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A package coming from Slint will replace a package coming from Slackware, regardless of their respective versions.
A * after the package name in the list below indicates that a package of the same name exists in the Slackware repository. Then the rationale for shipping one (different, but in a few cases) from the Slint repository instead is indicated as a comment.
Name | Description | Comments |
aaa_base* | Basic Linux filesystem package | Customized for Slint |
accountsservice | D-Bus interface for user account query | Used to set the default user session for lightdm |
asunder | Graphical Audio CD ripper and encoder | From Andrew Smith, also author of isomaster |
atril | Simply a document viewer | Component of the MATE desktop, default PDF viewer in Slint |
at-spi2-atk* | AT-SPI2 bridge to ATK | Upgraded for Slint, dependency of orca |
at-spi2-core* | Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface core | Upgraded for Slint, dependency of orca |
atk* | Accessibility functions library | Upgraded for Slint, dependency of orca |
bbkeys | General XWindow keygrabber | Shipped as a separate package; not bundled with bbkeys in Slint |
BeautifulSoup | Python HTML/XML parser | Dependency of pandoc |
bdf2psf | Convert fonts from bdf to psf format | Allows to build custom fonts with just the needed glyphs |
bicon | Bidirectional Console | Allows to display bi-directional text like a mix of Persian and English |
blackbox* | Blackbox window manager | Configured for Slint |
brltty* | Braille display daemon: allows blind users to read the screen | The Slint package includes a startup script |
caja | File manager and graphical shell for MATE | Component of the MATE desktop |
caja-extensions | Set of extensions for Caja | Component of the MATE desktop |
cmark | C implementation of CommonMark | Dependency of pandoc |
claws-mail | A GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client | A lot of people prefer it over Mozilla Thunderbird and it is lighter |
ConfigParser | Configuration file parser for Python 2 | Dependency of transifex-client and numpy |
ConsoleKit2 | User, login, and seat tracking framework | Dependency of lxdm |
convtags | Convert between DokuWiki and AsciiDoc | See this wiki page |
depfinder | Finds dependencies of Slackware packages | Allows to feed the metadata used for automatic dependencies resolution |
dialog* | Display dialog boxes from shell scripts | Colors customized for Slint |
doclifter | Translates documents written in troff macros, like man pages to DocBook | Ease further conversion of man pages to other formats |
dotconf | Configuration Parser Library | Dependency of speech-dispatcher hence orca |
dotnew | Utility to manage .new system configuration files | Helps to deal with existing versus new configuration files |
dotnew-gtk | Utility to manage .new system configuration files with GUI | Helps to deal with existing versus new configuration files |
elilo* | Linux Loader for EFI-based platforms | With localized configuration script |
emacspeak | Emacs speech interface | Enhance user experience for the blind. See also speechd-el |
engrampa | Archive manager for MATE | Versatile, fits well with the Caja and PCManFM file managers, component of the MATE desktop |
eom | Image viewer | Component of the MATE desktop |
espeak | Compact open source software speech synthesizer | Dependency of emacspeak, espeakup, speechd-el |
espeak-ng | Compact open source software speech synthesizer | Dependency of speech-dispatcher |
espeakup | Speakup connector for software synthesizer | Connects the speakup kernel driver to espeak to provide speech in a console |
fakeroot | Provides a faked root environment suitable for many tasks | Makes package building safer |
fbautostart | Fluxbox Autostarter | Start applets and show their icon in the tray, used with standalone window managers and lxpanel in Slint |
fbterm | Fast FrameBuffer based TERMinal emulator for linux | Helps display CJK languages on the console |
flash-plugin | Adobe(R) flashplayer plugin for GNU/Linux | Some web contents still rely on that, alas |
fluxbox* | Fluxbox window manager | Configured for Slint and built with imlib2 support to include more icons in the menus |
fontconfig* | Font library and tools | With localized configuration script |
fontforge | an outline font editor | Awesome font editor. What else? |
fvwm* | a small and fast virtual window manager for X | Configured for Slint |
