Debian Edu Project
Summary
The Debian Edu Pure Blend contains 551 packages which are grouped by metapackages. Each metapackage will cause the installation of packages for a specific topic. The following table lists the metapackages of Debian Edu

Tasks page

This is a list of the Tasks Debian Edu is made of:

Table of contents

Astronomy - Debian Edu astronomy related applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach astronomy.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gpredict
Satellite tracking program
Kstars
desktop planetarium, observation planning and telescope control
Openuniverse
3D Universe Simulator
Stellarium
real-time photo-realistic sky generator
Xplanet
planetary body renderer
Xplanet-images
imagery for xplanet

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Astronomical-almanac
astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
Lightspeed
Shows how objects moving at relativistic speeds look like
Sunclock
fancy clock showing time and geographical data
Xtide
provides tide and current predictions
Xtide-data
??? missing short description for package xtide-data :-(

Chemistry - Debian Edu chemistry related applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach chemistry.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Avogadro
Molecular Graphics and Modelling System
Chemtool
chemical structures drawing program
Easychem
Draw high-quality molecules and 2D chemical formulas
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gchempaint
2D chemical structures editor for the GNOME2 desktop
Gdis
molecular and crystal model viewer
Gperiodic
periodic table application
Kalzium
periodic table and chemistry tools
Pymol
Molecular Graphics System

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Rasmol
visualization of biological macromolecules

Common - Debian Edu common basic packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Arping
sends IP and/or ARP pings (to the MAC address)
Bc
GNU bc arbitrary precision calculator language
Cifs-utils
Common Internet File System utilities
Command-not-found
Suggest installation of packages in interactive bash sessions
Convmv
filename encoding conversion tool
Debconf-utils
debconf utilities
Debian-edu-config
Configuration files for Debian Edu (Skolelinux) systems
Debian-edu-doc-en
English documentation from the Debian Edu project
Debian-edu-doc-legacy-en
Legacy English documentation from the Debian Edu project
Debian-edu-install
Set d-i values to install Debian Edu with less questions
Deborphan
??? missing short description for package deborphan :-(
Dhcping
DHCP Daemon Ping Program
Dmidecode
SMBIOS/DMI table decoder
Etherwake
tool to send magic Wake-on-LAN packets
Ethtool
display or change Ethernet device settings
Finger
user information lookup program
Fping
sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts
Gdebi
??? missing short description for package gdebi :-(
Gdebi-core
??? missing short description for package gdebi-core :-(
Htop
interactive processes viewer
Hwinfo
Hardware identification system
Iftop
displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
Iotop
simple top-like I/O monitor
Iproute2
networking and traffic control tools
Iputils-arping
Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address
Less
pager program similar to more
Libnss-myhostname
nss module providing fallback resolution for the current hostname
Libpam-tmpdir
automatic per-user temporary directories
Libwww-perl
simple and consistent interface to the world-wide web
Lshw
information about hardware configuration
Lsscsi
list all SCSI devices (or hosts) currently on system
Mc
Midnight Commander - a powerful file manager
Memtest86+
stand-alone memory tester for x86 and x86-64
Mtools
Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
Mtr
Full screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool
Mtr-tiny
Full screen ncurses traceroute tool
Ncftp
User-friendly and well-featured FTP client
Nmap
The Network Mapper
Nullidentd
small, fast identd daemon
Openbsd-inetd
OpenBSD Internet Superserver
Pciutils
PCI utilities
Plocate
much faster locate
Procinfo
tools to display information from /proc and /sys
Procmail
Versatile e-mail processor
Psmisc
utilities that use the proc file system
Resolvconf
name server information handler
Rsync
fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool
Rsyslog
reliable system and kernel logging daemon
Screen
terminal multiplexer with VT100/ANSI terminal emulation
Smartmontools
control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
Strace
System call tracer
Sysfsutils
sysfs query tool and boot-time setup
Tcpdump
command-line network traffic analyzer
Tcptraceroute
traceroute implementation using TCP packets
Vim
Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Apticron
Simple tool to mail about pending package updates - cron version
Cpqarrayd
monitoring tool for HP (Compaq) SmartArray controllers
Cron-apt
automatic update of packages using apt-get
Debian-goodies
Small toolbox-style utilities for Debian systems
Debsecan
Debian Security Analyzer
Dpt-i2o-raidutils
Adaptec I2O hardware RAID management utilities
Emacs
GNU Emacs editor (metapackage)
Gdb
GNU Debugger
Isag
Interactive System Activity Grapher for sysstat
Kexec-tools
tools to support fast kexec reboots
Mpt-status
get RAID status out of mpt (and other) HW RAID controllers
Nvram-wakeup
Read/write the WakeUp time from/to the BIOS
Popularity-contest
Vote for your favourite packages automatically
Raidutils
Transition Package, raidutils to dpt-i2o-raidutils
Rsyslog-doc
documentation for rsyslog
Valgrind-if-available
dependency package to pull in Valgrind if it's available
Wireshark
network traffic analyzer - graphical interface

