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标 题: Descriptions of GNU Software Packages
发信站: BBS 荔园晨风站 (Mon Nov 29 23:19:30 1999), 转信
Descriptions of GNU Software Packages
a2ps is an Any to Postscript filter.
adns is a resolver library for C and C++ programs.
Autoconf produces shell scripts which automatically configure source code
packages.
Automake is a tool for generating Makefile.in files for use with Autoconf.
GNU Backgammon plays and analyses backgammon games and matches. It is currently
a work-in-progress.
Bash, the Bourne Again SHell, is compatible with the Unix `sh' and offers many
extensions found in `csh' and `ksh'.
bc is an interactive algebraic language with arbitrary precision numbers.
Binutils includes these programs: `ar', `c++filt', `demangle', `gas', `gprof',
`ld', `nlmconv', `nm', `objcopy', `objdump', `ranlib', `size', `strings', and
`strip'.
Bison is an upwardly compatible replacement for the parser generator `yacc'.
Calc is an extensible, advanced desk calculator and mathematical tool that runs
as part of GNU Emacs.
cfengine is used to maintain site-wide configuration of a heterogeneous Unix
network using a simple high level language.
Cgicc is a C++ class library for writing CGI applications.
Checker is a package that works with GCC to detect memory use errors in a
program.
Chess is a state-of-the-art chess-playing program.
C Library for use with GNU/Hurd and GNU/Linux.
cpio copies file archives to and from disk, or to another part of the local
machine.
CVS is a version control system (like RCS or SCCS) which allows you to keep old
versions of files (usually source code), keep a log of who, when, and why
changes occurred, etc.
DDD is a graphical front-end for GDB and other command-line debuggers.
DejaGnu is a framework to test programs with a single front end for all tests.
Diction, and Style, check English text for common bad usage and analyze
readability. (This package is still in development.)
Diffutils includes GNU `diff', which compares files showing line-by-line
changes in several flexible formats.
DJGPP includes GCC, G++, and GNU utilities for DOS.
dld is a dynamic linker which allows the dynamic loading of object files into a
running binary.
doschk is a utility to ensure that source file names are distinguishable on
MS-DOS, FreeDOS and other DOS systems with 8+3 character filenames, and on
System V platforms with 14-character filenames.
Dr. Geo is interactive software that allows the construction of geometric
figures.
ed is the standard text editor. It is line-oriented and can be used
interactively or in scripts.
EDMA is an open and modular development environment similar to the Component
Object Model or the System Object Model.
Electric is a sophisticated electrical CAD system that can handle many forms of
circuit design.
Elib is a small library of Emacs Lisp functions, including routines for using
AVL trees and doubly-linked lists.
Emacs is an extensible, customizable real-time display editor and computing
environment. It offers true Lisp--smoothly integrated into the editor--for
writing extensions and provides an interface to the X Window System.
enscript is an upwardly-compatible replacement for the Adobe `enscript'
program. It formats ASCII files (outputting in Postscript) and stores generated
output to a file or sends it directly to the printer.
The Fileutils are: `chgrp', `chmod', `chown', `cp', `dd', `df', `dir',
`dircolors', `du', `install', `ln', `ls', `mkdir', `mkfifo', `mknod', `mv', `rm'
, `rmdir', `sync', `touch', and `vdir'.
Findutils includes `find', which is frequently used both interactively and in
shell scripts to find files which match certain criteria and perform arbitrary
operations on them. Also included are `locate', which scans a database for file
names that match
a pattern, and `xargs', which applies a command to a list of files.
GNU Finger is a utility program designed to allow users of Unix hosts on the
Internet network to get information about each other.
The Fontutils convert between font formats, create fonts for use with
Ghostscript or TeX, etc.
Gawk is upwardly compatible with the latest POSIX specification of `awk'. It
also provides several useful extensions not found in other `awk'
implementations.
gcal is a program for printing calendars. It displays different styled calendar
sheets, eternal holiday lists, and fixed date warning lists.
