Requesting New Packages for Inclusion in Gutsy Universe

[23meg]

The procedure for suggesting new packages for inclusion in Universe has recently been changed (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/2007-March/001471.html). The new procedure is as follows:

* Check the list of packages that have already been requested (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=needs-packaging) and make sure the package you want isn't there. The package may already be in progress in Debian, so it also helps to take a look at Debian's work-needing and prospective packages (http://www.us.debian.org/devel/wnpp/) to make sure it isn't.

* If there isn't a request, file a bug (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug-advanced?field.tags=needs-packaging) in Ubuntu and tag it with "needs-packaging" (the link should take you to a page where the tag is readily placed). Providing a brief description of the software and why you want it packaged in the summary is a good idea; see the existing bug reports for examples.

* For packages that are in Debian, but not in Ubuntu, file a bug with the summary field "please sync package <packagename> from debian <distro>" where <packagename> is the package you would like to see. This should be done a while after the sync with Debian has started, if the package hasn't appeared.

If you need help with the procedure, feel free to ask questions. If you don't have a Launchpad account and don't want to have one, or are uncomfortable with the process for another reason, post your request here and the Forum Ambassadors team (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=235) will handle it for you.

If you want to package software yourself for inclusion in Universe, start here (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Packages/New/HowTo).

[Hobbsee]

(And please note that your package will be far more likely to get done if you either package it yourself (see the last link) or get someone else to do it for you)

[chair]

Well I submitted a bug for QtCurve (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/109811). It's the best widget style ever, I think it should be default in any KDE distro, it's works a lot better that GTK-Qt

Just a question, what do we do if we want a package updated? rtorrent and libtorrent have newer versions in Debian Unstable, Torcs has a new version but it's not in Debian yet ( although it's a few months old :confused: ).

[23meg]

If newer versions are in Debian, they should arrive when the sync with Debian starts. For those that aren't in Debian, you can place requests in both Debian and Ubuntu.

[kwaanens]

How (if at all possible) do we vote on packages for inclusion?

- Ketil

[23meg]

It's not possible.

[Hobbsee]

How (if at all possible) do we vote on packages for inclusion?

- Ketil

You dont vote. You do the work in getting it into the repositories. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Documentation for more info.

[fabioleroy]

Hi ALL!

Is it possible to include in the next release Blender and Yafray?

THX - BYEz!

[Huitanot]

Hi ALL!

Is it possible to include in the next release Blender and Yafray?

THX - BYEz!

I have UbuntuStudio now and both Blender and Yafray are included.

[23meg]

Both Blender and Yafray are already in Universe.

[fetova]

I request to include qemu-launcher, It's on debian repositories...

Thanks :)

Edited: Sorry, It's on ubuntu repositories :)

[TheForkOfJustice]

macopix

It's a 'window sitter' program. Just a little bit of bling I'd like to make it in the repos. I can't get the damn thing to work in Gusty, though.

http://rosegray.sakura.ne.jp/macopix/index-e.html
http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2007/03/20/howto-compile-macopix-141-under-edgy/

[23meg]

It's being packaged in Debian.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=422027

[kwaanens]

Distribute etree files for handling live recordings in flac.

etree-scripts (http://sourceforge.net/projects/etree-scripts/) is a great set of scripts that I mainly use to convert my legally downloaded live shows in flac from hundreds of bands/artists on dimeadozen.org and other places. flacify is one of the executables: What makes flacify great is that it takes a txt-file and flacs in a directory, and modifies the flacs with metadata and some other things.

See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=451368 for more info.

- Ketil

[23meg]

Bug filed.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/116359

[moixa]

thinkfinger
khdapsmonitor
kthinkbat
hdapsd
eawpats
cinelerra
bioapi
kopete with jingle and qq
kernel with hdapsd, suspend2, tp_smapi <=(or make them as kernel-patch deb packages)

[23meg]

ThinkFinger: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/117654

khdapsmonitor: The patch needed for it to work was rejected (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.19/+bug/53927), so perhaps it won't be very useful.

kthinkbat: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/117658

hdapsd: Already in Gutsy (http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/misc/hdapsd).

eawpats: Looks like some of the patches had IP issues, and it's discontinued, reborn as Freepats (http://freepats.opensrc.org/), which is already in Universe (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=freepats&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all).

cinelerra: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/105907

bioapi: See this related blueprint (https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/fingerprint-authentication) and this bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/54816).

kopete with jingle and qq: I think you should file these as bugs in Kopete if they aren't already in the Gutsy version. Check for existing bugs first.

kernel with hdapsd, suspend2, tp_smapi: Does hdapsd require something in the kernel? I'm pretty sure suspend2 won't be carried by Ubuntu unless it goes mainline, and tp_smapi seems to have been dropped (https://bugs.beta.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/85748) recently.

[polopolo]

gVerse

[23meg]

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/117772

[fsf@rula]

I think at least one jingle-capable client would be _very_ important, the sooner the later!

skype needs to go DOWN, p2p phoning rocks, no call forwarding!

