if you’d like to use the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML format. Please
note that not all of the HOWTOs have been translated. If you need to have a
complete set ofHOWTOs, you’ll need to install the English version (the howto
package).
howto-sgml
The howto-sgml package contains the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML
format. The SGML format documents are the ``source’’ files. Other file
formats (text, PostScript(TM), DVI, HTML) are translated from the SGML
documents. Linux HOWTOs are detailed documents which describe a
specific aspect of configuring or using Linux. Install the howto-sgml package
if you’d like to use the Linux HOWTO documents in SGML format.
icecast
Icecast is an Internet based broadcasting system based on the Mpeg Layer
III streaming technology.It wasoriginally inspired byNullsoft’s Shoutcastand
also mp3serv by Scott Manley. The icecast project was started for several
reasons: a) all broadcasting systems were pretty much closed source,
non-free software implementations, b) Shoutcast doesn’t allow you to run
your own directory servers, or support them, and c) we thought it would be a
lot of fun.
ImageMagick
ImageMagick(TM) is an image display and manipulation tool for the X
Window System. ImageMagick can read and write JPEG, TIFF, PNM, GIF
and Photo CD image formats. It can resize, rotate, sharpen, color reduce or
add special effects to an image, and when finished you can either save the
completed work in the original format or a different one. ImageMagick also
includes command line programs for creating animated or transparent .gifs,
creating composite images, creating thumbnail images, and more.
ImageMagick isone ofyourchoices if you need a programto manipulate and
display images. If you’d also like to develop your own applications which use
ImageMagick code or APIs, you’ll need to install ImageMagick-devel as well.
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ImageMagick-devel
Image-Magick-devel contains the static libraries and header files you’ll need
to develop ImageMagick applications. ImageMagick is an image
manipulation program. If you want to create applications that will use
ImageMagick code or APIs, you’ll need to install ImageMagick-devel as well
as ImageMagick. You don’t need to install it if you just want to use
ImageMagick, however.
imap
The imap package provides server daemons for both the IMAP (Internet
Message Access Protocol) and POP (Post Office Protocol) mail access
protocols. The POP protocol uses a “post office” machine to collect mail for
users and allows users to download their mail to their local machine for
reading. The IMAP protocol allows a user to read mail on a remote machine
without downloading it to their local machine. Install the imap package if you
need a server to support the IMAP or the POP mail access protocols.
imap-devel
The imap-devel package contains the header files and static libraries for
developing programs which will use the IMAP (Internet Message Access
Protocol) library.
imlib
Imlib is a display depth-independent image loading and rendering library.
Imlib is designed to simplify and speed up the process of loading imagesand
obtaining X Window System drawables. Imlib provides many simple
manipulation routines which can be used forcommon operations. Install imlib
if you need an image loading and rendering library for X11R6. You may also
want to install the imlib-cfgeditor package, which will help you configure Imlib.
imlib-cfgeditor
The imlib-cfgeditor package contains the imlib_config program, which you
can use to configure the Imlib image loading and rendering library.
imlib_config can be used to control how Imlib uses colorand handles gamma
corrections, etc. If you’re installing the imlib package, you should also install
imlib_cfgeditor.
imlib-devel
The header files, static libraries and documentation needed for developing
Imlib applications. Imlib is an image loading and rendering library for X11R6.
Install the imlib-devel package if you want to develop Imlib applications. You’ll
also need to install the imlib and imlib_cfgeditor packages.
indexhtml
The indexhtml package containsthe HTML page and graphics for a welcome
page shown by your Web browser, which you’ll see after you’ve successfully
installed TurboLinux.
inetd
The netkit-base package contains the basic networking tool inetd inetd. Inetd
listens on certain Internet sockets for connection requests, decides what
program should receive each request, and starts up that program. xinetd is
the replacement for inetd,and offers a quicker, more secure super server.inet
is being provided here for only backwards compatibility for 3rd part products
that don’t ship with xinetd configurations.
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inews
The inews program is used by some news programs (for example, inn and
trn)to post Usenetnewsarticlesto local newsservers.Inews readsan article
from a file or standard input, adds headers, performs some consistency
checks and then sends the article to the local news server specified in the
inn.conf file. Install inewsif you need a program for posting Usenet articlesto
local news servers.
info
The GNU project uses the texinfo file format for much of its documentation.
The info package provides a standalone TTY-based browser program for
viewing texinfo files. You should install info, because GNU’s texinfo
documentation is a valuable source of information about the softwareon your
system.
initscripts
This package contains the scripts use to boot a system, change run levels,
and shut the system down cleanly. It also contains the scripts that activate
and deactivate most network interfaces.
inn
INN (InterNetNews) is a complete system for serving Usenet news and/or
private newsfeeds. INN includes innd, an NNTP (NetNews Transport
Protocol) server, and nnrpd, a newsreader that is spawned for each client.
