Section 7 : Miscellanea
Section 7 of the manual provides overviews on various topics, and describes conventions and protocols, character set standards, the standard file system layout, and miscellaneous other things.
| aerc | Email client for your terminal |
| aggregate6 | Tool to compress an unsorted list of IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes |
| alsa-utils | Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities |
| amanda | A network-capable tape backup solution |
| amanda-client | The client component of the AMANDA tape backup system |
| amanda-server | The server side of the AMANDA tape backup system |
| amtterm | Serial-over-lan (sol) client for Intel AMT |
| apt | Command-line package manager for Debian packages |
| atf-tests | Automated Testing Framework - Test suite |
| audit-rules | audit rules and utilities |
| authselect | Configures authentication and identity sources from supported profiles |
| babeltrace2 | A trace manipulation toolkit |
| badvpn | Peer-to-peer VPN solution |
| bats | Bash Automated Testing System |
| biblesync-devel | Development files for biblesync |
| blogc | A blog compiler |
| bluez-libs-devel | Development libraries for Bluetooth applications |
| calf | Audio plugins pack |
| ccze | A robust log colorizer |
| cdist | Usable configuration management |
| charliecloud | Lightweight user-defined software stacks for high-performance computing |
| clevis-luks | LUKS integration for clevis |
| cmake | Cross-platform make system |
| cmus | Ncurses-Based Music Player |
| corosync | The Corosync Cluster Engine and Application Programming Interfaces |
| courier-unicode-devel | Development tools for programs which will use the libcourier-unicode library |
| CppMicroServices-devel | Development files for CppMicroServices |
| crypto-policies | System-wide crypto policies |
| ctags | A C programming language indexing and/or cross-reference tool |
| ctdb | A Clustered Database based on Samba's Trivial Database (TDB) |
| ctdb-ceph-mutex | CTDB ceph mutex helper |
| ctdb-etcd-mutex | CTDB ETCD mutex helper |
| cups | CUPS printing system |
| cups-printerapp | CUPS printing system - tools for printer application |
| czmq-devel | Development files for the czmq package |
| dconf | A configuration system |
| debconf-doc | Debconf documentation |
| debhelper | Helper programs for debian/rules |
| devscripts | Scripts for Debian Package maintainers |
| dgit | Integration between git and Debian-style archives |
| dh-autoreconf | debhelper add-on to call autoreconf and clean up after the build |
| discount | A command-line utility for converting Markdown files into HTML |
| dnf5 | Command-line package manager |
| docbook-utils | Shell scripts for managing DocBook documents |
| dotnet-host | .NET command line launcher |
| dovecot | Secure imap and pop3 server |
| dovecot-pigeonhole | Sieve and managesieve plug-in for dovecot |
| dpkg-dev | Debian package development tools |
| dpkg-devel | Debian package management static library |
| dracut | Initramfs generator using udev |
| drbd-pacemaker | Pacemaker resource agent for DRBD |
| drbd-utils | Management utilities for DRBD |
| dvdauthor | Command line DVD authoring tool |
| dynamips | Cisco Router Emulator |
| e2tools | Manipulate files in unmounted ext2/ext3 filesystems |
| ecryptfs-utils | The eCryptfs mount helper and support libraries |
| elfutils-debuginfod-client | Library and command line client for build-id HTTP ELF/DWARF server |
| erlang-snmp | Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support |
| fabtests | Test suite for libfabric API |
| fdupes | Finds duplicate files in a given set of directories |
| fennel | A Lisp that compiles to Lua |
| flexiblas-devel | Development headers and libraries for FlexiBLAS |
| foot | Fast, lightweight and minimalistic Wayland terminal emulator |
| freeipmi | IPMI remote console and system management software |
| freerdp-libs | Core libraries implementing the RDP protocol |
| frysk | Execution analysis and debugging tool-suite |
| gammu | Command Line utility to work with mobile phones |
| ggz-base-libs | Base libraries for GGZ gaming zone |
| git-core-doc | Documentation files for git-core |
