This appendix describes the following aspects of every package that is installed in this book:
What the package contains.
What each program from a package does.
The packages are listed in the same order as they are installed in chapter 5 and chapter 6.
Most information about these packages (especially the descriptions of them) come from the man pages from those packages. We are not going to print the entire man page, just the core elements to make it possible to understand what a program does. To get knowledge of all details on a program, we suggest you start by reading the complete man page in addition to this appendix.
Certain packages are documented in more depth than others, because we just happen to know more about certain packages than I know about others. If anything should be added to the following descriptions, please don't hesitate to email the mailing lists. We intend that the list should contain an in-depth description of every package installed, but we can't do it without help.
Please note that currently only what a package does is described and not why it needs to be installed. This may be added later.