Cinnamon - Debian Edu Cinnamon desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various Cinnanon components and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Fotoxx
Edit photos and manage a large collection
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Lightdm
simple display manager
Mtpaint
painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos
Osmo
personal organizer for GTK+
Task-cinnamon-desktop
Cinnamon

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Gnome - Debian Edu GNOME desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various GNOME office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dasher
graphical predictive text input system
Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Task-gnome-desktop
GNOME

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Kde - Debian Edu KDE desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various KDE office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Kdegraphics-thumbnailers
graphics file format thumbnailers for KDE SC
Kdeutils
general-purpose utilities from the official KDE release
Kio-audiocd
transparent audio CD access for applications using the KDE Platform
Sddm-theme-debian-elarun
'Debian Elarun' Theme for SDDM X11 display manager
Task-kde-desktop
KDE Plasma

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications
Kde-full
complete KDE Software Compilation for end users
Kde-zeroconf
zeroconf plugins and kio slaves for KDE
Kruler
screen ruler

Lxde - Debian Edu LXDE desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various LXDE components and lightweight desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Blueman
Graphical bluetooth manager
Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Fotoxx
Edit photos and manage a large collection
Hexchat
IRC client for X based on X-Chat 2
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Mtpaint
painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos
Network-manager-gnome
??? missing short description for package network-manager-gnome :-(
Osmo
personal organizer for GTK+
Pidgin
graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
Ssh-askpass
under X, asks user for a passphrase for ssh-add
Task-lxde-desktop
LXDE

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Lxqt - Debian Edu LXQt desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various LXQt components and lightweight desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Blueman
Graphical bluetooth manager
Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Fotoxx
Edit photos and manage a large collection
Galculator
scientific calculator
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Lightdm
simple display manager
Mtpaint
painting program to create pixel art and manipulate digital photos
Osmo
personal organizer for GTK+
Pidgin
graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client
Task-lxqt-desktop
LXQt

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Mate - Debian Edu MATE desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various MATE office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Arctica-greeter
LightDM Arctica Greeter
Arctica-greeter-theme-debian
LightDM Arctica Greeter - Debian Theme (active theme)
Dasher
graphical predictive text input system
Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Gnome-accessibility-themes
High Contrast GTK 2 theme and icons
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Mate-desktop-environment-extras
MATE Desktop Environment (extra components, metapackage)
Onboard
Simple On-screen Keyboard
Task-mate-desktop
MATE

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Desktop-other - Debian Edu common desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various office and desktop applications that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Cheese
tool to take pictures and videos from your webcam
Chromium
web browser
Chromium-l10n
??? missing short description for package chromium-l10n :-(
Firefox-esr
Mozilla Firefox web browser - Extended Support Release (ESR)
Fonts-linex
Fonts suitable for education and institutional use
Freerdp2-x11
RDP client for Windows Terminal Services (X11 client)
Gimp
GNU Image Manipulation Program
Gimp-data-extras
Extra brushes and patterns for GIMP
Inkscape
vector-based drawing program
Ocrad
optical character recognition program
Openboard
Interactive White Board Application
Openclipart
Open Clip Art Library
Openclipart-libreoffice
clip art for OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice gallery
Plymouth
boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer
Plymouth-themes
boot animation, logger and I/O multiplexer - themes
Rdesktop
RDP client for Windows NT/2000 Terminal Server and Windows Servers
Sane-utils
API library for scanners -- utilities
Standardskriver
Tool for dynamically setting a user's default printer at desktop session logon
Thunderbird
mail/news client with RSS, chat and integrated spam filter support
Vokoscreen-ng
easy to use screencast creator
Webext-ublock-origin-chromium
lightweight and efficient ads, malware, trackers blocker (Chromium)
Webext-ublock-origin-firefox
lightweight and efficient ads, malware, trackers blocker (Firefox)

