System¶

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Package management¶

gnome-packagekit - Graphical distribution neutral package manager for GNOME

PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

synaptic - Graphical package manager

Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT. Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in a user friendly way.

_{apt-listchanges 3.24 - package change history notification tool
apt-transport-https 2.6.1 - transitional package for https support
aptitude 0.8.13-5 - terminal-based package manager
debconf-utils 1.5.82 - debconf utilities
debian-archive-keyring 2023.3 - GnuPG archive keys of the Debian archive
debian-keyring 2022.12.24 - GnuPG keys of Debian Developers and Maintainers
debsecan 0.4.20.1 - Debian Security Analyzer
debsums 3.0.2.1 - tool for verification of installed package files against MD5 checksums
gnome-packagekit 43.0-1 - Graphical distribution neutral package manager for GNOME
packagekit 1.2.6-5 - Provides a package management service
packagekit-tools 1.2.6-5 - Provides PackageKit command-line tools
software-properties-gtk 0.99.30-4 - manage the repositories that you install software from (GTK)
synaptic 0.91.3 - Graphical package manager
unattended-upgrades 2.9.1+nmu3 - automatic installation of security upgrades
vrms 1.33 - transitional package for check-dfsg-status
gdebi 0.9.5.7+nmu6 - simple tool to view and install deb files - GNOME GUI
debfoster 2.7-2.1+b2 - Install only wanted Debian packages
appstream-generator 0.9.0-1 - Generator for AppStream metadata catalogs
apt-config-auto-update 2.2 - APT configuration for automatic cache updates
apt-file 3.3 - search for files within Debian packages (command-line interface)
apt-forktracer 0.9 - utility for tracking non-official package versions
apt-listbugs 0.1.40 - tool which lists critical bugs before each APT installation
aptitude-doc-fr 0.8.13-5 - French manual for aptitude, a terminal-based package manager
debian-security-support 1:12+2023.05.12 - Debian security support coverage checker
deborphan 1.7.35 - program that can find unused packages, e.g. libraries
debtree 1.1.2 - package dependency graphs on steroids
gnome-software 43.4-1 - Software Center for GNOME
gstreamer1.0-packagekit 1.2.6-5 - GStreamer plugin to install codecs using PackageKit
needrestart 3.6-4 - check which daemons need to be restarted after library upgrades
packagekit-command-not-found 1.2.6-5 - Offer to install missing programs automatically
packagekit-gtk3-module 1.2.6-5 - Install fonts automatically using PackageKit
extrepo 0.11 - External repository manager
policy-rcd-declarative-deny-all 0.6 - Blocking default policy for policy-rcd-declarative
reportbug 12.0.0 - reports bugs in the Debian distribution
nala 0.12.2 - Commandline frontend for the APT package manager}

Task management/monitoring¶

xfce4-taskmanager - process manager for the Xfce4 Desktop Environment

A GUI application for monitoring and controlling running processes, written for Xfce. Its features include:

_{xfce4-taskmanager 1.5.5-1 - process manager for the Xfce4 Desktop Environment
htop 3.2.2-2 - interactive processes viewer
iotop 0.6-42-ga14256a-0.1+b2 - simple top-like I/O monitor
lm-sensors 1:3.6.0-7.1 - utilities to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
inxi 3.3.26-1-1 - full featured system information script
lsof 4.95.0-1 - utility to list open files
strace 6.1-0.1 - System call tracer
memtest86+ 6.10-4 - thorough real-mode memory tester
gnome-system-monitor 42.0-2 - Process viewer and system resource monitor for GNOME
screenfetch 3.9.1+20210523-2 - Bash Screenshot Information Tool
hardinfo 0.5.1+git20180227-2.1+b1 - Displays system information
cputool 0.0.8-2+b1 - Utility which manages CPU usage and system load
usbview 3.0-3 - USB device viewer
stress 1.0.7-1 - tool to impose load on and stress test a computer system
stressapptest 1.0.6-2.2 - stress test application for simulating high load situations
lshw 02.19.git.2021.06.19.996aaad9c7-2+b1 - information about hardware configuration
lshw-gtk 02.19.git.2021.06.19.996aaad9c7-2+b1 - graphical information about hardware configuration
bonnie++ 2.00a+nmu1 - Hard drive benchmark suite
x86info 1.31~pre0.8052aabdd159bc9050e7dc264f33782c5acce05f-2 - Display diagnostic information about i386 compatible CPUs
memtester 4.6.0-1 - Utility for testing the memory subsystem
dstat 0.7.4-6.1 - versatile resource statistics tool
sysstat 12.6.1-1 - system performance tools for Linux
cacti 1.2.24+ds1-1 - web interface for graphing of monitoring systems
hwloc 2.9.0-1 - Hierarchical view of the machine - utilities
memlockd 1.3-2.1+b1 - daemon to lock files into RAM
read-edid 3.0.2-1.1 - hardware information-gathering tool for VESA PnP monitors
cpu-x 4.5.2-2 - Tool that gathers information on CPU, motherboard and more
i7z 0.27.2+git2013.10.12-g5023138-8 - reporting tool for i7, i5, i3 CPUs
glances 3.3.1.1+dfsg-1 - Curses-based monitoring tool
sysdig 0.29.3-1+b1 - system-level exploration and troubleshooting tool}