gdm | the Gnome Display Manager | Version 2 with few dependencies, accessible with speech through orca |
geany-plugins | additional plugins for Geany | Add useful features to the geany code and text editor |
geany | A text editor using the GTK2 toolkit | Allows serious coding although simple enough for text editing, default text editor in Slint |
gnome-common | Common scripts and macros to develop with GNOME | Build dependency of other packages |
gparted* | Gnome partition Editor | The version in the Salix and Slackware repositories are older |
gpicview | Simple and Fast Image Viewer for X | Component of the LXDE desktop |
gpm* | General purpose mouse server | With localized configuration script |
grub* | The second GNU GRand Unified Bootloader | This version, borrowed to Salix, brings a configuration script |
grub-scripts | Scripts for the second GNU GRand Unified Bootloader | Borrowed to Salix |
gslapt | GTK version of slapt-get | Graphical package manager, allows automatic dependencies resolution |
gtksourceview | Syntax highlighting library for GTK+ | Dependency of pluma and pygtksourceview |
gtksourceview3 | syntax highlighting library for GTK+ | Dependency of pluma if built against gtk3 |
gtkspell3 | GTK3 spell checker interface library | Used for spell checking in various applications |
guefi | a GTK+3 frontend for efibootmgr | Ease editing UEFI firmware boot menus (only in x86_64 ISOs |
hardinfo | GTK+2 system information and benchmark tool | Tells you all you want to know about your system |
hplip* | HP print/scan/fax support | Hosted in the Slint repository to avid replacing it by the Salix version with no Qt GUI |
hyphen | Hyphenation library | Dependency of scribus |
imlib2 | Powerful image loading and rendering library | Dependency of firefox in Slint |
inkscape | Open Source vector graphics editor | Awesome vector graphics editor |
isomaster | GUI ISO image editor | Extract files from or an ISO, create bootable ISOs. From Andrew Smith, also author of asunder |
json-glib | Serialization/deserialization support for the JSON format | Dependency of engrampa |
json-py | pure-python implementation of a JSON (Javascript Object Notation Format) | Dependency or orca |
ktsuss | Graphical version of su | Used with graphical UIs to run applications with root's privileges |
libburn | Library for reading, mastering and writing optical discs | Dependency of libisoburn that ships xorriso |
libcdr | CorelDRAW Import Library | Dependency of inkscape |
libetpan | libEtPan is a mail purpose library | Dependency of claws-mail |
libfm-extra | PCManFM library extras | Provides additional features to PCManFM |
libfm | pcmanfm library | Dependency of lxpanel, menu-cache and PCManFM |
libgnomecanvas | Powerful object-oriented display engine | Dependency of gdm |
libgtop | System Information Library | Dependency of marco, mate-applets, mate-control-center, mate-system-monitor, mate-utils |
libgxps | XPS rendering library | Dependency of atril |
libisoburn | Front end for libraries libburn and libisofs | Ships xorriso used to build Slint ISOs |
libisofs | Library to create an ISO-9660 filesystem | Dependency of libisoburn |
liblouis | Braille translator | Used to translates orca output to braille |
libmatekbd | Library to manage keyboard configuration | Dependency of mate-control-center and mate-settings-daemon |
libmatemixer | Mixer library for MATE Desktop | Dependency of mate-media and mate-settings-daemon |
libmateweather | Library to access weather information | Dependency of mate-applets and mate-panel |
libpeas | GObject Plugin System | Dependency of eom (Eye of Mate) and pluma |
libreoffice | Free office suite | Very versatile office suite |
libreoffice-extension-ancient-greek-dictionary | Modern and Ancient Greek | From the OpenOffice.org project, thanks to Dimitris Tzemos |
libreoffice-extension-libregreek | Modern Greek | From the OpenOffice.org project, thanks to Dimitris Tzemos |
libunique | a library for writing single instance applications | Dependency of lxsesssion |
libwebp | WebP library and conversion tools | Dependency of windowmaker |
libwnck3 | Window Navigator Construction Kit | Dependency of mate-notification-daemon, mate-panel, mate-system-monitor |
lightdm | A lightweight display manager | Shipped in Slint alongside kdm, gdm, lxdm, and xdm. Use only one at a time… |
lightdm-gtk-greeter | A GTK+ greeter for LightDM | This greeter is accessible with speech through orca |
