Slackware Packages

What the Slackware packages do.

A     The base system. 
AP    Various applications that do not require the X Window System.
D     Program development tools. Compilers, debuggers, interpreters, and man pages are all here.
E     GNU Emacs.
F     FAQs, HOWTOs, and other miscellaneous documentation.
K     The source code for the Linux kernel.
KDE   The K Desktop Environment, and Qt.
KDEI  Internationalization packages for the KDE desktop.
L     Libraries. Dynamically linked libraries required by many other programs.
N     Networking programs. Daemons, mail programs, telnet, news readers, and so on.
T     teTeX document formatting system.
TCL   The Tool Command Language. Tk, TclX, and TkDesk.
X     The base X Window System.
XAP   X Applications that are not part of a major desktop environment (e.g. Ghostscript and Netscape).
Y     BSD Console games

Links to other sites

Slackbook - The Revised Slackware Book Project. A source for this webpage.

Author:  Mark Carter
Created: 16-Jul-2005
Updated: 07-Nov-2010