GCC is a free compiler collection for C, C++, Objective C and other languages.
gdb is a source-level debugger for C, C++ and Fortran.
gdbm is a replacement for the traditional 'dbm' and 'ndbm' libraries.
The GNU gettext tool set has everything maintainers need to internationalize a
package's user messages.
gforth is a fast, portable implementation of the ANS Forth language.
Ghostscript is an interpreter for the Postscript and PDF graphics languages.
Ghostview provides a graphical front end to Ghostscript allowing a Postscript
or PDF file to be previewed using an X Window interface.
The GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is like Photoshop only better.
GIT, the GNU Interactive Tools package, includes: an extensible file system
browser, an ASCII/hex file viewer, a process viewer/killer, and other related
utilities and shell scripts.
gleem, gleem: OpenGL Extremely Easy-to-use Manipulators is a small,
self-contained C++ library of 3D Widgets that support direct user interaction
with a 3D scene.
gmp, GNU mp, is a library for arithmetic on arbitrary precision integers,
rational numbers, and floating-point numbers.
GNAT is a complete Ada95 compilation system, maintained and distributed under
the GNU General Public License by Ada Core Technologies.
GNATS, GNats: A Tracking System, is a bug-tracking system. It is based upon the
paradigm of a central site or organization which receives problem reports and
negotiates their resolution by electronic mail.
GNOME is the GNU desktop, intended to provide graphical user interfaces for all
the tasks for which they make sense. GNOME has everything from spreadsheets to
mail clients.
GNU Go plays the game of Go.
Gnumeric is a spreadsheet intended to replace commercial spreadsheets.
The GNU Octal project seeks to create a set of free components that work
together as a digital music workstation for unix-like systems.
GNU Parted is a program that allows you to manipulate disk partitions.
GNUscape Navigator is a Web browser that runs under GNU Emacs.
GNU Smalltalk is an implementation of the Smalltalk object oriented language
which is based on the Smalltalk-80 language (tm ParcPlace Systems) as described
in the book "Smalltalk-80: the Language and its Implementation" by Adele
Goldberg and David
Robson (often referred to as "the Blue Book").
GNUstep and the GNUstep Base Library provide a graphical, object-oriented
programming environment.
gpc is the GNU Pascal compiler.
Goose is a C++ library for statistical calculations.
gPhoto is a graphical application for retrieving, organizing, and publishing
images in various graphics formats, from a range of supported digital cameras.
Greg is a framework for testing other programs and libraries.
The grep package includes GNU `grep', `egrep', and `fgrep', which find lines
that match entered patterns.
GRG is the GNU Report Generator.
Groff is a document formatting system based on a device-independent version of
`troff'.
GNU GRUB is the GNU GRand Unified Bootloader.
GnuPG is a complete implementation of the OpenPGP Internet standard.
GTK+ is a GUI toolkit for the X Window System.
GTKeyboard allows the user to press keys on an onscreen keyboard that will
either be entered into a simple text editor, or into the application of choice.
Guile is the GNU extensibility library.
Gush is the GNU User's Shell.
gzip is GNU's program for compressing and decompressing files.
The GNU hello program produces a familiar, friendly greeting. It allows
non-programmers to use a classic computer science tool which would otherwise be
unavailable to them.
GNU hp2xx reads HP-GL files, decomposes all drawing commands into elementary
vectors, and converts them into a variety of vector and raster output formats.
Httptunnel creates a bidirectional virtual data path tunnelled in HTTP
requests.
Hyperbole, written by Bob Weiner in Emacs Lisp, is an open, efficient,
programmable information management, autonumbered outliner, and hypertext
system, intended for everyday work on any platform Emacs runs on.
ID Utils is a package of simple, fast, high-capacity, language-independent
tools that index program identifiers, literal numbers, or words of
human-readable text.
GNU indent formats C source code into GNU, BSD, K&R, or your own special
indentation style.
Inetutils is a distribution of common networking utilities and servers.
Ispell is an interactive spell checker that suggests `near misses' to replace
unrecognized words.
