Extra Slackware packages / user contributed package directory _____________________________________________________________ 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.