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<chapter><title>Classification of Packages</title><highlights><para>Packages in the OpenSolaris 2009.06 release are divided into a two-level
categorization hierarchy. This categorization can be used to search, browse,
and select specific packages for installation. Developers can categorize their
package before publishing the package.</para>
</highlights><sect1><title>Package Categories</title><para>The package categories are displayed in the left panel of the Package
Manager. See the <olink type="auto-generated" targetptr="pkg_mgr" remap="internal"></olink> for
information about the Package Manager.</para><note><para>A package subcategory is displayed only if there are packages
available in that subcategory.</para>
</note><para>If you are using the command&mdash;line interface (CLI), the category
of a package is shown by the package metadata, <filename>info.classification</filename>. </para><para>If you are creating and publishing an IPS package, you might use the <filename>info.classification</filename> attribute with the publication client, pkgsend(1),
to categorize your package before publishing the package. See the <olink type="auto-generated" targetptr="actions" remap="internal"></olink> section to learn about
actions and their corresponding attributes of a package.</para><para> The following tables list the categories and subcategories of packages
that are available for classification purposes in the OpenSolaris 2009.06
release.</para><table frame="all" id="ghszz"><title>Package Categories and Subcategories</title><tgroup cols="3" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colwidth="14*"/><colspec colwidth="14*"/><colspec colwidth="14*"/><thead><row rowsep="1"><entry><para>Applications</para>
</entry><entry><para>Development</para>
</entry><entry><para>System</para>
</entry>
</row>
</thead><tbody><row><entry><para>Accessories</para>
</entry><entry><para>IDE</para>
</entry><entry><para>Administration and Configuration</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Configuration and Preferences</para>
</entry><entry><para>Source Code Management</para>
</entry><entry><para>Cluster</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Education</para>
</entry><entry><para>Distribution Tools</para>
</entry><entry><para>Core</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Games </para>
</entry><entry><para>C</para>
</entry><entry><para>Databases (System)</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Graphics and Imaging</para>
</entry><entry><para>C++</para>
</entry><entry><para>Enterprise Management</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Internet</para>
</entry><entry><para>Databases</para>
</entry><entry><para>File System</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Office</para>
</entry><entry><para>GNOME and GTK+</para>
</entry><entry><para>Fonts</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Applets</para>
</entry><entry><para>GNU</para>
</entry><entry><para>Hardware</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Plug-ins and Run-times</para>
</entry><entry><para>Java</para>
</entry><entry><para>HPC</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Science</para>
</entry><entry><para>Other Languages</para>
</entry><entry><para>I18N</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Sound and Video</para>
</entry><entry><para>Perl</para>
</entry><entry><para>Libraries (System)</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>System Utilities</para>
</entry><entry><para>Python</para>
</entry><entry><para>Localizations (System)</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Ruby</para>
</entry><entry><para>Media</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry><para>System</para>
</entry><entry><para>Packaging</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry><para>X11</para>
</entry><entry><para>Printing</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Security</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Services</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Shells</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Software Management</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Text Tools</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Trusted</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>X11 (System)</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Virtualization</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table><table frame="all" id="ghtaf"><title>Package Categories (continued)</title><tgroup cols="4" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colwidth="33*"/><colspec colwidth="33*"/><colspec colname="colspec0" colwidth="33.00*"/><colspec colwidth="33*"/><thead><row><entry><para>Desktop (GNOME)</para>
</entry><entry><para>Distributions </para>
</entry><entry><para>Drivers</para>
</entry><entry><para>Web Services</para>
</entry>
</row>
</thead><tbody><row><entry><para>Documentation</para>
</entry><entry><para>Desktop</para>
</entry><entry><para>Display</para>
</entry><entry><para>Application and Web</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>File Managers</para>
</entry><entry><para>Server</para>
</entry><entry><para>Input Devices</para>
</entry><entry><para>Business Applications</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Libraries</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Networking</para>
</entry><entry><para>Identity</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Localizations (Desktop)</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Ports</para>
</entry><entry><para>Portals</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Scripts</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Media</para>
</entry><entry><para>SOA</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Sessions</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Storage</para>
</entry><entry><para>Social Applications</para>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Trusted Extensions</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry><para>Other Peripherals</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry>
</row><row><entry><para>Window Managers</para>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry><entry>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</sect1>
</chapter>