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings | Settings editor for LightDM GTK+ Greeter | Accessible with speech |
lilo* | Linux Loader | With localized configuration script |
lxappearance | Simple GTK theme switcher | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxc* | Linux Containers | Shipped in Slint with a specific Slackware template for privileged and unprivileged containers |
lxde-common | Set of default configurations for LXDE | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxde-icon-theme | The LXDE Icon Theme based on nuoveXT2 | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxdm | GUI login manager for LXDE | Used in Slint as default display manager |
lxinput | Input settings for LXDE | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxlauncher | Application launcher for netbooks | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxmenu-data | Desktop menus for LXDE | Dependency of lxpanel, component of the LXDE desktop |
lxpanel | NETWM/EWMH compliant lightweight x11 desktop panel | Panel used with all standalone window managers in Slint, component of the LXDE desktop |
lxrandr | LXDE monitor config tool | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxsession | LXDE session manager | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxsession-edit | Session autostart manager | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxshortcut | Application shortcut editor | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxtask | Simple task manager for LXDE | Component of the LXDE desktop |
lxterminal | LXDE terminal emulator | Component of the LXDE desktop |
man* | Format and display the on-line manual pages | Actually man-db, allows better display of CJK man pages. |
marco | Lightweight GTK based Window Manager | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-applets | MATE Panel Applets | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-backgrounds | Set of backgrounds packaged for MATE | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-calc | Calculator application | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-colors-icon-theme | Extensive set of icon themes | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-common | Common scripts and macros to develop with MATE | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-control-center | Utilities to configure the MATE desktop | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-desktop | The MATE Desktop environment | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-icon-theme | Extensive set of icon themes | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-icon-theme-faenza | Set of icons for the MATE desktop | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-media | MATE media utilities | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-menus | MATE Menu Layout | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-notification-daemon | Notification daemon for MATE | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-panel | GTK+2 Panel for MATE | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-power-manager | Power manager for the MATE desktop | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-sensors-applet | Hardware sensors applet for Mate | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-session-manager | The MATE Session Manager | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-settings-daemon | The MATE settings daemon | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-system-monitor | Process viewer and system resource monitor | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-terminal | Terminal emulator for the MATE desktop | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-themes | Themes for the MATE desktop | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-user-share | User level public file sharing via WebDAV or ObexFTP | Component of the MATE desktop |
mate-utils | MATE desktop utilities | Component of the MATE desktop |
menu-cache | Lightweight replacement of libgnome-menu | Dependency of libfm, lxlauncher, lxpanel and pcmanfm, component of the LXDE desktop |
mkfontdir* | X11 font utility | Includes localized script setup.04.mkfontdir |
mlterm | Mlterm is a multilingual terminal emulator on X11 | Properly handle bidirectional text with left or right line alignment (implementation of the bidi algorithm) |
mozilla-firefox* | Safe and easy web browser from Mozilla | This package includes many locales |
mozilla-thunderbird* | Mozilla Thunderbird mail application | This package includes many locales |