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Auctex
integrated document editing environment for TeX etc.
Avahi-discover
Service discover user interface for avahi
Brasero
CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
Dia
Diagram editor
Fet
timetable generator
Fonts-arphic-uming
"AR PL UMing" Chinese Unicode TrueType font collection Mingti style
Fonts-mlym
Meta package to install all Malayalam fonts
Gettext
GNU Internationalization utilities
Gnuplot
Command-line driven interactive plotting program.
Gosa-desktop
Desktop integration for GOsa²
Gv
PostScript and PDF viewer for X
Im-config
Input method configuration framework
Jxplorer
Java LDAP Browser
K3b
Sophisticated CD/DVD burning application
Katomic
atomix puzzle game
Kbattleship
??? missing short description for package kbattleship :-(
Kblackbox
Black Box puzzle game
Kbounce
Jezzball arcade game
Kgoldrunner
Lode Runner arcade game
Kig
interactive geometry tool
Kjumpingcube
simple tactical game
Klickety
SameGame puzzle game
Kmahjongg
mahjongg solitaire game
Kmines
minesweeper game
Kolf
miniature golf game
Konquest
simple turn-based strategy game
Kpat
solitaire card games
Krb5-auth-dialog
tray applet for reauthenticating kerberos tickets
Kreversi
reversi board game
Kshisen
Shisen-Sho solitaire game
Kspaceduel
SpaceWar! arcade game
Kvpm
??? missing short description for package kvpm :-(
Lacheck
Simple syntax checker for LaTeX
Libncurses-dev
developer's libraries for ncurses
Lyx
document processor
Mdns-scan
Scan for mDNS/DNS-SD services published on the local network
Monopd
Monopoly game network server
Ncftp
User-friendly and well-featured FTP client
Netpbm
Graphics conversion tools between image formats
Postgresql
object-relational SQL database (supported version)
Postgresql-client
front-end programs for PostgreSQL (supported version)
Pppoeconf
configures PPPoE/ADSL connections
Rsibreak
utility to help prevent repetitive strain injury
Scim-chewing
Chewing IM engine module for SCIM
Scim-tables-zh
Chinese input method data tables for SCIM platform
Smbclient
command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
Sql-ledger
Web based double-entry accounting program
Tablix2
??? missing short description for package tablix2 :-(
Texlive
TeX Live: A decent selection of the TeX Live packages
Texlive-latex-base
??? missing short description for package texlive-latex-base :-(
Texlive-latex-base-doc
TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-latex-base
Texlive-latex-recommended
TeX Live: LaTeX recommended packages
Texlive-latex-recommended-doc
TeX Live: Documentation files for texlive-latex-recommended
Texworks
Environment for authoring TeX (LaTeX, ConTeXt, etc) documents
Vlc
multimedia player and streamer
Wine
Windows API implementation - standard suite
Workrave
Repetitive Strain Injury prevention tool

Xfce - Debian Edu Xfce desktop applications

This metapackage depends on various Xfce components that are useful for teachers and their students.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Blueman
Graphical bluetooth manager
Education-astronomy
Debian Edu astronomy related applications
Education-chemistry
Debian Edu chemistry related applications
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-electronics
Debian Edu electronics related applications
Education-geography
Debian Edu applications for geography
Education-graphics
Debian Edu graphics related applications
Education-language
Debian Edu language related educational applications
Education-logic-games
Debian Edu logic games
Education-mathematics
Debian Edu mathematical applications
Education-misc
Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education
Education-music
Debian Edu music and sound applications
Education-physics
Debian Edu physics related applications
Kdeedu
educational applications from the official KDE release
Onboard
Simple On-screen Keyboard
Ssh-askpass
under X, asks user for a passphrase for ssh-add
Task-xfce-desktop
Xfce

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Education-development
Debian Edu software development related educational applications
Education-primaryschool
Debian Edu applications for primary school level
Education-video
Debian Edu video applications

Development - Debian Edu software development related educational applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to develop applications in schools. The idea is to support integrated development environments that are easy to learn and lead to quick results for beginners.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Arduino
AVR development board IDE from Arduino CC
Autoconf
automatic configure script builder
Bluefish
advanced Gtk+ text editor for web and software development
Build-essential
Informational list of build-essential packages
Bwbasic
Bywater BASIC Interpreter
Codeblocks
Code::Blocks integrated development environment (IDE)
Colobot
educational programming strategy game
Crystal-facet-uml
Diagram documentation tool for system and software architecture:
Ddd
Data Display Debugger, a graphical debugger frontend
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Fp-compiler
Free Pascal - compiler dependency package
Fp-docs
Free Pascal - documentation dependency package
Fp-ide
Free Pascal - IDE dependency package
Fp-units-base
Free Pascal - base units dependency package
Fp-units-db
Free Pascal - database-library units dependency package
Fp-units-fcl
Free Pascal - Free Component Library dependency package
Fp-units-fv
Free Pascal - Free Vision units dependency package
Fp-units-gfx
Free Pascal - graphics-library units dependency package
Fp-units-gtk2
Free Pascal - GTK+ 2.x units dependency package
Fp-units-misc
Free Pascal - miscellaneous units dependency package
Fp-units-multimedia
Free Pascal - multimedia units dependency package
Fp-units-net
Free Pascal - networking units dependency package
Fp-units-rtl
Free Pascal - runtime libraries dependency package
Fp-utils
Free Pascal - utilities dependency package
Fpc-source
Free Pascal - SDK source code dependency package
Gambas3
Complete visual development environment for Gambas
Geany
fast and lightweight IDE
Gnome-builder
IDE for GNOME
Idle3
??? missing short description for package idle3 :-(
Kdevelop
integrated development environment for C/C++ and other languages
Kturtle
educational programming environment
Lazarus
IDE for Free Pascal - SDK dependency package
Python3-easygui
module for very simple, very easy GUI programming in Python3
Python3-pyqt5
Python 3 bindings for Qt5
Python3-tk
??? missing short description for package python3-tk :-(
Sqlite3
Command line interface for SQLite 3
Squeak-vm
virtual machine for Smalltalk
Subversion
Advanced version control system
Thonny
Python IDE for beginners
Umbrello
UML modelling tool and code generator

