Package: 3270-common
Description-md5: a1fad8fe7f911b2c01164ff75d013e53
Description-en_GB: Common files for IBM 3270 emulators and pr3287
 3270-common contains files referenced in other 3270 packages

Package: 3dchess
Description-md5: c8da6105051b2cae45e59fac61bb2a2a
Description-en_GB: 3D chess for X11
 3 dimensional Chess game for X11R6.  There are three boards, stacked vertically; 96 pieces of which most are the traditional chess pieces with just a couple of additions; 26 possible directions in which to move.  The AI isn't wonderful, but provides a challenging enough game to all but the most highly skilled players.

Package: 6tunnel
Description-md5: 48c79c738bde16847fbc9577329a56f0
Description-en_GB: TCP proxy for non-IPv6 applications
 6tunnel allows you to use services provided by IPv6 hosts with IPv4-only applications and vice versa. It can bind to any of your IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and forward all data to IPv4 or IPv6 host.
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 It can be used for example as an IPv6-capable IRC proxy.

Package: 9wm
Description-md5: 41ad7a3fb8957b989a3bd02e7e167200
Description-en_GB: emulation of the Plan 9 window manager 8-1/2
 9wm is an X window manager which attempts to emulate the Plan 9 window manager 8-1/2 as far as possible within the constraints imposed by X.
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 It provides a simple yet comfortable user interface, without garish decorations or title-bars. Or icons. And it's click-to-type.

Package: a2ps-perl-ja
Description-md5: 7faff66fbedf67a52096540ead9a338f
Description-en_GB: perl version of Miguel Santana's a2ps (supports KANJI)
 This program is perl version of Miguel Santana's a2ps.  Postscript kanji enhancement was done by Naoki Kanazawa <kanazawa@sra.co.jp>. Converted to perl and enhanced by Kazumasa Utashiro.  B4 support and punchmark was contributed by Masami Ueno

Package: aa3d
Description-md5: b2c8ccf8228fbb84c29549409a50e48f
Description-en_GB: ASCII art stereogram generator
 This program generates the well-known and popular random dot stereograms in ASCII art.

Package: aap
Description-md5: 709f30bc0912c0a4fd248e9ba50e6c78
Description-en_GB: make-like "expert system" for building software
 A-A-P is a dependency rule-based software build system like make.  It eliminates many of the warts of GNU Make and can evaluate Python code embedded in the scripts.

Package: aap-doc
Description-md5: c8a27accbeaa1f1b7304262a047a6be3
Description-en_GB: make-like "expert system" for building software (documentation)
 A-A-P is a dependency rule-based software build system like make.  It eliminates many of the warts of GNU Make and can evaluate Python code embedded in the scripts.
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 This package contains the documentation in HTML and PDF format.

Package: aatv
Description-md5: 090184ef607aa72a829e1a56d960834e
Description-en_GB: A program to watch TV in a text-based console
 aatv is a program which allows you to watch TV in a text-based console, i.e. in a virtual console or in an xterm.

Package: abakus
Description-md5: d1c5d319d31380e0e50def5d94cfa54a
Description-en_GB: calculator for KDE
 AbaKus is a complex calculator, which provides many different kinds of calculations. Think of it as bc (the command-line calculator) with a nice GUI. It also gives information about mathematical variables and has the user-friendly menu options of a normal KDE application.
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 Web site: http://grammarian.homelinux.net/abakus/

Package: abcde
Description-md5: 48cf68daee5594952eb455e51c709626
Description-en_GB: A Better CD Encoder
 A frontend program to cdparanoia, wget, cd-discid, id3, and your favourite Ogg/Vorbis, MP3, FLAC, Ogg/Speex and/or MPP/MP+(Musepack) encoder (defaults to oggenc). Grabs an entire CD and converts each track to the specified formats and then comments or ID3-tags each file, with one command.
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 With abcde you can encode several formats with one single command, using a single CD read operation. It also allows you to read and encode while not on the internet, and later query a CDDB server to tag your files.

Package: abcmidi
Description-md5: d868667f8ba17e847a433bf18197f092
Description-en_GB: converter from ABC to MIDI format and back
 This package contains the programs `abc2midi' and `midi2abc',  which convert from the abc musical notation format to standard MIDI format and vice-versa. They can generate accompaniment from guitar chords in the abc file, as well as insert various MIDI events; the MIDI-to-abc translation tries to figure out bars, triplets and accidentals on its own.
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 The package also contains `abc2abc' (an abc prettyprinter/transposer), `mftext' (a program that dumps a MIDI file as text), and `midicopy' (a program that extracts specific tracks, channels or time intervals from a MIDI file).
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 The programs in this package are based on the `midifilelib' distribution available from http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/.

Package: abcmidi-yaps
Description-md5: 0ecae421794c0caf3e810de0ec1d8a48
Description-en_GB: yet another ABC to PostScript converter
 This program translates tunes written in the ABC format to PostScript, which can then be viewed on screen or printed. It is essentially a (non-exclusive) alternative to abc2ps, being based on the abc2ps PostScript code together with the ABC parser from the abcmidi package.
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 People interested in this kind of software should also check out the abcm2ps package, which contains a similar program that has lots of additional features.