| git-lfs | Git extension for versioning large files |
| git-secret | A bash-tool to store your private data inside a git repository |
| gnupg2 | Utility for secure communication and data storage |
| gnustep-make | GNUstep makefile package |
| gpm | A mouse server for the Linux console |
| graphviz | Graph Visualization Tools |
| greetd | A generic greeter daemon |
| groff | A document formatting system |
| guilt | Scripts to manage quilt-like patches on top of git |
| gvfs-client | Client modules of backends for the gio framework in GLib |
| hamlib | Run-time library to control radio transceivers and receivers |
| hashid | Tool to identify different types of hashes |
| heimdal-devel | Header and other development files for Heimdal kerberos |
| herbstluftwm | A manual tiling window manager |
| htslib | C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats |
| hwloc-libs | Run time libraries for the hwloc |
| ibacm | InfiniBand Communication Manager Assistant |
| ibus | Intelligent Input Bus for Linux OS |
| icecream | Distributed compiler |
| intel-ipsec-mb | IPsec cryptography library optimized for Intel Architecture |
| iproute-tc | Linux Traffic Control utility |
| ipsilon-base | Ipsilon base IDP server |
| irda-utils | Utilities for infrared communication between devices |
| iwd | Wireless daemon for Linux |
| javapackages-common | Non-essential macros and scripts for Java packaging support |
| jetring | GPG keyring maintenance using changesets |
| jgmenu | Simple X11 application menu |
| jurand | A tool for manipulating Java symbols |
| kafs-client | The basic tools for kAFS and mounter for the AFS dynamic root |
| kdelibs | KDE Libraries |
| keyutils-libs | Key utilities library |
| kf5-kdoctools | KDE Frameworks 5 Tier 2 addon for generating documentation |
| kf6-kdoctools | KDE Frameworks 6 Tier 2 addon for generating documentation |
| knot-resolver | Caching full DNS Resolver |
| krb5-libs | The non-admin shared libraries used by Kerberos 5 |
| lei | Local Email Interface for public-inbox |
| libabigail | Set of ABI analysis tools |
| libbsd-devel | Development files for libbsd |
| libcap | Library for getting and setting POSIX.1e capabilities |
| libcap-ng | Alternate posix capabilities library |
| libcoap-doc | Documentation package for libcoap |
| libdrm-devel | Direct Rendering Manager development package |
| libedit-devel | Development files for libedit |
| libfabric-devel | Development files for libfabric |
| libgnome | GNOME base library |
| libmawk-devel | Development files for libmawk |
| libmd | Library that provides message digest functions from BSD systems |
| libpcap | A system-independent interface for user-level packet capture |
| libperf-devel | Developement files for the perf library from kernel source |
| libpmem2-devel | Development files for the low-level persistent memory library |
| libpmem-devel | Development files for the low-level persistent memory library |
| libpmemobj-devel | Development files for the Persistent Memory Transactional Object Store library |
| libpmempool-devel | Development files for Persistent Memory pool management library |
| libquvi-scripts | Embedded lua scripts for parsing the media details |
| librabbitmq-tools | Example tools built using the librabbitmq package |
| librdmacm | Userspace RDMA Connection Manager |
| libreswan | Internet Key Exchange (IKEv1 and IKEv2) implementation for IPsec |
| libretls | Port of libtls from LibreSSL to OpenSSL |
| libsmbclient-devel | Developer tools for the SMB client library |
| libtermkey-devel | Development files needed for libtermkey |
| libtickit-devel | Development files needed for libtickit |
| liburing-devel | Development files for Linux-native io_uring I/O access library |
| libvirt-client | Client side utilities of the libvirt library |
| libvma | A library for boosting TCP and UDP traffic (over RDMA hardware) |
| libxo | A Library for Generating Text, XML, JSON, and HTML Output |
| libyaz | Shared libraries for yaz |
| linux-atm | Tools to support ATM networking under Linux |
| lizardfs-client | LizardFS client |
| lksctp-tools | User-space access to Linux Kernel SCTP |
| lmfit-devel | Development files for lmfit |