Both innd and nnrpd varyslightlyfrom the NNTPprotocol, but not in ways that
are easily noticed. Install the inn package if you need a complete system for
serving and reading Usenet news. You may also need to install inn-devel, if
you are going to use a separate program which interfaces to INN, like
newsgate or tin.
inn-devel
The inn-devel package contains the INN (InterNetNews) library, which
several programs that interface with INN need in order to work (for example,
newsgate and tin). If you are installing a program which must interface with
the INN news system, you should install inn-devel.
ip-tools
This is a small collection of tools for converting ip-addresses to host names
and vice versa, especially useful in ip-up and ip-down scripts.
ipchains
Linux ipchains is a rewrite of the Linux IPv4 firewalling code (which was
mainly stolen from BSD) and a rewrite of ipfwadm, which was a rewrite of
BSD’s ipfw, I believe. It is required to administer the IP packet filters in Linux
kernel versions 2.1.102 and above.
iplog
iplog is a TCP/IP traffic logger. Currently, it is capable of logging TCP, UDP
and ICMPtrafficto syslog. Majorfeatures include a packet filterand detection
of scans and attacks. Caution: iplog maysignificantly affect performance on
aserver under heavy load.
iputils
arping, clockdiff, ping, tracepath, rdisc.
iputils-ipv6
ping6, tracepath6, traceroute6.
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irquery
Register your dynamic IP address (as obtained via DHCP, PPP or other
means) with a static domain name through Webworks’ free dynamic DNS
service in the ddns.org domain. This allows people to refer to your computer
with an unchanging name even though your IP address can change. Also
includes a program to find people’s dynamic IP addresses based on their
e-mail addresses. Added Mail Forwarding, and HTTP Redirection.
ispell
Ispell is the GNU interactive spelling checker. Ispell will check a text file for
spelling and typographical errors. When it finds a word that is not in the
dictionary, itwill suggestcorrectlyspelled words forthe misspelled word. You
should install ispell if you need a program for spell checking (and who
doesn’t...).
itcl
[incr Tcl] is an object-oriented extension of the Tcl language. It was created
to support more structured programming in Tcl. Tcl scripts that grow beyond
afew thousand lines become extremely difficult to maintain. This is because
the building blocks of vanilla Tcl are procedures and global variables, and all
of these building blocks must reside in a single global namespace. There is
no support for protection or encapsulation. [incr Tcl] introduces the notion of
objects. Each object is a bag of data with a set of procedures or “methods”
that are used to manipulate it. Objects are organized into “classes” with
identical characteristics, and classes can inherit functionality from one
another. This object-oriented paradigm adds another level of organization on
top of the basic variable/procedure elements, and the resulting code is easier
to understand and maintain.
jed
Jed is a fast, compact editor based on the slang screen library. Jed features
include emulation of the Emacs,EDT, WordStar and Brief editors; support for
extensive customization with slang macros, colors, keybindings, etc.; and a
varietyof programming modeswith syntaxhighlighting. You should install jed
if you’ve used it before and you like it, or if you haven’t used any text editors
before and you’re still deciding what you’d like to use. You’ll also need to have
slang installed.
jed-common
The jed-common package containsfiles(such as .sl files) that are needed by
any jed binary in order to run.
jed-xjed
Xjed is a version of the Jed text editor that will work with the X Window
System. You should install xjed if you like Jed and you’d like to use it with X.
You’ll also need to have the X Window System installed.
kbd
This package contains utilities to load console fonts and keyboard maps. It
also includes a number of different fonts and keyboard maps.
kernel
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (image), the core of your Linux
operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating
system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.
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kernel-doc
This package contains documentation files form the kernel source. Various
bits of information about the Linux kernel and the device driversshipped with
it are documented in these files. You’ll want to install this package if you need
areference to the options that can be passed to Linux kernel modulesat load
time.
kernel-headers
Kernel-headers includes the C header files for the Linux kernel. The header
files define structures and constants that are needed for building most
standard programs and are also needed for rebuilding the kernel.
kernel-ramdisk
This package contains the kernels used to boot from the ramdisk on S/390
machines. For this kernel, the dasd driver is modularized.
kernel-source
The kernel-source package contains the source code files for the Linux
kernel. These source files are needed to build most C programs, since they
depend on the constants defined in the source code. The source files can
also be used to build a custom kernel that is better tuned to your particular
hardware, if you are so inclined (and you know what you’re doing).
kernel-utils
The kernel-utils package contains ksymoops, a utility that can be used for
decrypting the kernel’s OOPS output.
knfsd
The knfsd package provides the kernel NFS server and related tools, which
provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS
server used by most users.
knfsd-clients
The knfsd-clients package contains the showmount program. Showmount
queries the mount daemon on a remote host for information about the NFS
(Network File System) server on the remote host. For example, showmount
can display the clients which are mounted on that host. This package is not
needed to mount NFS volumes. Install knfsd-clients if you’d like to use the
showmount tool for querying NFS servers.
konfont
This package contains fonts for KON.
kterm
Kterm is a multi-lingual terminal emulator based on xterm(1). The major
differencesofktermfromxterm is that itcan handle multi-lingual text encoded
in ISO2022,can display colored text, and hasthe statusline function. To input
multi-lingual text, both X Input Method (XIM) protocol and kinput2 protocol
can be used.
lang-extra
small script for extra lang determination
ldconfig
Ldconfig is a basic system program which determines run-time link bindings
between ld.so and shared libraries. Ldconfig scans a running system and
sets up the symbolic links that are used to load shared libraries properly. It
also createsa cache (/etc/ld.so.cache)which speedsthe loading ofprograms
which use shared libraries.
ldp
This is the contents of the Linux Documentation Project in exploded HTML
format. It is most useful for the HOWTOs.
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