mozo | Easy MATE menu editing tool | Component of the MATE desktop |
murrine | GTK+2 Cairo Engine | Allows to implement the Murrine theme |
murrine-themes | Themes of the Murrine Engine | Usable on several graphical environments |
nano* | Nano's ANOther editor, an enhanced free Pico clone | This package's version brings valuable enhancements, like displaying line numbers |
network-manager-applet* | NetworkManager Applet | This packages provides more features than the Slackware package |
network-scripts* | Scripts to configure a network | With localized configuration script |
numpy | scientific computing with Python | Dependency of inkscape |
nvme-cli | NVM-Express user space tooling for Linux | NVM-Express is a fast, scalable host controller interface designed to address the needs for PCI Express based solid state drives. nvme-cli allows to query and set the nvme controllers. |
orc* | The Oil Runtime Compiler | Dependency of atril, geany, parole |
orca | Screen reader | Provides speech and braille (through brlapi) to most graphical environments in Slint |
pam | Pluggable Authentication Modules | Dependency of lightdm |
pandoc | Markup conversion tool | Able to convert from/to a lot of documentation formats. Rebuilt of a binary packages as building it needs a haskell distribution |
parole | a modern media player for Xfce | Simple and good enough, see also eom |
pcmanfm | PCMan File Manager | Default file manager for Slint for standalone window managers in Slint, component of the LXDE desktop |
pcre2 | Perl 5-style regular expressions. 2nd version | Dependency of vte3 hence mate-terminal |
perl-Encode-EUCJPASCII | An eucJP-open mapping | Optional dependency of po4a |
perl-Encode-HanExtra | Extra sets of Chinese encodings | Optional dependency of po4a |
perl-Encode-ISO2022 | JISO/IEC 2022 character encoding scheme | Dependency of perl-Encode-JISX0213 and optionally of po4a |
perl-Encode-JISX0213 | JIS X 02I3 encoding | Optional dependency of po4a |
perl-MIME-Charset | Charset Information | Dependency of po4a |
perl-Module-Build | Compatibility with ExtUtils::MakeMaker | Dependency of po4a |
perl-Text-CharWidth | Column Computer | Dependency of po4a and perl-Text-WrapI18N |
perl-Text-WrapI18N | Line wrapping module | Dependency of po4a |
perl-Unicode-LineBreak | UAX #14 Unicode Line Breaking Algorithm | Optional dependency of po4a |
perl-inc-latest | Use bundled modules | Dependency of perl-Module-Build |
pkgtools* | The Slackware package maintenance system | With localized configuration scripts |
pluma | Powerful text editor for MATE | Simple but allows some coding and includes a spell checker. |
po4a | PO documentation format converter | Allows to use the gettext suite for various document formats. Used in Slint to ease man pages translation |
podofo | Library to work with the PDF file format | Dependency of scribus |
portaudio | Portable cross-platform Audio API | Dependency of espeak, to allow coexistence of espeakup in console mode and orca in graphical mode without starting pulseaudio system wide |
potrace | Bitmap utility | Dependency of inkscape |
py3cairo | Set of Python bindings for the cairo graphics library | dependency of py3gobject hence orca |
py3gobject | GObject bindings for Python 3 | Dependency of libpeas, and pyatspi hence orca |
py3xdg | Python library to access freedesktop.org standards | Dependency or orca |
pyatspi | Python bindings for AT-SPI2 | Dependency of orca |
pygtksourceview | Python wrapper for the gtksourceview | Dependency of pluma |
pysimpleconfig | Simple configuration file management in python | Dependency of sourcery and salix-codecs-installer-gtk (GUI for salix-codecs-installer) |
python-lxml | Python bindings for libxml2 and libxslt | Dependency of BeautifulSoup, inkscape and pandoc |
python-six | Python 2 and 3 compatibility utilities | Dependency of transifex-client |
python-urllib3 | (HTTP library for python | Dependency of transifex-client |
python3 | New high-level scripting language | Dependency of many software in Slint |
python3-distutils-extra | python library | Build time dependency of setup-tools |
pyxdg | Python library to access freedesktop.org standards | Dependency of qcontrolcenter and xgdmenumaker |
qcontrolcenter | Easily customizable Control Center | Back end of the Slint Dashboard |
qtatspi | Qt AT-SPI2 bridge | Allows to provide speech to some Qt apps with orca |
salix-codecs-installer | Installs restricted multimedia codecs | Gives access to a lot of media otherwise unusable |