[LinAsH]

HandBrake - http://handbrake.m0k.org - HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded DVD to MPEG-4 converter.
rt2x00-source (http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/index.php?title=Rt2x00_GIT_instructions) : an up-to-date source package for the rt2x00 wireless driver. (unless the project merge into the official kernel tree soon)

[23meg]

HandBrake: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/105458 (filed a few months ago)

rt2x00-source : Looks like it will make it into Ubuntu's kernel at some point:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.15/+bug/28464

[mainalisuyog]

Kernel headers and build-essentials in the live cd, please? :-(

[fsf@rula]

the banter gnome collaboration tool would be a nice addition!

[pantsfrog]

I would love to see spark included. http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/spark/

[fsf@rula]

I don't think spark is free software, although they say it is I never got it to work on feisty, not even by hacking the code, and it doesn't seem to bother them that *many* people are having troubles with it.

[kwaanens]

Why would you question the fact that it is free software? Not all free software works like like it should...

- Ketil

[fsf@rula]

Because for example jingle doesn't work in the "free" version of their client, only in the commercial one.
of course I could have misunderstood, and if so please correct me.

[lingnoi]

What do you do if Debian has the package but does not have the latest stable version?

For example Ogre3D is in Debian but its not the latest version (wishlist bug here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/118201)) but it is needed if you want to run Thouse Funny Funguloids! (http://funguloids.sourceforge.net/) (wishlist bug for that here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/118203)).

I don't have any experience and time for doing these things myself but I sure do hope someone can pick up the torch. :D

[Hobbsee]

What do you do if Debian has the package but does not have the latest stable version?

For example Ogre3D is in Debian but its not the latest version (wishlist bug here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/118201)) but it is needed if you want to run Thouse Funny Funguloids! (http://funguloids.sourceforge.net/) (wishlist bug for that here (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/118203)).

I don't have any experience and time for doing these things myself but I sure do hope someone can pick up the torch. :D

You file the bug in the debian bugtracker, as a wishlist. The majority of packages ubuntu doesnt touch anyway, so no one will look at the ubuntu bugs for the package.

Also, it should be tagged as upgrade, not needs-packaging, i believe, as needs-packaging is only for new packages.

[spanella47]

added a package request for Banter: a new telepathy based IM/Voip client that includes integrated and working video, voice, and text chat. http://live.gnome.org/Banter

Development is currently in sprint mode and a stable 0.2 release will hopefully be out in a month. dependencies are tough right now because of the use Sharp libraries...if any one gets this up and working, i'd love to know how.

[fsf@rula]

Well, banter already has VOIP and VIDEO support for jingle, it is pretty easy to compile, but not on ubuntu, as (banter devs say:) gst and/or gst-farsight is too old, and telepathy is too old on ubuntu too. We should add requests for those too, as the ubuntu devs are not sure to know why it wont work/compile. There is a SUSE repo for banter, so it would be a MUST for gutsy, as I said, at least one IM client with jabber VOIP and video support would be needed, to displace skype as the #1 voip client. Jingle is completely p2p, so it is jabber server independent.

[fsf@rula]

I have created a new thread for jingle related discussions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2821642 , if you have any info, please visit and post.

[peepingtom]

LINKAGE (http://code.google.com/p/linkage/) is a bittorrent client written in C++ using gtkmm and libtorrent.

I would be very happy to see it included with Gutsy Gibbon as it will be feature-rich.

[smartboyathome]

I would be VERY pleased to see Pidgin (http://pidgin.im/) in the repos for Gutsy. Also, if it is possible, there could be a thing which updates Gaim to Pidgin (seeing as Pidgin is the same thing as Gaim 2.0).

[kwaanens]

Pidgin is of course in the works...

[foobar24]

I want to see Vidalia in the gutsy-repos.

"Vidalia is a cross-platform controller GUI for Tor, built using the Qt framework. Using Vidalia, you can start and stop Tor, view the status of Tor at a glance, and monitor Tor's bandwidth usage. Vidalia also makes it easy to contribute to the Tor network by helping you set up and manage your own Tor server."

[hoydooley]

Although current stable version of freeciv is 2.0.9, its version in repositories is 2.0.8.3
I love freeciv but it crashes sometimes while i play. so please upgrade it in the repositories
thanks a lot for your attention.

[23meg]

I've merged your post into the appropriate thread.

[TimelessRogue]

Actually, smartboyathome and kwaanens, Pidgin is already available in the Ubuntu repositories ... you should really take a look there first. I've been using it for a while now ...

[kwaanens]

Actually, smartboyathome and kwaanens, Pidgin is already available in the Ubuntu repositories ... you should really take a look there first. I've been using it for a while now ...

That's what I said: "In the works"

- Ketil

[F-3582]

I'm humbly requesting an update to the package "libmp4v2" which is almost two and a half year old, now. The version numbering used by Ubuntu, is a little odd, by the way, because the latest version is 1.5.0.1 and not 2.0.0.

Anyway, the improvements would be the ability to modify tags of AAC audio files which most programs including EasyTag or Amarok can't do at the moment, due to the ancient version of libmp4v2 Ubuntu ships with.

