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Development

As: The GNU assembler.
Autoconf: Create source code configuration scripts
Autoconf2.13: Create source code configuration scripts
automake: Making Makefile.in's
Bfd: The Binary File Descriptor library.
com_err: A Common Error Description Library for UNIX.
Cpp-295: The GNU C preprocessor (Version 2.95.x).
Cpp-300: The GNU C preprocessor (Version 3.0).
Cpplib-300: Cpplib internals (Version 3.0).
CVS: Concurrent Versions System
CVS client/server: Describes the client/server protocol used by CVS.
Fftw: Collection of fast C routines for computing discrete Fourier transforms.
G77-295: The GNU Fortran 77 compiler.
G77-300: The GNU Fortran 77 compiler.
Gas: The GNU assembler.
Flex: A fast scanner generator
gcc-295: The GNU Compiler Collection (Version 2.95.x).
gcc-300: The GNU Compiler Collection (Version 3.0).
Gcj-300: Ahead-of-time compiler for the Java language (Version 3.00)
Gdb: The GNU debugger.
Gdb-Internals: The GNU debugger's internals.
Gdbm: The GNU Database Routines.
gmp: GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library.
gprof: Profiling your program's execution
History: GNU History Library
iostream-295: The C++ input/output facility (GCC 2.95.x).
Ipc: System V interprocess communication facilities
Ld: The GNU linker.
libext2fs: The EXT2FS library.
M4: The GNU m4 macro preprocessor.
Maintaining: Maintaining GNU software.
Make: The GNU make utility.
Gettext: GNU gettext utilities.
gettextize: Prepare a package for gettext.
msgfmt: Make MO files out of PO files.
msgmerge: Update two PO files into one.
OpenAL: The Programmer's Guide to 3d Positional Audio
xgettext: Extract strings into a PO file.
Python2.1-api: Python/C 2.1 API Reference Manual
Python2.1-dist: Distributing Python Modules (2.1)
Python2.1-ext: Extending & Embedding Python 2.1
Python2.1-lib: Python 2.1 Library Reference
Python2.1-ref: Python 2.1 Reference Manual
Python2.1-tut: Python 2.1 Tutorial
Readline: GNU Readline Library
Stabs: The "stabs" debugging information format.
Standards: GNU coding standards.
xgettext: Extract strings into a PO file.
Binutils: The GNU binary utilities.
ar: Create, modify, and extract from archives
nm: List symbols from object files
objcopy: Copy and translate object files
objdump: Display information from object files
ranlib: Generate index to archive contents
readelf: Display the contents of ELF format files.
size: List section sizes and total size
strings: List printable strings from files
strip: Discard symbols
c++filt: Filter to demangle encoded C++ symbols
cxxfilt: MS-DOS name for c++filt
addr2line: Convert addresses to file and line
nlmconv: Converts object code into an NLM
windres: Manipulate Windows resources
dlltool: Create files needed to build and use DLLs
bison: GNU Project parser generator (yacc replacement).

Emacs

Ada mode: The GNU Emacs mode for editing Ada.
Autotype: Convenient features for text that you enter frequently in Emacs.
bbdb: The insidious Big Brother Database for mail and news.
CC Mode: Emacs mode for editing C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Pike, and IDL code.
CL: Partial Common Lisp support for Emacs Lisp.
Dired-X: Dired Extra Features.
Ebrowse: A C++ class browser for Emacs.
Ediff: A visual interface for comparing and merging programs.
Elisp: Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
Emacs: The extensible self-documenting text editor.
Emacs FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions about Emacs.
Emacs MIME: The MIME de/composition library.
Emacs-lisp-intro: A simple introduction to Emacs Lisp programming.
Eshell: A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp.
EUDC: A client for directory servers (LDAP, PH)
Forms: Emacs package for editing data bases by filling in forms.
Gnus: The newsreader Gnus.
IDLWAVE: Major mode and shell for IDL and WAVE/CL files.
Indent: A C language source code beautifier
Info: Documentation browsing system.
Ispell: Using ISPELL, an interactive spelling corrector, inside Emacs.
librep: A flexible Lisp environment
Mailcrypt: Cryptographic interface for mail and news.
Message: Mail and news composition mode that goes with Gnus.
MH-E: Emacs interface to the MH mail system.
MikMod: MikMod Sound Library.
NASM: The Netwide Assembler for x86.
PCL-CVS: Emacs front-end to CVS.
PSGML: PSGML, a major mode for SGML documents.
PSGML-API: PSGML, the API documentation.
RefTeX: Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references and citations.
SC: Supercite lets you cite parts of messages you're replying to, in flexible ways.
Speedbar: File/Tag summarizing utility.
TRAMP: Transparent Remote Access, Multiple Protocol Emacs remote file access via rsh and rcp.
VIP: An older VI-emulation for Emacs.
VIPER: The newest Emacs VI-emulation mode. (also, A VI Plan for Emacs Rescue or the VI PERil.)
Widget: Documenting the "widget" package used by the Emacs Custom facility.
WoMan: Browse UN*X Manual Pages `Wo (without) Man'.

Administration

Accounting: The GNU process accounting utilities
Am-utils: The Amd automounter suite of utilities
Stow: GNU Stow.

Information

Jargon: The definitive compendium of hacker slang (menu). The Debian menu system
VERA: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms

GNU Libraries:

AA-lib: An ASCII-art graphics library
GIMP-Print: Print plugin for the GIMP, and printing library
GPGME: Adding support for cryptography to your program.
Libc: C library.
libIDL: Interface Definition Language parsing library.

Shells

ZSH: The Z Shell Manual.

Document Preparation

Spell: GNU Spell, a clone of Unix `spell'.

