| Name | Description | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
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| aalib | AAlib is an portable ascii art GFX library. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| atk | The
ATK library provides a set of interfaces for accessibility. By supporting
the ATK interfaces, an application or toolkit can be used with such tools
as screen readers, magnifiers, and alternative input devices. | | | X | X | | |
| db | Berkeley DB library | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| edb | E Database Access library - A very fast and generic API to store and retrieve indexed data. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| expat | Expat
is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-oriented parser in
which an application registers handlers for things the parser might findin
the XML document (like start tags). | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| ffcall | ffcall is a collection of four libraries which can be used to build foreign function call interfaces in embedded interpreters. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| fox | a C++ based Toolkit for developing Graphical User Interfaces | | | X | X | X | X |
| freeglut | An
OpenSourced clone of the GLUT (OpenGL Utility Toolkit) library.It is a widely
used library for doing window control, keyboard, and mouse input, and other
basic functions for OpenGL programs. | | X | X | X | | |
| freetype | A free and portable TrueType font rendering engine | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gccruntime | Runtime
libraries for binaries built by gcc. Not needed if you have gcc installed,
as the libraries are part of the compiler suite. | | | X | X | | |
| gd | A graphics library for fast image creation | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gdbm | Replacement for the traditional 'dbm' and 'ndbm' libraries | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gdk-pixbuf | | | X | X | X | | |
| gengetopt | GNU Gengetopt is a tool to write option parsing code for C programs. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gettext | GNU internationalization library | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| glib | GLib
is the low-level core library that forms the basis of GTK+ and GNOME. It
provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces
for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading,
and an object system. | X | X | X | X | | |
| glpk | Library for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer linear programming (MIP), and other related problems. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gmp | library for arbitrary precision arithmetic | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gsl | The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a modern numerical library for C and C++ programmers. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| gtk+ | GTK+
is a multi-platform toolkit for creating graphical user interfaces. Offering
a complete set of widgets, GTK+ is suitable for projects ranging from small
one-off projects to complete application suites. | X | X | X | X | | |
| gtk-engines | Provides four sample theme engines for GTK+: Pixmap, Metal, Redmond95, Notif | | | X | X | | |
| guile | Guile
is a library designed to help programmers create flexible applications. Using
guile in an application allows programmers to write plug-ins, or modules
(there are many names, but the concept is essentially the same) and users
to use them to have an application fit their needs. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| imlib | | X | X | X | X | | |
| jpeg | C software to implement JPEG image compression and decompression | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libast | The Library of Assorted Spiffy Things | X | X | X | X | | X |
| libdbi | libdbi implements a database-independent abstraction layer in C, similar to the DBI/DBD layer in Perl. | | | X | X | X | X |
| libg++ | C++ library used before libstdc++ (obsolete: now part of gcc) | X | | | | | |
| libiconv | GNU libiconv, a iconv implementation that supports Unicode. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libmng | Library
for reading, displaying, writing and examining Multiple-Image Network Graphics
(animation extension to the popular PNG image-format) | X | X | X | X | | X |
| libmpeg2 | a free MPEG-2 video stream decoder | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libpcap | Provides a packet filtering mechanism based on the BSD packet filter (BPF) | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libpng | Library for reading and writing PNGs (image format) | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libsigc++ | Implements a full callback system for use in abstract interfaces and general programming. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libstdc++ | GNU ANSI C++ Library | X | X | | | | |
| libtar | libtar
is a C library for manipulating tar archives. It supports both the strict
POSIX tar format and many of the commonly-used GNU extensions. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libungif | A
library for reading and writing gif images. This library is based on Eric
Raymond's giflib and implements a superset of that library's API. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libxml2 | library for parsing XML | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| libxslt | libxslt
is the XSLT C library developed for the Gnome project. XSLT itself is a an
XML language to define transformation for XML. Libxslt is based on libxml2
the XML C library developed for the Gnome project. It also implements most
of the EXSLT set of processor-portable extensions functions and some of Saxon's
evaluate and expressions extensions. | X | X | X | X | | |
| Mesa | 3d graphics library | X | X | X | X | | |
| mpfr | The
MPFR library is a C library for multiple-precision floating-point computations
with exact rounding (also called correct rounding). It is based on the GMP
multiple-precision library. | | X | X | X | X | X |
| ncurses | A System V Release 4.0 curses emulation library. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| neon | HTTP and WebDAV client library for Unix systems, with a C language API | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| netcdf | Unidata Network Common Data Form (netCDF) library | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| netpbm | library: libtiff, pbm, pgm, pnm, ppm | X | X | X | | | |
| opt | OPT
is a subroutine library for communicating options and parameter values to
a C program via the command line, parameter files, environment variables,
or a rudimentary builtin interactive menu. | X | X | X | X | | |
| ortp | oRTP a LGPL licensed C library implementing the RTP protocol (rfc1889). | | | X | X | X | |
| pango | Pango
is a library for layout and rendering of text, with an emphasis on internationalization.
It forms the core of text and font handling for GTK+-2.0. | | | X | X | | |
| pcre | A
library of functions to support regular expressions whose syntax and semantics
are as close as possible to those of the Perl 5 language. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| popt | A command line option parsing library. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| postfix | A compatible, more secure replacement for sendmail program, | | | | X | X | X |
| pth | GNU Portable Threads | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| qt | Qt is a complete framework for development of GUI, based on a set of C++ classes. | | | X | X | | |
| Radiance | Radiance library | X | | X | | | |
| readline | Provides a set of functions for use by applications that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| recode | The recode library converts files between character sets and usage | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| rx | Regular Expression Library, an implementation of the standard regular expression matching functions specified by POSIX.2 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| slipX | Facililates development of X/Motif interfaces | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| termcap | GNU termcap lib | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| tiff | C implementation of tiff library | X | X | X | X | X | |
| ucl | a portable lossless data compression library written in ANSI C. | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| wxWidgets | wxWidgets
(formerly wxWindows) is a free C++ framework that facilitates cross platform
software development, including GUIs, threads, sockets, database, file system
access, etc. | | | X | X | X | |
| Xbae | A Motif table widget | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| xshogi | xshogi provides an X11/Xt/Athena Widgets user interface for GNU Shogi. | X | X | X | | | |
| zlib | General purpose data compression library | X | X | X | X | X | X |
