unpopular debian packages on my system

Using the ept-cache utility advertised on joey’s blog I was able to have a look at some packages on my site that are likely not on your system.

To get packages of inverse popularity which you have installed run:

    ept-cache search -t clean -s t- | less

Of interest are the following.

The main components of my desktop are:

• rxvt-unicode - RXVT-like terminal emulator with Unicode support
• zsh - A shell with lots of features
• vim-full - Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor - full fledged version
• unclutter - hides the cursor in X after a period of inactivity
• mpd - Music Player Daemon
• ncmpc - text based audio player
• akregator - RSS feed aggregator for KDE

My window manager is wmii, which is not on the list, but I use wmii+ruby which requires ruby:

• ruby1.9 - Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby 1.9
• ri1.9 - Ruby Interactive reference (for Ruby 1.9)
• irb1.9 - Interactive Ruby (for Ruby 1.9)

Some utils I use often for quick conversion:

• rpncalc - RPN calculator trying to emulate an HP28S
• units - converts between different systems of units
• hex - hexadecimal dumping tool for Japanese

I do mostly C development so ccache and distcc are an absolute must:

• distcc - Simple distributed compiler client and server

Also, all my development is kept in git. Here are some SCM packages on the list:

• git-core - content addressable filesystem
• gquilt - graphical wrapper for quilt and/or mercurial
• git-load-dirs - Import upstream archives into git
• commit-tool - GUI commit tool for various Source Control Management systems
• quilt - Tool to work with series of patches
• meld - graphical tool to diff and merge files
• tailor - migrate changesets between version control systems

Here is a nice documentation system that is used by git internally:

• asciidoc - Highly configurable text format for writing documentation

This is a sane replacement for info:

• pinfo - An alternative info-file viewer

When I feel like torturing myself I play with lua.

• lua5.1 - Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language

These are useful for building VMs:

• uml-utilities - User-mode Linux (utility programs)
• configure-debian - central configuration program for packages using debconf
• dchroot - Execute commands in a chroot environment

There are tools on the list which I am surprised made it to the top:

• e2tools - utilities for manipulating files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem
• hddtemp - Utility to monitor the temperature of your hard drive
• smartmontools - control and monitor storage systems using S.M.A.R.T.
• mdadm - tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
• sg3-utils - Utilities for working with generic SCSI devices

Here are some things that I wouldn’t have, but I was asked to work on projects that are somehow related:

• pcscd - Middleware to access a smart card using PC/SC (daemon side)
• lighttpd - A fast webserver with minimal memory footprint
• tcpreplay - Tool to replay saved tcpdump files at arbitrary speeds

Here are some extras

• moto4lin - file manager and seem editor for Motorola phones (like C380/C650)
• gnupg-agent - GNU privacy guard - password agent
• schedtool - Queries/alters process’ scheduling policy and CPU affinity
• elfutils - collection of utilities to handle ELF objects
• ethtool - display or change ethernet card settings
• nscd - GNU C Library: Name Service Cache Daemon
• scrot - command line screen capture utility