Miscellaneous

Groff: The GNU troff document formatting system.
Rluserman: GNU Readline Library API

Window Manager

sawfish: Sawfish programming manual

Console utilities

Enscript: GNU Enscript
Gpm: A server wich hands mouse events to non-X programs.

User Interface Toolkit

GDK: The General Drawing Kit
GTK: The GIMP Toolkit

Disk Management

Fdutils: Linux floppy utilities

GNU programming tools

Libtool: Generic shared library support script.

Kernel

GRUB: The GRand Unified Bootloader
grub-install: Install GRUB on your drive
grub-md5-crypt: Encrypt a password in MD5 format
mbchk: Check for the format of a Multiboot kernel
Multiboot Specification: Multiboot Specification.

The Algorithmic Language Scheme

g-wrap: Export C libraries into Scheme interpreters
Guile: The Guile Reference Manual.
guile-tutorial: Guile Tutorial
Slib: The SLIB portable Scheme library

Games

Heroes: A Nibbles clone, just better.
heroeslvl: Inspect Heroes levels.

Texinfo documentation system

Texi2html: Texinfo to HTML Converter.

Net Utilities

Wget: The non-interactive network downloader.

Database

mysql: MySQL documentation.

Editors

Nano: Small and friendly text editor.

Math

Gnuplot: Gnuplot plotting program

Graphics

XaoS: The fast realtime interactive fractal zoomer

teTeX

dvips: Translating TeX DVI files to PostScript.
Kpathsea: File lookup along search paths.
LaTeX2e: LaTeX2e help 1.6.
Web2c: TeX, Metafont and companion programs.

General Commands

Bash: GNU Bourne-Again SHell Features.
Bzip2: A program and library for data compression.
Gzip: The gzip command for compressing files.
Pinfo: Curses based lynx-style info browser.
Remsync: Synchronize remote files
Screen: Full-screen window manager.
Shar utilities: GNU shar utilities.
shar: Make a shell archive.
unshar: Explode a shell archive.
dc: Arbritrary precision RPN "Desktop Calculator".
Ed: The `ed' command, which has the purpose of editing text files.
Gawk: A text scanning and processing language.
Gawkinet: TCP/IP Internetworking With `gawk'.
Shell utilities: GNU shell utilities.
basename: Strip directory and suffix.
chroot: Specify the root directory.
date: Print/set system date and time.
dirname: Strip non-directory suffix.
echo: Print a line of text.
env: Modify the environment.
expr: Evaluate expressions.
factor: Print prime factors
false: Do nothing, unsuccessfully.
groups: Print group names a user is in.
hostid: Print numeric host identifier.
hostname: Print or set system name.
id: Print real/effective uid/gid.
logname: Print current login name.
nice: Modify scheduling priority.
nohup: Immunize to hangups.
pathchk: Check file name portability.
printenv: Print environment variables.
printf: Format and print data.
pwd: Print working directory.
seq: Print numeric sequences
sleep: Delay for a specified time.
stty: Print/change terminal settings.
su: Modify user and group id.
Tar: Making tape (or disk) archives.
tee: Redirect to multiple files.
test: File/string tests.
true: Do nothing, successfully.
tty: Print terminal name.
uname: Print system information.
users: Print current user names.
who: Print who is logged in.
whoami: Print effective user id.
yes: Print a string indefinitely.
Diff: GNU diff and related utilities
Finding Files: Listing and operating on files that match certain criteria.
grep: Print lines matching a pattern.
File utilities: GNU file utilities.
chgrp: Change file groups.
chown: Change file owners/groups.
chmod: Change file permissions.
cp: Copy files.
dd: Copy and convert a file.
df: Report filesystem disk usage.
dir: List directories briefly.
dircolors: Color setup for ls.
du: Report on disk usage.
install: Copy and change attributes.
ln: Make links between files.
ls: List directory contents.
mkdir: Create directories.
mkfifo: Create FIFOs (named pipes).
mknod: Create special files.
mv: Rename files.
rm: Remove files.
rmdir: Remove empty directories.
shred: Remove files more securely.
sync: Synchronize memory and disk.
touch: Change file timestamps.
vdir: List directories verbosely.
mv: Rename files.
rm: Remove files.
rmdir: Remove empty directories.
sed: Stream EDitor.
shred: Remove files more securely.
sync: Synchronize memory and disk.
touch: Change file timestamps.
vdir: List directories verbosely.
Cpio: A program to manage archives of files.
Time: A utility to time the execution of a command
Texinfo: The GNU documentation format.
install-info: Update info/dir entries.
texi2dvi: Print Texinfo documents.
texindex: Sort Texinfo index files.
makeinfo: Translate Texinfo source.
Text utilities: GNU text utilities.
cat: Concatenate and write files.
cksum: Print POSIX CRC checksum.
comm: Compare sorted files by line.
csplit: Split by context.
cut: Print selected parts of lines.
expand: Convert tabs to spaces.
fmt: Reformat paragraph text.
fold: Wrap long input lines.
head: Output the first part of files.
join: Join lines on a common field.
md5sum: Print or check message-digests.
nl: Number lines and write files.
od: Dump files in octal, etc.
paste: Merge lines of files.
pr: Paginate or columnate files.
ptx: Produce permuted indexes.
sort: Sort text files.
split: Split into fixed-size pieces.
sum: Print traditional checksum.
tac: Reverse files.
tail: Output the last part of files.
tsort: Topological sort.
tr: Translate characters.
unexpand: Convert spaces to tabs.
uniq: Uniquify files.
wc: Byte, word, and line counts.
info standalone: Read Info documents without Emacs.
infokey: Compile Info customizations.
Mtools: Mtools: utilities to access DOS disks in Unix.
units: Units conversion.
CVS Book: A CVS tutorial and reference.

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