salix-update-notifier | Tray notification for package updates | Used in Slint, started by fbautostart with standalone window managers |
salixtools-gtk | Graphical system utilities | Utilities useful in Slint, available from the applications menus and the Slint Dashboard |
salixtools | Various system utilities | Utilities uses in Slint for most administrative tasks |
scribus | Open-source professional page layout program | Awesome and simple to use |
sed* | stream editor | This package's version brings valuable enhancements, that should make it faster in some cases |
shadow* | Shadow password suite | Localized script “adduser” and logins.def edited to include the user name in the password prompt |
slackpkg* | Package manager front-end of the Slackware ((R) package tools with internet access | Includes localized man pages, also provided to Slackware |
slackware-docs | Misc documents gathered from Slackware (R) | Easy access to documents also relevant for Slint |
slapt-get | Apt like system for Slackware (R) package management | Main package manager for Slint |
slapt-src | Slapt slackbuild utility | Allows to download the needed stuff, build and install packages from SlackBuilds and SLKBUILD |
slint-control-center | Slint Dashboard | Gives an easy access to programs useful in all desktops and windows managers |
slint-docs | Misc documents about Slint | Gathers miscellaneous documents useful for Slint users and contributors |
slint-misc | Miscellaneous Slint stuff | This package provide default mime settings, wallpapers and utilities specifically written for Slint |
slint-translations | Translations of configuration scripts' messages | This package can be be upgraded at any time to bring enhancements, more translations and translations in new languages. |
slint-user-settings | Default user settings for Slint | Provides consistent root menus and panel layouts for Blackbox, Fwwm, Fluxbox, TWM, WindowMaker and Xfce |
slkbuild | Arch-like wrapper script for easy packaging | Eases building packages in Slackware format |
sourcery | GTK+2 frontend to slapt-src | Graphical UI for slapt-src |
speech-dispatcher | Text to speech program | Bridge between orca and espeak-ng in Slint |
speechd-el | Emacs client to speech synthesizers and Braille displays | Enhance user experience for the blind. See also emacspeak |
spi | Salix Package Installer, command line tool that acts as a wrapper around slapt‑get and slapt‑src. | Finds available packages and SlackBuilds, built if necessary and installed including dependencies |
spkg | Package manager | Build it needs glib2 built with ‑‑enable‑static and judy without ‑‑disable‑static |
sysvinit-scripts* | The basic scripts used to boot your machine | Scripts adapted to Slint |
tmux* | Terminal multiplexer | With UTF-8 support |
transifex-client | Command line client for Transifex | Ease transfer or translation files to/from the Transifex platform, used by Slint |
twm* | Tab Window Manager for the X Window System | Configured for Slint |
txt2tags | Document generator | Converts text files with a simple syntax to man pages |
urlgrabber | High-level cross-protocol url-grabber for python | Needed by salix-codecs-installer-gtk (GUI for salix-codecs-installer) |
v4l-utils* | libraries and utilities for video4linux | The Salix package has no Qt GUI, thus we host the Slackware version in the Slint repository |
vala | Compiler for the GObject type system | Build dependency of other packages |
viewnior | image viewer | Simple, doesn't get in the way |
vte3 | terminal emulator widget | Dependency of mate-terminal |
windowmaker* | a fast and elegant window manager | Configured for Slint |
wm-logout | presents a logout dialog | Used in Slint to allow halting or rebooting as regular user with standalone window managers |
wpa_supplicant* | WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant | The Salix package has no Qt GUI, thus we host the Slackware version in the Slint repository |
x11-skel* | Miscellaneous things required for X | With localized configuration scripts |
xdgmenumaker | generates xdg menus | Used to include similar application menus in root menus of blackbox, fluxbox, fvwm, twm, windowmaker |
xterm* | terminal emulator for X | Built with a toolbar, aka menu bar |
yelp-tools | documentation checker | Build-time dependency of (?) |
yelp-xsl | stylesheet for Yelp | Dpenbdnecy iof yelp-tool |
zenity | Display graphical dialog boxes from shell scripts | Dependency of salix-update-notifier |