| lttng-tools | LTTng control and utility programs |
| lvm2 | Userland logical volume management tools |
| lxc-libs | Runtime library files for lxc |
| maildir-utils | A command-line mail organization utility |
| maildrop | Mail delivery agent with filtering abilities |
| mandoc | A suite of tools for compiling mdoc and man |
| man-pages | Linux kernel and C library user-space interface documentation |
| mawk | Interpreter for the AWK programming language |
| memkind | User Extensible Heap Manager |
| mimedefang | E-mail filtering framework using Sendmail's Milter interface |
| mk-configure | A build system on top of bmake |
| mosquitto | Open Source MQTT v5/v3.1.x Broker |
| munge | Enables uid & gid authentication across a host cluster |
| n2n | A layer-two peer-to-peer virtual private network |
| nanomsg-devel | Development files for nanomsg |
| ncid | Network Caller ID server, client and gateways |
| ncid-client | NCID (Network Caller ID) client |
| ncid-gateways | NCID (Network Caller ID) gateways |
| ncurses | Ncurses support utilities |
| netavark | OCI network stack |
| NetworkManager | Network connection manager and user applications |
| NetworkManager-ovs | Open vSwitch device plugin for NetworkManager |
| nfs-utils | NFS utilities and supporting clients and daemons for the kernel NFS server |
| nmh | A capable MIME-email-handling system with a command-line interface |
| nordugrid-arc-monitor | ARC LDAP monitor web application |
| notmuch | System for indexing, searching, and tagging email |
| nvme-stas | NVMe STorage Appliance Services |
| ocfs2-tools | Tools for managing the Oracle Cluster Filesystem 2 |
| ocl-icd | OpenCL Library (Installable Client Library) Bindings |
| offlineimap | Powerful IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support |
| opencryptoki | Implementation of the PKCS#11 (Cryptoki) specification v3.0 |
| opendnssec | DNSSEC key and zone management software |
| openhpi | Hardware Platform Interface library and tools |
| OpenIPMI | IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools |
| opensmtpd | Free implementation of the server-side SMTP protocol as defined by RFC 5321 |
| openssl | Utilities from the general purpose cryptography library with TLS implementation |
| openssl-pkcs11-sign-provider | A PKCS#11 provider for OpenSSL 3.0 (private key operations only) |
| openvswitch | Open vSwitch daemon/database/utilities |
| osbuild-composer | An image building service based on osbuild |
| ovn | Open Virtual Network support |
| pacemaker | Scalable High-Availability cluster resource manager |
| pacemaker-cli | Command line tools for controlling Pacemaker clusters |
| pam_script | PAM module for executing scripts |
| parallel | Shell tool for executing jobs in parallel |
| pciutils-devel | Linux PCI development library |
| pilot-link | File transfer utilities between Linux and PalmPilots |
| pipewire-libs | Libraries for PipeWire clients |
| pipewire-pulseaudio | PipeWire PulseAudio implementation |
| pkcs11-provider | A PKCS#11 provider for OpenSSL 3.0+ |
| pkgconf-m4 | m4 macros for pkgconf |
| po4a | A tool maintaining translations anywhere |
| podman | Manage Pods, Containers and Container Images |
| public-inbox | An archives-first approach to mailing lists |
| python3-dnf | Python 3 interface to DNF |
| python3-ramalama | RamaLama is a command line tool for working with AI LLM models |
| qemu-common | QEMU common files needed by all QEMU targets |
| qemu-img | QEMU command line tool for manipulating disk images |
| radare2 | The reverse engineering framework |
| rancid | Really Awesome New Cisco confIg Differ |
| rbm | Reproducible Build Manager |
| rcm | Management suite for dotfiles |
| rdma-core | RDMA core userspace libraries and daemons |
| rdma-core-devel | RDMA core development libraries and headers |
| rdopkg | RPM packaging automation tool CLI |
| RdRand | Library for generating random numbers using the RDRAND (read random) instruction |
| resource-agents | Open Source HA Reusable Cluster Resource Scripts |
| rgbds | A development package for the Game Boy, including an assembler |
| rizin | UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line tool-set |