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Swi-prolog
ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog interpreter
Swi-prolog-doc
documentation and examples for SWI-Prolog
Tcl8.6-dev
Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.6 - development files
Tk8.6-dev
Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11 v8.6 - development files

Electronics - Debian Edu electronics related applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach electronics.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gnucap
GNU Circuit Analysis package, main executable
Gpsim
Simulator for Microchip's PIC microcontrollers
Oregano
tool for schematical capture of electronic circuits
Xoscope
digital oscilloscope

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Electric
electrical CAD system
Fritzing
Easy-to-use electronic design software
Gtkwave
VCD (Value Change Dump) file waveform viewer
Kicad
Electronic schematic and PCB design software
Kicad-doc-de
Kicad help files (German)
Kicad-doc-en
Kicad help files (English)
Kicad-doc-es
Kicad help files (Spanish)
Kicad-doc-fr
Kicad help files (French)
Pcb
printed circuit board (pcb) design program - metapackage
Xcircuit
Draw circuit schematics or almost anything

Geography - Debian Edu applications for geography

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach geography.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Kgeography
geography learning aid for KDE
Marble
globe and map widget

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Gmt
Generic Mapping Tools
Gpscorrelate
correlates digital photos with GPS data filling EXIF fields (command line)
Grass
Geographic Resources Analysis Support System (GRASS GIS)
Mapserver-bin
MapServer utilities
Openscenegraph
3D scene graph, utilities and examples (binaries)
Qgis
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Qlandkartegt
??? missing short description for package qlandkartegt :-(
Viking
GPS data editor, analyzer and viewer

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Googleearth-package
??? missing short description for package googleearth-package :-(

Graphics - Debian Edu graphics related applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach graphics and pictural art.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dia
Diagram editor
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gimp
GNU Image Manipulation Program
Inkscape
vector-based drawing program
Librecad
Computer-aided design (CAD) system
Pencil2d
Create hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector graphics
Scribus
Open Source Desktop Page Layout
Xpaint
simple paint program for X

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Blender
Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer
Hugin
panorama photo stitcher - GUI tools
Tgif
2D vector graphic drawing tool using Xlib
Xaos
real-time interactive fractal zoomer
Xfig
Facility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11

High-school - Debian Edu applications for high school level

This metapackage depends on various applications that are recommended for teaching students at high school level.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Calibre
powerful and easy to use e-book manager
Cantor
interface for mathematical applications
Carmetal
dynamic geometry software with highly ergonomic UI
Chemtool
chemical structures drawing program
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Fritzing
Easy-to-use electronic design software
Inkscape
vector-based drawing program
Kalzium
periodic table and chemistry tools
Kmplot
mathematical function plotter for KDE
Ktouch
touch typing tutor for KDE
Kturtle
educational programming environment
Lightspeed
Shows how objects moving at relativistic speeds look like
Marble
globe and map widget
Melting
compute the melting temperature of nucleic acid duplex
Pencil2d
Create hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector graphics
Rocs
graph theory IDE
Step
interactive physical simulator for KDE
Yorick
interpreted language and scientific graphics

Language - Debian Edu language related educational applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach a (foreign) language. It includes some typing applications.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Dict
dictionary client
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Festival
General multi-lingual speech synthesis system
Fonts-linex
Fonts suitable for education and institutional use
Fonts-sil-doulos
Font family for wide range of languages that use the Latin and Cyrillic scripts
Fonts-sil-doulos-compact
smart Unicode font for Latin and Cyrillic scripts (tight spacing version)
Kanagram
jumble word puzzle
Khangman
Hangman word puzzle
Kiten
Japanese reference and study aid for KDE
Klavaro
Flexible touch typing tutor
Klettres
foreign alphabet tutor for KDE
Ktouch
touch typing tutor for KDE
Kwordquiz
flashcard learning program
Parley
vocabulary trainer
Trans-de-en
??? missing short description for package trans-de-en :-(
Typespeed
Zap words flying across the screen by typing them correctly
Wordnet
electronic lexical database of English language
Xfonts-intl-phonetic
international fonts for X - International Phonetic Alphabet
Xfonts-tipa
X11 PostScript Type 1 font for the Phonetic Alphabet

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Brazilian-conjugate
Brazilian Portuguese verb conjugator
Collatinus
lemmatisation of latin text
Verbiste-gnome
French and Italian conjugator - GNOME interface