Backup¶

deja-dup - Backup utility

Déjà Dup is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of backing up the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses duplicity as the backend.

_{deja-dup 44.0-2 - Backup utility
backintime-qt 1.3.3-4 - simple backup/snapshot system (graphical interface)
tmfs 3-2+b8 - Apple Time Machine FUSE mount
duplicity 0.8.22-1+b3 - encrypted bandwidth-efficient backup
rdiff-backup 2.2.2-1 - remote incremental backup
grsync 1.3.0-1+b1 - GTK+ frontend for rsync
unison 2.52+1 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
unison-gtk 2.52+1 - file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows with GTK+ interface
rsync 3.2.7-1 - fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
rsbackup 8.0-1 - rsync-based backup utility
fsarchiver 0.8.7-1 - file system archiver
backupninja 1.2.2-1 - lightweight, extensible meta-backup system
duply 2.4.1-1 - easy to use frontend to the duplicity backup system
vorta 0.8.10-1 - Desktop Client for Borg Backup
rsnapshot 1.4.5-1 - local and remote filesystem snapshot utility
borgbackup2 2.0.0b5-1 - deduplicating and compressing backup program (version 2.x)}

Disk management¶

gnome-disk-utility - manage and configure disk drives and media

GNOME Disks is a tool to manage disk drives and media:

gparted - GNOME partition editor

GParted uses libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables while several (optional) filesystem tools provide support for filesystems not included in libparted.

baobab - GNOME disk usage analyzer

Disk Usage Analyzer is a graphical, menu-driven application to analyse disk usage in a GNOME environment. It can easily scan either the whole filesystem tree, or a specific user-requested directory branch (local or remote).

_{gnome-disk-utility 43.0-1 - manage and configure disk drives and media
gparted 1.3.1-1 - GNOME partition editor
baobab 43.0-1 - GNOME disk usage analyzer
ncdu 1.18-0.2 - ncurses disk usage viewer
dfc 3.1.1-1.2 - display file system usage using graph and colors
smartmontools 7.3-1+b1 - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
mtools 4.0.33-1+really4.0.32-1 - Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
gdisk 1.0.9-2.1 - GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
parted 3.5-3 - disk partition manipulator
hdparm 9.65+ds-1 - tune hard disk parameters for high performance
sdparm 1.12-1 - Output and modify SCSI device parameters
dosfstools 4.2-1 - utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
hfsprogs 540.1.linux3-5+b1 - mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
ntfs-3g 1:2022.10.3-1+b1 - read/write NTFS driver for FUSE
kpartx 0.9.4-3 - create device mappings for partitions
xorriso 1.5.4-4 - command line ISO-9660 and Rock Ridge manipulation tool
lvm2 2.03.16-2 - Linux Logical Volume Manager
gsmartcontrol 1.1.4-1 - graphical user interface for smartctl
fsarchiver 0.8.7-1 - file system archiver
partclone 0.3.23+repack-1 - Utility to clone and restore a partition
pmount 0.9.23-6 - mount removable devices as normal user
bilibop-udev 0.6.3 - minimal udev rule for Debian GNU/Linux running from external media
ecryptfs-utils 111-6 - ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
partimage 0.6.9-10 - backup partitions into a compressed image file
steghide 0.5.1-15 - steganography hiding tool
gdmap 0.8.1-5+b1 - Tool to visualize diskspace
clonezilla 5.3.17-2 - bare metal backup and recovery of disk drives
exfatprogs 1.2.0-1 - exFAT file system utilities
disk-filltest 0.8.2-1 - Simple Tool to Detect Bad Disks by Filling with Random Data
loggedfs 0.9+ds-4 - User-controllable logging file system
squashfuse 0.1.105-1 - FUSE filesystem to mount squashfs archives}