JACAL is a symbolic mathematics system.
java2html is a small program that, given a java source code, produces an html
source with syntax highlighting.
less is a display paginator similar to `more' and `pg', but with various
features (such as the ability to scroll backwards) that most pagers lack.
libtool makes it easy to develop and maintain shared libraries.
libxmi is a C/C++ function library for rasterizing 2-D vector graphics. It can
draw 2-D vector graphics primitives onto a user-supplied matrix of pixels.
lilypond is a music typesetter.
GNU m4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor.
Mailman is a software to help manage email discussion lists.
make automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be
recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them.
Maverik is a virtual reality micro kernel.
maxima is a Common Lisp implementation of MIT's Macsyma system for computer
based algebra.
The Midnight Commander is a user friendly and colorful Unix file manager and
shell, useful to novice and guru alike.
Meta-HTML is a programming language specifically designed for working within
the World Wide Web environment.
mtools is a set of public domain programs to allow Unix systems to read, write,
and manipulate files on a DOS file system (typically a diskette).
Nana is a package for programming and testing debugging assertions.
Ncurses is a package for displaying and updating text on text-only terminals.
NetHack is a Rogue-like adventure game supporting character and X displays.
OBST is a persistent object management system with bindings to C++. OBST
supports incremental loading of methods.
Octave does arithmetic for real and complex scalars and matrices, solves sets
of nonlinear algebraic equations, integrates systems of ordinary differential
and differential-algebraic equations, and integrates functions over finite and
infinite
intervals.
Oleo is a spreadsheet program. It supports the X Window System and
character-based terminals, and can output Embedded Postscript renditions of
spreadsheets.
Panorama is a framework for 3D graphics production.
patch is our version of Larry Wall's program to take `diff''s output and apply
those differences to an original file to generate the modified version.
Phantom.Home is a computer controlled home automation system.
Phantom.Security is a computer controlled security system.
The Plotutils package contains `libplot', a C/C++ library that can export 2-D
vector graphics, in many file formats, and do vector graphics animations. It
also contains several command-line programs for plotting scientific data.
GNU Prolog is a native compiler for ISO Prolog with constraint solving over
finite domains.
PSPP is the GNU replacement for SPSS.
Pth is the GNU Portable Threads library
ptx is the GNU version of the traditional permuted index generator.
queue is a load-balancing/distributed batch processing and local rsh
replacement system
R is a system for statistical computation and graphics. It is a dialect of the
S programming language from Bell Labs.
RAT is a Recipe Analysis Tool which calculates the total nutrients in a given
recipe.
RCS, the Revision Control System, is used for version control and management of
software projects.
GNU recode converts files between character sets and usages. When exact
transliterations are not possible, it may delete the offending characters or
fall back on approximations.
GNU Robots is a game/diversion where you construct a program for a little robot,
then watch him explore a world.
rx is a replacement for the GNU regex library.
GNU Sauce (Software Against Unsolicited Commercial Email) is an SMTP server
written to help in the fight against spam and also helps encourage good
configuration and system administration in general.
Sather is an object oriented language designed to be simple, efficient, safe,
flexible and non-proprietary.
screen is a terminal multiplexer that runs several separate `screens' (ttys) on
a single character-based term
Sharutils includes `shar',which makes so-called shell archives out of many
files, preparing them for transmission by electronic mail services; `unshar'
helps unpack these shell archives after reception.
The Shellutils are: `basename', `chroot', `date', `dirname', `echo', `env',
`expr', `factor', `false', `groups', `hostname', `id', `logname', `nice',
`nohup', `pathchk', `printenv', `printf', `pwd', `seq', `sleep', `stty', `su',
`tee', `test', `true',
`tty', `uname', `uptime', `users', `who', `whoami', and `yes'.
smail is a mail transport system, designed as a compatible drop-in replacement
for `sendmail'. It uses a much simpler configuration format than `sendmail' and
is designed to be setup with minimal effort.
GNU SQL is a free, portable multiuser relational database management system.
stow manages the installation of software packages, keeping them separate while
making them appear to be installed in the same place.