Laptop - Debian Edu laptop packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all laptop installations in the Debian Edu Blend. These packages extend the Debian laptop task.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Task-laptop
laptop
Unison
file-synchronization tool for Unix and Windows
Usb-modeswitch
mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices

Logic-games - Debian Edu logic games

This metapackage depends on various logic games that can be used to teach logic to children.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Atomix
puzzle game for building molecules out of separate atoms
Blinken
KDE version of the Simon electronic memory game
Cgoban
complete Go board
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Einstein
Puzzle game inspired on Einstein's puzzle
Gbrainy
??? missing short description for package gbrainy :-(
Glpeces
Tangram (puzzle) game clone
Gnuchess
Plays a game of chess, either against the user or against itself
Gnugo
play the game of Go
Gtans
Tangram (puzzle) game using GTK+
Lmemory
Children's game based on the "memory" card game
Ri-li
toy train simulation game
Xboard
X Window System Chess Board

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Gnome-games
games for the GNOME desktop
Kdegames
games from the official KDE release

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Crafty
state-of-the-art chess engine, compatible with xboard

Ltsp-server - Debian Edu LTSP server packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all LTSP server installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Debootstrap
Bootstrap a basic Debian system
Education-workstation
Debian Edu networked workstation packages
Iptables
administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
Ipxe
PXE boot firmware
Isc-dhcp-server-ldap
DHCP server that uses LDAP as its backend
Ltsp
Linux Terminal Server Project
Monitoring-plugins-standard
Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (standard)
Nagios-nrpe-server
Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Server
Net-tools
NET-3 networking toolkit
Nfs-kernel-server
support for NFS kernel server
Rdiff-backup
remote incremental backup
Squashfs-tools
Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
Tftpd-hpa
HPA's tftp server
Tightvncserver
virtual network computing server software
X2goserver
X2Go Server
Xrdp
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server

Main-server - Debian Edu main server packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all main server installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Apache2
Apache HTTP Server
Avahi-utils
Avahi browsing, publishing and discovery utilities
Bind9
Internet Domain Name Server
Cups
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Cups-bsd
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
Cups-pdf
??? missing short description for package cups-pdf :-(
Debian-installer-12-netboot-amd64
Debian-installer network boot images for amd64
Debian-installer-12-netboot-i386
Debian-installer network boot images for i386
Dovecot-gssapi
secure POP3/IMAP server - GSSAPI support
Dovecot-imapd
secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon
Education-networked
Debian Edu additional packages for networked systems
Exim4-daemon-heavy
Exim MTA (v4) daemon with extended features, including exiscan-acl
Foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
OpenPrinting printer support - Compressed PPDs derived from the database
Gosa
Web Based LDAP Administration Program
Gosa-help-de
German online help for GOsa²
Gosa-help-en
English online help for GOsa
Gosa-help-fr
French online help for GOsa²
Gosa-help-nl
Dutch online help for GOsa
Gosa-plugins-dhcp-schema
LDAP dhcp schema for GOsa² systems plugin
Gosa-plugins-dns-schema
LDAP dns schema for GOsa² systems plugin
Gosa-plugins-ldapmanager
ldapmanager plugin for GOsa²
Gosa-plugins-mailaddress
Simple plugin to manage user mail addresses in GOsa²
Gosa-plugins-netgroups
NIS netgroups plugin for GOsa²
Gosa-plugins-pwreset
Password Management Add-On for GOsa²
Gosa-plugins-sudo
sudo plugin for GOsa²
Gosa-plugins-sudo-schema
LDAP schema for GOsa² sudo plugin
Gosa-plugins-systems
systems plugin for GOsa²
Gosa-schema
LDAP schema for GOsa
Hp-ppd
HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files
Hpijs-ppds
HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS PPD files
Icinga2
host and network monitoring system
Icingaweb2
simple and responsive web interface for Icinga
Iptables
administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
Ipxe
PXE boot firmware
Isc-dhcp-server-ldap
DHCP server that uses LDAP as its backend
Krb5-admin-server
MIT Kerberos master server (kadmind)
Krb5-kdc
MIT Kerberos key server (KDC)
Krb5-kdc-ldap
MIT Kerberos key server (KDC) LDAP plugin
Ldap2zone
Extract DNS zones from LDAP trees
Libapache2-mod-auth-gssapi
GSSAPI Authentication module for Apache2
Libnss3-tools
Network Security Service tools
Libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit
Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (GSSAPI)
Links
Web browser running in text mode
Makepasswd
Generate and encrypt passwords
Mariadb-server
MariaDB database server binaries
Memtest86+
stand-alone memory tester for x86 and x86-64
Monitoring-plugins-standard
Plugins for nagios compatible monitoring systems (standard)
Munin
network-wide graphing framework (grapher/gatherer)
Mutt
text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
Nagios-nrpe-plugin
Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Plugin
Nfs-kernel-server
support for NFS kernel server
Ntp
Network Time Protocol daemon/utilities (transitional package)
Samba
SMB/CIFS file, print, and login server for Unix
Samba-common-bin
Samba common files used by both the server and the client
Sitesummary
Generate site summary of submitting hosts (server part)
Slapd
OpenLDAP server (slapd)
Slbackup
Skolelinux Backup system
Slbackup-php
Web-based administration tool for slbackup
Smbclient
command-line SMB/CIFS clients for Unix
Squid
??? missing short description for package squid :-(
Tdb-tools
Trivial Database - bundled binaries
Tftpd-hpa
HPA's tftp server
Xxd
tool to make (or reverse) a hex dump

