User Applications
- debconf (Configuration
system for Debian packages)
(cdebconf C based
rewrite of debconf)
- kernel-package
(This package contains "make-kpkg", a perl script which makes building,
installing and managing Linux kernels a lot easier.)
- Aptitude
(Ncurses based frontend to apt, dpkg and debconf. Aptitude can be seen as
the next-generation "deselect".)
(cvs)
(ml)
- APT Secure (APT variant
to verify the authenticity of Debian packages through OpenPGP key-rings
of the 'debian-keyring' package. Beta status.)
- APT-Got
(Apt-get frontend for downloading Debian packages in parallel)
(cvs)
- APT-Fu
(Tool for downloading, modifying, building, and installing of Debian binary
packages from the Debian source packages. APT-Fu can also automatically
modify fields in control files, automatically apply patches, and run other
modifications through scripts known as 'optFiles'.)
- dpatch
(Patch system for Debian source packages)
(cvs)
- apt-build
(apt-get front-end for compiling software optimized for your architecture)
- APT-proxy
(Small proxy for efficiently caching apt-get requests for multiple Debian
boxes)
(cvs)
- apt-mirror (Tool to
mirror parts of Debian package mirrors)
- dpartialmirror (Build
or upgrade a local partial mirror from a Debian package mirror using
rsync)
- debsync
(Python based tool to synchronise the installed packages on Debian hosts)
(cvs)
- debian-updates
(Perl script which sends an email about packages needing security updates)
- FETA (Commandline
based frontend to apt, dpkg, debconf and many other commands. It tries to
give the Debian packaging system a more consistent interface.)
- Synaptic
(GTK+ based graphical front-end for Debian and RPM package management)
(svn)
(ml)
- Pseudo Image Kit
(Tool to help create your own Debian CD ISO images)
- GNOME2 for Debian
- Kpackage
(KDE based tool for for installing, viewing and uninstalling packages.
Package formats supported: RPM, Debian, Slackware and BSD package manager.
Inactive project.)
- GDPM
(Python/GNOME based frontend to apt, apt-cache, dpkg and debconf.
Inactive project.)
(cvs)
- JTE
("Jigdo Template Export". Patch to mkisofs to write .jigdo and
.template files alongside the ISO image.)