Package: abicheck
Description-md5: a38281f070a37064c10336aabb05a83f
Description-en_GB: binary compatibility checking tool
 ABIcheck is a tool for checking an application's compliance with a library's defined Application Binary Interface (ABI). It relies on ABI definition information contained in the library. Example definitions are given for GNOME and glibc.

Package: abntex
Description-md5: f24f06318565f68622fece1a9de7960d
Description-en_GB: LaTeX class for writing documents in ABNT standard
 AbnTeX is a class for writing documents in ABNT standard. The Brazilian Technical Standards Association (ABNT) is responsible for the national standardization and certification procedures. The package also includes support to BibTeX in the ABNT standard.

Package: abook
Description-md5: b3df98dd5a16801ef603bb31eff45bf6
Description-en_GB: text-based ncurses address book application
 abook is a text-based ncurses address book application. It provides many different fields of user info. abook is designed for use with mutt, but can be used independently.

Package: abuse
Description-md5: d6cac325aca61807291a64ed182e28b0
Description-en_GB: SDL port of the Abuse action game
 Abuse is a side scrolling shoot-em-up action game from Crack dot Com.
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 This package contains the SDL-version of the Abuse game engine. It requires a mouse.

Package: abuse-frabs
Description-md5: 8e8d78fd31dc1f387df7e7252ac750c0
Description-en_GB: levels and graphics for Abuse
 This package contains the levels and graphics for the game Abuse with the Free Abuse (fRaBs) extensions.
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 This package obsoletes abuse-lib which will be removed at some point. If you still need abuse-lib for some reason, please contact the maintainer now.
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 The Abuse sound effects are not included, due to copyright problems.

Package: abuse-lib
Description-md5: 688a750ab6d443427e243ae451d595c5
Description-en_GB: original levels for Abuse
 This package contains the original levels and graphics for the Abuse game. The Abuse sound effects are not included, due to copyright problems.
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 This package occupies around 3.5 MB. A bigger set of levels exists in the package abuse-frabs (13 MB).

Package: abuse-sdl
Description-md5: c490f89657b07c873b77cadb518630a7
Description-en_GB: SDL port of the Abuse action game
 This is a legacy package that should be removed

Package: ace-of-penguins
Description-md5: 58c2a6d09ae21e96d7b634f11c95676d
Description-en_GB: Solitaire-games with penguin-look
 The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X solitaire games based on the ones available for Windows(tm) but with a number of enhancements.
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 The package consists of the games Pegged, Minesweeper, Solitaire, Taipei (together with a level editor), Golf, Mastermind, Merlin and Freecell.

Package: acfax
Description-md5: 483ca623e2e18e8a1a0bc71e40c335dd
Description-en_GB: Receive faxes using your radio and sound card
 acfax allows you to receive faxes using your sound card. Typically you might use it to decode faxes sent over HF radio or from satellites.

Package: acheck
Description-md5: a2145f860ebbe06fd97fdf6d0a8fb78a
Description-en_GB: Check common localisation mistakes
 acheck, any text file checker, is a tool designed to help both translators and reviewers checking and fixing common localisation mistakes according to file format.  Rules can be defined to add new checks.
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 If you install the Aspell Perl module as recommended, Aspell can be invoked to check word spelling.

Package: acheck-rules
Description-md5: 0a4c57c2dd1295b49c48ee4853b41822
Description-en_GB: Basic rules for acheck
 This package provides basic rules to be checked by the acheck script.

Package: acheck-rules-fr
Description-md5: d7beecddcf60682dbee1ba1649193481
Description-en_GB: French rules for acheck
 This package provides French rules to be checked by the acheck script.
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 See acheck-rules packages for manpage.

Package: achilles
Description-md5: 98c4b0ebb5d22ed4131fdbe0005e1bc2
Description-en_GB: An artificial life and evolution simulator
 Achilles is an artificial life and evolution simulator that uses Hebbian neural networks and OpenGL/SDL to simulate life in a simplified environment. It is based on Larry Yaeger's PolyWorld.

Package: achims-guestbook
Description-md5: e93d038da38fdf2d390ebe8b9e64d57f
Description-en_GB: php driven guestbook
 Achims Guestbook (http://www.lkcc.org:8500/) is a php driven guestbook that relies on text files for storing entries.  It has support for ip banning, bad word filters, smileys, and an easy to use administrative interface.

Package: acidbase
Description-md5: 2160e7ae69c2125796a8212276a7aa03
Description-en_GB: Basic Analysis and Security Engine
 BASE is based on the code from the Analysis Console for Intrusion Databases (ACID) project. This application provides a web front-end to query and analyse the alerts coming from a SNORT IDS system.
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 BASE is a web interface to perform analysis of intrusions that snort has detected on your network. It uses a user authentication and role-base system, so that you as the security admin can decide what and how much information each user can see.