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Apache2-doc
Apache HTTP Server (on-site documentation)
Calamaris
log analyzer for Squid or Oops proxy log files
Default-mysql-client
MySQL database client binaries (metapackage)
Dlint
Checks dns zone information using nameserver lookups
Dnswalk
Checks dns zone information using nameserver lookups
Dovecot-pop3d
secure POP3/IMAP server - POP3 daemon
Dsh
dancer's shell, or distributed shell
Krb5-doc
documentation for MIT Kerberos
Libsasl2-modules-ldap
Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (LDAP)
Nslint
Lint for DNS files, checks integrity
Ocsinventory-reports
Hardware and software inventory tool (Administration Console)
Ocsinventory-server
Hardware and software inventory tool (Communication Server)
Sarg
squid analysis report generator
Squidguard
filter and redirector plugin for Squid
Webalizer
web server log analysis program

Mathematics - Debian Edu mathematical applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach mathematics, geometry, and statistics.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Algobox
algorithmics introduction - French UI
Cantor
interface for mathematical applications
Carmetal
dynamic geometry software with highly ergonomic UI
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Geogebra
Dynamic mathematics software for education
Geomview
interactive geometry viewing program
Gnuplot
Command-line driven interactive plotting program.
Grace
XY graphing and plotting tool
Graphmonkey
??? missing short description for package graphmonkey :-(
Jfractionlab
Educative program to practice fractions
Jupyter-nbformat
Jupyter notebook format (tools)
Jupyter-notebook
Jupyter interactive notebook
Kalgebra
algebraic graphing calculator
Kbruch
fraction learning aid for KDE
Kig
interactive geometry tool
Kmplot
mathematical function plotter for KDE
Python3-jupyter-sphinx-theme
Jupyter Sphinx Theme -- Python 3
Python3-matplotlib
Python based plotting system in a style similar to Matlab
Rocs
graph theory IDE
Xmabacus
simulation of the ancient calculator (Motif version)

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Euler
interactive mathematical programming environment
Gretl
GNU Regression, Econometric & Time-Series Library
Kile
KDE Integrated LaTeX Environment
Mathomatic
portable Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Octave
GNU Octave language for numerical computations
Pari-gp
PARI/GP Computer Algebra System binaries
R-cran-rcmdr
GNU R platform-independent basic-statistics GUI
Rkward
KDE frontend to the R statistics language
Scilab
Scientific software package for numerical computations
Wxmaxima
GUI for the computer algebra system Maxima
Xaos
real-time interactive fractal zoomer
Yacas
Computer Algebra System

Misc - Debian Edu miscellaneous applications for education

This metapackage depends on miscellaneous applications that can be useful for teaching purposes.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Anki
extensible flashcard learning program
Basket
multi-purpose note-taking application
Colobot
educational programming strategy game
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Laby
Learn how to program with ants and spider webs
Planner
project management application
Scratch
easy to use programming environment for ages 8 and up
Thonny
Python IDE for beginners
Tilp2
Texas Instruments hand-helds <-> PC communication program for X
Vym
mindmapping tool

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Freeplane
Java program for working with Mind Maps
Jclic
Tool for the development & use of multimedia educational activities

Music - Debian Edu music and sound applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach music.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Audacious
small and fast audio player which supports lots of formats
Audacity
fast, cross-platform audio editor
Denemo
free graphical music notation editor (GTK front end to LilyPond)
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Fluidsynth
Real-time MIDI software synthesizer
Gtick
??? missing short description for package gtick :-(
Hydrogen
advanced drum machine/step sequencer
Lingot
accurate and easy to use musical instrument tuner
Lmms
Linux Multimedia Studio
Mcp-plugins
LADSPA plugins designed for Alsa Modular Synth
Musescore3
cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation, v3
Nted
Musical score editor
Pianobooster
Learn the piano just by playing a game
Qsynth
fluidsynth MIDI sound synthesiser front-end
Rosegarden
music editor and MIDI/audio sequencer
Solfege
Ear training software
Swh-plugins
Steve Harris's LADSPA plugins
Terminatorx
realtime audio synthesizer
Timgm6mb-soundfont
TimGM6mb SoundFont from MuseScore 1.3
Tuxguitar
Multitrack guitar tablature editor and player