| rubygem-ronn-ng | Builds man pages from Markdown |
| rxvt-unicode | Unicode version of rxvt |
| salt-master | Management component for salt, a parallel remote execution system |
| samba-client | Samba client programs |
| samba-common | Files used by both Samba servers and clients |
| sane-backends | Scanner access software |
| smc-tools | Shared Memory Communication Tools |
| smokeping | Latency Logging and Graphing System |
| snobol4 | A port of Macro SNOBOL4 |
| sox | A general purpose sound file conversion tool |
| squeezelite | Headless music player for streaming from Lyrion Music Server |
| sshguard | Protects hosts from brute-force attacks against SSH and other services |
| sway | i3-compatible window manager for Wayland |
| syncthing | Continuous File Synchronization |
| sysconftool | Macros for aclocal to install configuration files |
| syslog-ng-slog | secure logging support for syslog-ng |
| systemd | System and Service Manager |
| systemd-boot-unsigned | UEFI boot manager (unsigned version) |
| systemd-udev | Rule-based device node and kernel event manager |
| systemtap-devel | Programmable system-wide instrumentation system - development headers, tools |
| tig | Text-mode interface for the git revision control system |
| timew | Timewarrior tracks and reports time |
| tntnet | A web application server for web applications |
| tpm2-abrmd | A system daemon implementing TPM2 Access Broker and Resource Manager |
| tpm2-tss-devel | Headers and libraries for building apps that use tpm2-tss |
| tuned | A dynamic adaptive system tuning daemon |
| tuned-profiles-atomic | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to Atomic |
| tuned-profiles-compat | Additional tuned profiles mainly for backward compatibility with tuned 1.0 |
| tuned-profiles-cpu-partitioning | Additional tuned profile(s) optimized for CPU partitioning |
| tuned-profiles-mssql | Additional tuned profile(s) for MS SQL Server |
| tuned-profiles-nfv-guest | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to Network Function Virtualization (NFV) guest |
| tuned-profiles-nfv-host | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to Network Function Virtualization (NFV) host |
| tuned-profiles-openshift | Additional TuneD profile(s) optimized for OpenShift |
| tuned-profiles-oracle | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to Oracle loads |
| tuned-profiles-postgresql | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to PostgreSQL server loads |
| tuned-profiles-realtime | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to realtime |
| tuned-profiles-sap | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to SAP NetWeaver loads |
| tuned-profiles-sap-hana | Additional tuned profile(s) targeted to SAP HANA loads |
| tuned-profiles-spectrumscale | Additional tuned profile(s) optimized for IBM Spectrum Scale |
| ubertooth | Bluetooth wireless development platform for experimentation |
| udisks | Storage Management Service |
| unixcw | Shared library for Morse programs |
| unixODBC | A complete ODBC driver manager for Linux |
| upower | Power Management Service |
| urlwatch | A tool for monitoring webpages for updates |
| valkey-doc | Documentation and extra man pages for valkey |
| varnish | High-performance HTTP accelerator |
| vectorscan | A portable fork of hyperscan, used as a high performance pcre replacement |
| votca | Versatile Object-oriented Toolkit for Coarse-graining Applications |
| waffle-devel | Development headers and libraries for waffle |
| weston | Reference compositor for Wayland |
| wicked-devel | Network configuration infrastructure - Development files |
| wofi | A launcher/menu program for wlroots based wayland compositors |
| wordnet | A lexical database for the English language |
| xautomation | Tools to automate tasks in X, even detecting on screen images |
| xen-runtime | Core Xen runtime environment |
| xkeyboard-config | X Keyboard Extension configuration data |
| xtb | Semiempirical Extended Tight-Binding Program Package |
| yasm-devel | Header files and static libraries for the yasm Modular Assembler |
| yaz | Z39.50/SRW/SRU toolkit |
| zeromq | Software library for fast, message-based applications |