GNU tar includes multi-volume support, the ability to archive sparse files,
compression/decompression, remote archives, and special features that allow
`tar' to be used for incremental and full backups.
The Termutils package contains programs for controlling terminals. `tput' is a
portable way for shell scripts to use special terminal capabilities. `tabs' is
a program to set hardware terminal tab settings.
texinfo is a set of utilities which generate printed manuals, plain ASCII text,
and online hypertext documentation (called `Info'), and can read online Info
documents.
textutils is a set of utilities for manipulating text.
time reports (usually from a shell) the user, system, and real time used by a
process. On some systems it also reports memory usage, page faults, etc.
GNU Trueprint is a program for printing source files and other text files to a
postscript printer.
units is a program for units conversion and units calculation.
userv is a system facility to allow one program to invoke another when only
limited trust exists between them.
wdiff is a front-end to GNU `diff'. It compares two files, finding the words
deleted or added to the first to make the second.
wget non-interactively retrieves files from the WWW using HTTP and FTP. It is
suitable for use in shell scripts.
Window Maker is a window manager for X.
XaoS is a real-time fractal zoomer.
xhippo is a generic playlist manager program for a variety of sound players.
xinfo is an X-windows program for reading Info files.
Xlogmaster is an X11 program that does comfortable and fast monitoring of all
logfiles and every device that allows its status being read by cat (like the
/proc devices).
Xmcd is CD Player utility package including xmcd, a CD Player for the X window
system using the Motif graphical user interface and cda, a command-line driven,
text mode CD Player which also features a curses-based, screen-oriented mode.
xshogi is a graphical Shogi (Japanese Chess) board for the X Window System.
Zebra is an implementation of many popular routing protocols.
Java programs
Various Java programs have been contributed to the GNU Project. You will find a
list of these programs by visiting our list of Java packages and applications
or our Java page.
Descriptions of Other GPL-Covered Free Software
These are some additional GPL or LGPL-covered free programs which we think it
is useful to mention.
Mats Weber's Ada Components for math, data structures, Ada programming tools
and OS Interface.
Aegis is a transaction-based software configuration management system.
AIDE(Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a free replacement for
Tripwire(tm). It does the same things are Tripwire(tm) and more.
Alliance is a complete set of CAD tools for the specification, design and
validation of digital VLSI circuits.
AOLserver is a fast, multithreaded web server.
AoMasq" is a software package consisting of a client and a server. The
server-software runs in a U*NIX environment, waiting for requests from Windows
98 clients, wich want to have a internet connection served by IP Masquerading.
Autochar is used to automate the characterization of digital circuits.
Autogen is a tool for automatically generating arbitrary text files that
contain repetitive text with varying substitutions.
bookland.py is a Python program that generates ISBN bar code symbols (Bookland
EAN-13 + 5-digit add-on) in EPS format. Includes UPC-A and EAN-13 classes, so
possibly useful in broader context.
The Bioinformatics Template Library (BTL) uses templates to implement generic
programming in the same way as Standard Template Library (STL)
Catdoc is a program which reads Microsoft word files and outputs ASCII text of
the contents of the file.
cdcd is a command-line program to play CDs.
CGoban is a client program for the game of Go. It can be used to edit games,
play on the internet or with GNU Go
Changetrack is a program to monitor changes to a bunch of system files. If
files are modified one day, and the machine starts working incorrectly a few
days later, changetrack can provide information on which files were modified
and help locate the
problem.
Citadel is a BBS program.
CLISP is an implementation of the ANSI Common Lisp with compiler, interpreter,
debugger and more.
COAS is a general-purpose framework for configuration editing.
Coldstore is gigabyte scale persistent object store / OODBC, under GPL.
Compare is a program that compares two pieces of text for similarities.
Cook automatically determines which pieces of a large program need to be
recompiled, and issues commands to recompile them.
Cyber Radio 1 is a client/server application used for live Internet audio
broadcasts.
DGPS allows you to get GPS correction signals over IP.
Dumb is a free engine for running Doom worlds, not yet complete.