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Festival
General multi-lingual speech synthesis system
Lilypond
program for typesetting sheet music
Musescore
cross-platform multi-lingual music composition and notation, v2

Networked stationary - Debian Edu additional packages for networked systems

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on networked installations (with the exception of roaming workstation and minimal) in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-networked-common
Debian Edu common packages for networked systems
Libpam-krb5
PAM module for MIT Kerberos
Network-manager
network management framework (daemon and userspace tools)
Nscd
GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon

Networked common - Debian Edu common packages for networked systems

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked installations (workstation, roaming-workstation, minimal, LTSP-server and main-server) in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Autofs-ldap
LDAP map support for autofs
Cups-browsed
OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - cups-browsed
Cups-core-drivers
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - driverless printing
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Killer
Background job killer
Krb5-user
basic programs to authenticate using MIT Kerberos
Ldap-utils
OpenLDAP utilities
Ldapvi
perform an LDAP search and update results using a text editor
Libnss-ldapd
NSS module for using LDAP as a naming service
Libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit
Cyrus SASL - pluggable authentication modules (GSSAPI)
Munin-node
network-wide graphing framework (node)
Nfs-common
NFS support files common to client and server
Ng-utils
Tool to access netgroups from the command line
Nslcd
daemon for NSS and PAM lookups using LDAP
Nvram-wakeup
Read/write the WakeUp time from/to the BIOS
Openssh-server
secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
P910nd
small printer daemon intended for diskless workstations
Shutdown-at-night
System to shut down clients at night, and wake them in the morning
Sitesummary-client
Generate site summary of submitting hosts (client part)
Sudo-ldap
Provide limited super user privileges (with LDAP support, deprecated)

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Cifs-utils
Common Internet File System utilities
Fail2ban
ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Libnss-sss
Nss library for the System Security Services Daemon
Libpam-ccreds
Pam module to cache authentication credentials
Libpam-mount
PAM module that can mount volumes for a user session
Libpam-sss
Pam module for the System Security Services Daemon
Nscd
GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
Ocsinventory-agent
Hardware and software inventory tool (client)

Physics - Debian Edu physics related applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to teach physics.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Jupyter-nbformat
Jupyter notebook format (tools)
Jupyter-notebook
Jupyter interactive notebook
Lightspeed
Shows how objects moving at relativistic speeds look like
Planets
Gravitation simulation of planetary bodies
Python3-jupyter-sphinx-theme
Jupyter Sphinx Theme -- Python 3
Python3-matplotlib
Python based plotting system in a style similar to Matlab
Step
interactive physical simulator for KDE

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Kturtle
educational programming environment
Python3-pyode
Python bindings for The Open Dynamics Engine
Xoscope
digital oscilloscope

Debian packages in contrib or non-free

Etoys
media-rich model, simulation construction kit and authoring tool

Pre-school - Debian Edu applications for pre school level

This metapackage depends on various applications that are recommended for teaching students at pre school level.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Bambam
keyboard mashing and doodling game for babies
Blinken
KDE version of the Simon electronic memory game
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gamine
Interactive game for young children
Gcompris-qt
educational games for small children
Kanagram
jumble word puzzle
Khangman
Hangman word puzzle
Klettres
foreign alphabet tutor for KDE
Ktuberling
stamp drawing toy
Pysiogame
educational activity pack for kids
Tuxpaint
Paint program for young children

Primary-school - Debian Edu applications for primary school level

This metapackage depends on various applications that are recommended for teaching students at primary school level.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Basket
multi-purpose note-taking application
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Gcompris-qt
educational games for small children
Glpeces
Tangram (puzzle) game clone
Kalgebra
algebraic graphing calculator
Kalzium
periodic table and chemistry tools
Kanagram
jumble word puzzle
Kbruch
fraction learning aid for KDE
Kgeography
geography learning aid for KDE
Khangman
Hangman word puzzle
Kig
interactive geometry tool
Klettres
foreign alphabet tutor for KDE
Kmplot
mathematical function plotter for KDE
Kstars
desktop planetarium, observation planning and telescope control
Ktouch
touch typing tutor for KDE
Ktuberling
stamp drawing toy
Kturtle
educational programming environment
Kwordquiz
flashcard learning program
Marble
globe and map widget
Parley
vocabulary trainer
Pysiogame
educational activity pack for kids
Qabcs
educational software to learn the alphabet and get familiar with a keyboard
Ri-li
toy train simulation game
Step
interactive physical simulator for KDE
Tuxmath
math game for kids with Tux
Tuxpaint
Paint program for young children
Tuxtype
Educational Typing Tutor Game Starring Tux
Ulcc
teaching children by pictures