Data recovery¶

testdisk - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool, and PhotoRec file recovery tool

TestDisk checks the partition and boot sectors of your disks. It is very useful in forensics, recovering lost partitions. It works with :

DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP )
Linux Ext2 and Ext3
BeFS ( BeOS )
BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
CramFS (Compressed File System)
HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System
JFS, IBM’s Journaled File System
Linux Raid
Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
Netware NSS
ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6
Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/…)
XFS, SGI’s Journaled File System

_{testdisk 7.1-5+nmu1 - Partition scanner and disk recovery tool, and PhotoRec file recovery tool
foremost 1.5.7-11+b2 - forensic program to recover lost files
scalpel 1.60-10 - fast filesystem-independent file recovery
gddrescue 1.27-1 - GNU data recovery tool
ddrescueview 0.4.5-1 - graphical viewer for GNU ddrescue map files
extundelete 0.2.4-3 - utility to recover deleted files from ext3/ext4 partition
fatcat 1.1.1-3 - FAT filesystem explore, extract, repair, and forensic tool
safecopy 1.7-7 - data recovery tool for problematic or damaged media
forensics-samples-all 1.1.4-5 - Set of files to help learn/test forensics tools and techniques (metapackage)
forensics-full 2.44 - Full forensics station (metapackage)}

File cleaners/linters¶

bleachbit - delete unnecessary files from the system

BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk. It removes cache, Internet history, temporary files, cookies, and broken shortcuts.

_{bleachbit 4.4.2-1 - delete unnecessary files from the system
localepurge 0.7.3.10 - reclaim disk space by removing unneeded localizations}

Log viewers¶

gnome-system-log - system log viewer for GNOME

This program displays system log files in a friendly way and allows one to filter or search expressions in them.

_{gnome-system-log 3.9.90-8 - system log viewer for GNOME
lnav 0.11.1-3 - ncurses-based log file viewer
colortail 0.3.3-1+b2 - log colorizer that makes log checking easier
gnome-logs 43.0-1 - viewer for the systemd journal
glogg 1.1.4-1.1+b4 - Smart interactive log explorer using Qt
logtop 0.4.3-1+b3 - real time log line rate analyzer
since 1.1-7 - tail(1) work-alike that saves and uses state information
multitail 6.5.0-5 - view multiple logfiles windowed on console
logswan 2.1.12-1+b1 - fast Web log analyzer using probabilistic data structures}

Virtualization¶

virt-manager - desktop application for managing virtual machines

The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (Linux containers). It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.

_{virt-manager 1:4.1.0-2 - desktop application for managing virtual machines
virtinst 1:4.1.0-2 - utilities to create and edit virtual machines
virt-viewer 11.0-2 - Displaying the graphical console of a virtual machine
ebtables 2.0.11-5 - Ethernet bridge frame table administration
dnsmasq-base 2.89-1 - Small caching DNS proxy and DHCP/TFTP server
libvirt-daemon-system 9.0.0-4 - Libvirt daemon configuration files
gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 0.42-1 - GTK3 widget for SPICE clients (GObject-Introspection)
qemu-system-x86 1:7.2+dfsg-7 - QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
qemu-system-arm 1:7.2+dfsg-7 - QEMU full system emulation binaries (arm)
qemu-utils 1:7.2+dfsg-7 - QEMU utilities
libguestfs-tools 1:1.48.6-2 - guest disk image management system - tools
virt-p2v 1.42.3-1 - physical-to-virtual machine converter
libguestfs-rsync 1:1.48.6-2 - guest disk image management system - rsync support
libguestfs-rescue 1:1.48.6-2 - guest disk image management system - virt-rescue enhancements
netcat-openbsd 1.219-1 - TCP/IP swiss army knife
virt-p2v 1.42.3-1 - physical-to-virtual machine converter
virt-what 1.25-1 - detect if we are running in a virtual machine
libguestfs-tools 1:1.48.6-2 - guest disk image management system - tools
lxc 1:5.0.2-1 - Linux Containers userspace tools
gnome-boxes 43.2-1 - Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
lxc-templates 3.0.4.48.g4765da8-1 - Linux Containers userspace tools (templates)
docker.io 20.10.24+dfsg1-1+b3 - Linux container runtime
docker-registry 2.8.2+ds1-1 - Docker toolset to pack, ship, store, and deliver content
docker-doc 20.10.24+dfsg1-1 - Linux container runtime – documentation
vagrant 2.3.4+dfsg-1 - Tool for building and distributing virtualized development environments
schroot 1.6.13-3+b2 - Execute commands in a chroot environment
imvirt 0.9.6-11 - detects several virtualizations
guestfish 1:1.48.6-2 - guest filesystem shell
guestmount 1:1.48.6-2 - FUSE-based mount utility for guest filesystems
virtnbdbackup 1.9.15-1 - Backup utility for libvirt
open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20221223-3 - manage systemd-nspawn containers
debvm 0.2.10 - create and run virtual machines for various Debian releases and architectures}