The E Equational Theorem Prover is an automated theorem prover for clausal
logic, based on superposition and rewriting.
eFax is a program for sending and receiving class 1 and class 2 faxes.
Elegant is an imperative programming language inspired by the abstraction
mechanisms found in modern functional languages. It means: Exploiting Lazy
Evaluation for the Grammar Attributes of Non-Terminals.
Eli is a compiler construction kit.
EsounD is an audio file player and sound daemon.
Esh is a Unix shell with a syntax similar to Lisp/Scheme.
Exim is a powerful mail transport agent.
FarsiTeX is a TeX typesetting program for Persian.
fastDNAml is a program for estimating maximum likelihood phylogenetic trees
from nucleotide sequences.
The Filters project is writing conversion routines from proprietary formats to
XML-based file formats.
fftw is a C subroutine library for computing the Discrete Fourier Transform
(DFT) in one or more dimensions.
Fltk is a LGPL'd C++ graphical user interface toolkit for X, OpenGL and
Windows.
FreeS/WAN is an implementation of IPSEC and IKE for GNU/Linux.
Gale is an instant messaging and presence software
gEDA is a collection of tools that include a schematic capture tool, a
netlister, PCB tool, and a verilog compiler/simulator. gEDA stands for GPLd
Electronic Design Automation Project.
GeneWeb is a genealogy software with a web interface. It supports 14 languages.
GMT or Generic Mapping Tools is a collection of 60 UNIX tools that allow users
to mainupalate (x,y) and (x,y,z) datasets with a facility for producing complex
Encapsulated Postcript(EPS) Illusrations.
GnuSkies is an attempt to create a free version of the xephem program.
gpc is the GNU Pascal compiler; fpc is another GPL'd Pascal compiler.
GRACE is a WYSIWYG 2D plotting tool for X Window System and Motif (LessTif).
grap is a language for typesetting graphs.
GRASS GIS is a Geographical Information System (GIS) with raster, topological
vector, image processing, and graphics production functionality that operates
in the UNIX environment through a graphical user interface and shell in
X-Windows.
Gstat is a computer program for geostatistical modeling, prediction and
simulation.
Hindent is a program for reformatting HTML code.
ht://Dig is a complete world wide web indexing and searching system.
iGMT or Interactive mapping of Geoscientific Datasets, is a visual tool for
generating Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) scripts.
Jabber is developing a free alternative to AIM and ICQ.
jMax is an environment for programming real-time interactive multimedia
applications.
TOCHNOG is a mathematical modeling program for heat diffusion, deformation,
friction, and ground water flow.
lclint is a C code checker.
LessTif is a free implementation of OSF/Motif.
libungif is a program to operate on gif files using uncompressed gifs when
writing. See Why there are no GIF files on GNU web pages.
Light Speed! simulates a geometric lattice, or arbitrary object moving at high
velocity through space.
Linux is a monolithic UNIX kernel often used together with the GNU system.
Linux Lab Project is a project intented to help people with development of data
collection and process control software for GNU/Linux.
LPE is a small , efficient programmer's editor for UNIX systems with support
for a variety of modes including automatic indentation, brace flashing, syntax
highlighting.
Lynx, a text-only Web browser that is GPLed.
MAM/VRS. The Modelling and Animation Machine and Virtual Rendering System form
the basic componets of a 3D visulization and graphics library for implementing
visualization software.
Mercury is a modern logic/functional programming language. The Mercury
implementation includes a compiler, a debugger, a profiler, and numerous
library packages and other tools.
Mesa is a free implementation of OpenGL.
MHonArc is a Perl program for converting e-mail messages as specified in RFC
822 and MIME to HTML.
MidiShare is an LGPL'ed musical operating system.
Minivend is a free full-featured web based electronic catalog/ordering system.
MIRO DC1+ driver for the Linux kernel.
The MIT Photonic-Bands package is a GPLd program for computing the band
structures (dispersion relations) and electromagnetic modes of periodic
dielectric structures
Ulm's Modula-2 system provides a compiler for Modula-2.
MRTG is a tool to monitor the traffic load of network-links.