Roaming-workstation - Debian Edu roaming workstation packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked workstation installations in the Debian Edu Blend where the client might go offine once in a while.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Cmst
QT GUI for Connman with system tray icon
Education-desktop-other
Debian Edu common desktop applications
Education-networked-common
Debian Edu common packages for networked systems
Gosa-desktop
Desktop integration for GOsa²
Isenkram
Suggest packages to install when inserting new hardware (GUI popup)
Jxplorer
Java LDAP Browser
Krb5-auth-dialog
tray applet for reauthenticating kerberos tickets
Libnss-mdns
NSS module for Multicast DNS name resolution
Libnss-sss
Nss library for the System Security Services Daemon
Libpam-mklocaluser
Configure PAM to create a local user if it does not exist already
Libpam-sss
Pam module for the System Security Services Daemon
Libsss-sudo
Communicator library for sudo
Network-manager-gnome
??? missing short description for package network-manager-gnome :-(
Plasma-nm
Plasma network connections management

Secondary-school - Debian Edu applications for secondary school level

This metapackage depends on various applications that are recommended for teaching students at secondary school level.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Anki
extensible flashcard learning program
Basket
multi-purpose note-taking application
Calibre
powerful and easy to use e-book manager
Carmetal
dynamic geometry software with highly ergonomic UI
Chemtool
chemical structures drawing program
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Einstein
Puzzle game inspired on Einstein's puzzle
Fritzing
Easy-to-use electronic design software
Inkscape
vector-based drawing program
Kalgebra
algebraic graphing calculator
Kalzium
periodic table and chemistry tools
Kbruch
fraction learning aid for KDE
Kgeography
geography learning aid for KDE
Kig
interactive geometry tool
Kmplot
mathematical function plotter for KDE
Kstars
desktop planetarium, observation planning and telescope control
Ktouch
touch typing tutor for KDE
Ktuberling
stamp drawing toy
Kturtle
educational programming environment
Kwordquiz
flashcard learning program
Lightspeed
Shows how objects moving at relativistic speeds look like
Marble
globe and map widget
Melting
compute the melting temperature of nucleic acid duplex
Parley
vocabulary trainer
Pencil2d
Create hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector graphics
Ri-li
toy train simulation game
Step
interactive physical simulator for KDE
Vokoscreen-ng
easy to use screencast creator

Standalone - Debian Edu standalone workstation packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all small standalone workstation installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Cups
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Cups-bsd
Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands
Cups-pdf
??? missing short description for package cups-pdf :-(
Education-common
Debian Edu common basic packages
Education-desktop-other
Debian Edu common desktop applications
Foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
OpenPrinting printer support - Compressed PPDs derived from the database
Hp-ppd
HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files
Hpijs-ppds
HP Linux Printing and Imaging - HPIJS PPD files
Hplip-gui
HP Linux Printing and Imaging - GUI utilities (Qt-based)
Isenkram
Suggest packages to install when inserting new hardware (GUI popup)

Ltsp-thin-client - Debian Edu LTSP thin client packages

This metapackage depends on various packages required for all LTSP thin client chroots in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Autofs
kernel-based automounter for Linux
Console-setup
console font and keymap setup program
Dbus-user-session
simple interprocess messaging system (systemd --user integration)
Initramfs-tools
generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
Locales
GNU C Library: National Language (locale) data [support]
Ltsp
Linux Terminal Server Project
Openssh-server
secure shell (SSH) server, for secure access from remote machines
P910nd
small printer daemon intended for diskless workstations
Pulseaudio
PulseAudio sound server
X2goclient
X2Go Client application (Qt5)
X2gothinclient-common
X2Go thin client environment (common files)
Xinit
X server initialisation tool
Xpdf
Motif-based PDF reader using the Poppler library
Xserver-xorg-core
Xorg X server - core server
Xserver-xorg-input-all
X.Org X server -- input driver metapackage
Xserver-xorg-video-all
X.Org X server -- output driver metapackage

Video - Debian Edu video applications

This metapackage depends on various applications that can be used to process videos in class.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Ffmpeg
Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files
Gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly
GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
Kdenlive
non-linear video editor
Openshot-qt
create and edit videos and movies
Stopmotion
create stop-motion animations

Official Debian packages with lower relevance

Kino
Non-linear editor for Digital Video data
Pitivi
non-linear audio/video editor using GStreamer
Xine-ui
xine video player, graphical user interface

Packaging has started and developers might try the packaging code in VCS

Libdvdcss2
library for transparent DVD device access

Workstation - Debian Edu networked workstation packages

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all networked workstation installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Education-desktop-other
Debian Edu common desktop applications
Education-menus
Debian Edu menu reorganization
Education-networked
Debian Edu additional packages for networked systems
Gvfs-backends
userspace virtual filesystem - backends
Gvfs-fuse
userspace virtual filesystem - fuse server