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Package Categories

These are the package categories for the Salix repositories (some of them might not be actually present, because there are no packages to place in yet):

• a - The base system. Contains software to get up and running and have a text editor and basic communications programs
• ap - Various applications that do not require the X Window System
• d - Program development tools. Compilers, debuggers, interpreters, and man pages. It's all here
• f - FAQs, HOWTOs, and other miscellaneous documentation
• gnome - Applications and libraries from the Gnome project
• games - Games :)
• kde - KDE applications (depending on kdelibs)
• l - Libraries
• locale - Localisation Packages
• lxde - LXDE packages
• lxqt - LXQt packages
• mate - MATE Desktop packages
• n - Networking programs. Daemons, mail programs, telnet, news readers, web servers and so on
• t - teTeX document formatting system
• tcl - Tcl/tk packages
• x - X Window System packages
• xap - Applications that require X to run
• xfce - Xfce packages