Configuration management¶

ansible 7.3.0+dfsg-1 - Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system

Java¶

default-jre 2:1.17-74 - Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime

Display manager/screen locker¶

lightdm - simple display manager

An X display manager that:

Has a lightweight codebase
Is standards compliant (PAM, ConsoleKit, etc)
Has a well defined interface between the server and user interface
Fully themeable
Cross-desktop (greeters can be written in any toolkit)

_{lightdm 1.26.0-8 - simple display manager
lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.8-2+b1 - simple display manager (GTK+ greeter)
light-locker 1.8.0-3 - simple screen locker for lightDM display manager
accountsservice 22.08.8-6 - query and manipulate user account information
slim 1.3.6-5.3 - desktop-independent graphical login manager for X11
gdm3 43.0-3 - GNOME Display Manager
arctica-greeter 0.99.3.0-1 - LightDM Arctica Greeter
xsecurelock 1.5.1-1 - X11 screen lock utility with the primary goal of security
xscreensaver 6.06+dfsg1-3 - Screensaver daemon and frontend for X11
xscreensaver-data-extra 6.06+dfsg1-3 - Extra screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
xscreensaver-gl 6.06+dfsg1-3 - GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends
xscreensaver-gl-extra 6.06+dfsg1-3 - Extra GL(Mesa) screen saver modules for screensaver frontends}

Boot screen¶

plymouth 22.02.122-3 - boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer
plymouth-x11 22.02.122-3 - boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer - X11 renderer
plymouth-themes 22.02.122-3 - boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer - themes

Scheduling¶

at 3.2.5-1+b1 - Delayed job execution and batch processing

Desktop performance¶

haveged 1.9.14-1+b1 - Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
rng-tools5 5-4.1 - Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
oomd 0.5.0-1.2+b1 - userspace Out-Of-Memory (OOM) killer for Linux systems
irqbalance 1.9.2-1 - Daemon to balance interrupts for SMP systems
preload 0.6.4-5+b1 - adaptive readahead daemon

Security & sandboxing¶

apparmor 3.0.8-3 - user-space parser utility for AppArmor
apparmor-profiles 3.0.8-3 - experimental profiles for AppArmor security policies
apparmor-utils 3.0.8-3 - utilities for controlling AppArmor
libpam-tmpdir 0.09+b2 - automatic per-user temporary directories
sudo 1.9.13p3-1 - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users
apparmor-notify 3.0.8-3 - AppArmor notification system
apparmor-profiles-extra 1.35 - Extra profiles for AppArmor Security policies
doas 6.8.2-1+b1 - transitional package

Time¶

chrony 4.3-2+deb12u1 - Versatile implementation of the Network Time Protocol
ntp 1:4.2.8p15+dfsg-2~1.2.2+dfsg1-1 - Network Time Protocol daemon/utilities (transitional package)

