The following terms will be useful to you throughout this book and in general
when you're talking about Debian.
Package.
A file that contains everything needed to install, de-install, and
run a particular program. The program that handles packages is dpkg.
dselect is a front-end to dpkg. Experienced users often use
dpkg to install or remove a package.
Package names.
All package names have the form xxxxxxxxxxx.deb. Sample package
names include the following:
efax_08a-1.deb
lrzsz_0.12b-1.deb
mgetty_0.99.2-6.deb
minicom_1.75-1.deb
term_2.3.5-5.deb
uucp_1.06.1-2.deb
uutraf_1.1-1.deb
xringd_1.10-2.deb
xtel_3.1-2.deb
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