NURBS++ is a C++ library that hides the basic mathematics of Non-Uniform
Rational B-Splines (NURBS).
NSBD, Not-So-Bad_distribution, is an automated Web-based distribution system
that is designed for distributing free software on the internet, where users
cannot trust the network and cannot entirely trust the maintainers of software.
omniORB is a GPLed CORBA orb.
The Pizza Delivery System is a GTK+ Application for automating the order
processing of both delivery and take away orders for your average Pizza Bar,
Cafe, Bistro, etc.
Oberon V4 is an attempt to create an Oberon V4 for systems running GNU/Linux.
Openbios is working on a free bios.
Pagecast submits lists of URL's to various search engines.
The Perl programming language combines the features and capabilities of C, `sed'
, `awk', and `sh'.
Perl Object Development System is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
for developing web applications in Perl.
PIKT is a program for administering heterogeneous networked workstations.
Playmidi is a MIDI player for FM, GUS and external MIDI devices.
Pliant is a programming language framework.
PRCS is the Project Revision Control System.
RHIDE is an integrated development environment for DJGPP.
Rosegarden is an integrated MIDI sequencer and musical notation editor.
Roxen, an http server.
RRD TOOL is a system to store and display time-series data (i.e. network
bandwidth, machine-room temperature, server load average).
Rsync is a file transfer program for Unix systems which provides a fast method
for bringing remote files into sync.
The RTSP Reference Kit could evolve into a useful audio-playing program.
Samba is a file-sharing implementation under the GPL.
SANE is an application programming interface (API) that provides standardized
access to any raster image scanner hardware.
Scilab is a scientific software package for numerical computations. You should
first look at octave which is part of the GNU system.
SDCC is a retargettable, optimizing ANSI - C compiler.
s-lang is a C-like programming language, designed to be embedded in programs.
SmallEiffel is intended to be a complete Eiffel compiler.
SWISH++ is a Unix-based file indexing and search engine.
Tvset is a program for GNU/Linux that uses the video4linux API to display TV
images in X.
UltraSonix is a "screen reader" which supports both braille and speech output
under the X Window System.
VNC is a remote display system which allows you to view and interact with a
remote 'desktop' using a very low-level graphics protocol which is
platform-independent.
VRweb is a browser for 3D worlds and scenes modeled in VRML.
CGI::WeT is a tool which allows the webmaster to focus on content creation and
allow a set of Perl scripts working in conjunction with the web server to
create the page layout.
Willows TWIN is a cross-plattform API.
Wind Tunnel Data Analyzer
WML is a HTML generation toolkit
xBase is a library for manipulating xBase files.
XFS is a journaling filesystem for the Linux kernel.
Xfce is a complete desktop environment.
Yabasic or Yet Another Basic, implements the most common and simple elements of
the basic language.
ytalk is a multi-user talk program, compatible with the older talk clients and
daemons.
Descriptions of Other Non-GPL-Covered Free Software
These are some additional Non-GPL-covered free programs which we think it is
useful to mention.
ACE (Adaptive Communication Environment) is an open-source object-oriented
framework that implements many core design patterns for concurrent
communication software.
Allegro is a game programming library.
TAO (The ACE ORB) is a high-performance, real-time CORBA ORB.
Festival is a general multi-lingual speech synthesis system.
Frontdesk, a web-based mail system for customer support and bug tracking.
ftnchek is a static debugger for Fortran 77 programs. It is designed to detect
certain errors in a Fortran program that a compiler usually does not.
GN, a Gopher/http server.
Gnuplot is a command-line driven interactive function plotting utility.
Harbour is a cross-platform compiler for the xBase language.
Hugs is a small, portable Haskell interpreter.
HylaFAX.
Mozart implements Oz, a concurrent object-oriented language with dataflow
synchronization.
Generic NQS.
Ptolemy is a system-level design framework that allows mixing models of
computation.
w3m is a text-based WWW browser, that can render tables and frames.
Wumpus is an exact clone of the classical Wumpus game.
WN, an http server.
wxWindows is a cross-platform GUI development framework.
X window system.
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