Display¶

mesa-utils 8.5.0-1 - Miscellaneous Mesa utilities – symlinks
libgl1-mesa-dri 22.3.6-1+deb12u1 - free implementation of the OpenGL API – DRI modules
va-driver-all 2.17.0-1 - Video Acceleration (VA) API – driver metapackage
xinput 1.6.3-1 - Runtime configuration and test of XInput devices
xorg 1:7.7+23 - X.Org X Window System
xinit 1.4.0-1 - X server initialisation tool
xfonts-base 1:1.0.5+nmu1 - standard fonts for X
xfonts-scalable 1:1.0.3-1.3 - scalable fonts for X
xfonts-75dpi 1:1.0.5 - 75 dpi fonts for X
xfonts-100dpi 1:1.0.5 - 100 dpi fonts for X
xserver-xorg 1:7.7+23 - X.Org X server
xserver-xorg-input-all 1:7.7+23 - X.Org X server – input driver metapackage
xserver-xorg-input-wacom 1.1.0-1 - X.Org X server – Wacom input driver
xserver-xorg-input-aiptek 1:1.4.1-4 - X.Org X server – Aiptek input driver
xserver-xorg-input-elographics 1:1.4.3-1 - X.Org X server – ELOGraphics input driver
xserver-xorg-input-joystick 1:1.6.3-1.1 - X.Org X server – joystick input driver
xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.9.0-1+b3 - X.Org X server – keyboard input driver
xserver-xorg-input-mouse 1:1.9.3-1+b1 - X.Org X server – mouse input driver
xserver-xorg-input-mutouch 1:1.3.0-3 - X.Org X server – muTouch input driver
xserver-xorg-input-multitouch 1.0~rc3-2+b2 - Multitouch X input driver
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.9.2-1+b1 - Synaptics TouchPad driver for X.Org server
xserver-xorg-video-all 1:7.7+23 - X.Org X server – output driver metapackage
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20210115-1 - X.Org X server – Intel i8xx, i9xx display driver
xfonts-base 1:1.0.5+nmu1 - standard fonts for X
hwdata 0.368-1 - hardware identification / configuration data
nvidia-driver 525.105.17-1 - NVIDIA metapackage

Kernel/boot/init¶

linux-headers-amd64 6.1.37-1 - Header files for Linux amd64 configuration (meta-package)
linux-headers-686:i386 6.1.37-1 - Header files for Linux 686 configuration (meta-package)
module-assistant 0.11.11 - tool to make module package creation easier
dkms 3.0.10-8 - Dynamic Kernel Module System (DKMS)
build-essential 12.9 - Informational list of build-essential packages
systemd 252.6-1 - system and service manager
os-prober 1.81 - utility to detect other OSes on a set of drives
initramfs-tools 0.142 - generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
console-setup 1.221 - console font and keymap setup program
user-setup 1.95 - Set up initial user and password
libpam-systemd 252.6-1 - system and service manager - PAM module
kexec-tools 1:2.0.25-3+b1 - tools to support fast kexec reboots
kthresher 1.4.1-2 - Purge Unused Kernels

Firmwares¶

firmware-linux-free 20200122-1 - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel
firmware-linux-nonfree 20230210-5 - Binary firmware for various drivers in the Linux kernel (metapackage)
amd64-microcode 3.20230414.1 - Processor microcode firmware for AMD CPUs
intel-microcode 3.20230512.1 - Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs

Hardware-specific packages¶

driverctl 0.111-1 - Device driver control utility for Linux
pommed 1.39~dfsg-5.1+b1 - Apple laptops hotkeys event handler
lomoco 1.0.0-4 - Logitech Mouse Control for USB mice
wmgui 0.6.91-4+b1 - GUI interface to the wiimote
mbpfan 2.3.0-1+b1 - fan control daemon for Apple Macbooks
usbmuxd 1.1.1-2 - USB multiplexor daemon for iPhone and iPod Touch devices
fprintd 1.94.2-2 - D-Bus daemon for fingerprint reader access

Live system components¶

live-boot 1:20230131 - Live System Boot Components
live-config 11.0.3+nmu1 - Live System Configuration Components
live-config-systemd 11.0.3+nmu1 - Live System Configuration Components (systemd backend)
user-setup 1.95 - Set up initial user and password
live-tools 1:20190831.1 - Live System Extra Components
eject 2.38.1-5+b1 - ejects CDs and operates CD-Changers under Linux
installation-birthday 15 - Receive a message on system installation anniversary