The Debian-Multimedia repository features the most recent version, by the way, so porting it from Debian might be the easiest solution, although it would also require porting libmpeg4ip, as well.

By the way, backporting it to Feisty and the others would be swell ;)

[PriceChild]

F-3582 please read the first post of this thread.......

[F-3582]

Umm, yes, I did. It says "If you don't have a Launchpad account and don't want to have one, or are uncomfortable with the process for another reason, post your request here and the Forum Ambassadors team will handle it for you."

Maybe I should have asked for syncing libmpeg4ip, instead... I know that it is in Debian-multimedia, but it's been there for quite some time, already without showing signs of being synced to either Feisty or Edgy.

[lluisanunez]

Gnofract 4D

Description: easy creator of beautiful fractals

Gnofract 4D is an elegant creator of mathematical images called fractals. What sets it apart from other fractal programs (and makes it "4D") is the way that it treats the Mandelbrot and Julia sets as different views of the same four-dimensional fractal object. This allows you to create images which are a cross between the two sets and explore their inter-relationships. It is written in PyGTK.

gnofract4d.sourceforge.net (http://gnofract4d.sourceforge.net)

[F-3582]

...I suppose that we'll have to wait another six months for proper AAC support... Debian sync freeze has just hit.

[amano]

From what I can guess from the Package Lists, FreeDos is still not at version 1.0. They updated Dosemu to the latest version (which comes with version 1.0 on its homepage), but left the FreeDos package at the state of a 2004 release candidate.

So my wish: Update the (Free)Dos binaries to version 1.0. :KS

[psoulocybe]

GnoFract 4d

Great fractal explorer. Nuff said!

[pardesi]

something like mathematica would be great in (ED)UBUNTU

[Gordan]

Ardour 2.

[conanm4]

Could maybe a trial of vmware workstation be included?

[smartboyathome]

What I would like to see is Superkaramba updated. It is still at 3.5, whereas the latest stable release is 3.9.

[jimmygoon]

I would love to see an officially supported libpcap 0.9 deb be in universe, if not elsewhere!

[brazzmonkey]

rlocate is an implementation of the "locate" command that is always up-to-date
i already used this one with no overhead on gentoo and archlinux, but couldn't figure out how to build it on ubuntu. this is a really useful piece of software.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rlocate/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/123752

[Alex Fernandez]

A NEWER version of ffmpeg :P The new SVN builds (9400 and up - though the newest few are broke) have fixed a number of issues, most importantly the codec unsupported crap for some ac3 streams.

[Wise Ferret]

et131x Agere ethernet card driver. This network card is the standard in some lg models, and currently there is no .deb for it. It can be found in http://sourceforge.net/projects/et131x/
The license if bsd, not gpl. I hope it can still enter.

[gcsoares]

http://ultimatestunts.nl/index.php?page=2&lang=en
Ultimate Stunts... good game, but very dificult to install for plp that don´t know how to compile...

and Maple would be cool too, I think it is a bit complicated to include because it´s comercial, but it's very usefull for Engeneering students: http://www.maplesoft.com/

[brazzmonkey]

For intel laptop users it would be nice to have powertop, too.
http://www.linuxpowertop.org/

[RAOF]

For intel laptop users it would be nice to have powertop, too.
http://www.linuxpowertop.org/

Powertop has been in Gutsy for months. You might want to check packages.ubuntu.com before posting here ;).

[roscoetuff]

Suggest the standard addition of the Medibuntu repository and applications... particularly a script or macro for getting DVD players to work in playback of commercial DVD's (Netflix)... to increase the ease of use.

Also, there is an Adobe Acrobat reader for Linux / Unix. Love to see that incorporated.

iTunes. Because I just want to add a voice... not because I need it (I use Rockbox) but to get some music occassionally.

Thanks!

[diggity]

I would love it if protoeditor (http://protoeditor.sourceforge.net) was included. It's a great PHP, Perl, and Python debugger.
http://protoeditor.sourceforge.net (http://protoeditor.sourceforge.net/)

[brazzmonkey]

wine-doors (http://www.wine-doors.org/wordpress/?page_id=2) might come in handy for those who need to run some windows apps... Typically this might help to move from windows to linux...

[PSIRockin]

Would it be possible to include Frostwire?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/

[oponek]

Lots of apps are actually available at getdeb.com. Why don't to include them in gutsy repositories?
My suggestions:
SMPlayer (SMPlayer is a new multimedia player, it uses the MPlayer as engine) SMPlayer website (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/)
ManDVD (ManDVD is a tool for generating video DVDs.) ManDVD website (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=38347)
LIVES (Linux Video Editing System) LIVES website (http://lives.sourceforge.net/)
SecondLife installer (Mark Shuttleworth wrote on his blog it would be nice to see it at ubuntu repositories)SecondLife installer on getdeb (http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=1057) Mark about secondlife (http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/128)
Sauerbraten (Cube 2) Sauerbraten website (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sauerbraten/)
Kadu and kadu addons (very popular in Poland gadu-gadu communicator written in qt3 available in other languages) Kadu website (http://www.kadu.net/w/English:Main_Page)

All of them, as far as I know are open-source software.

[wolf08]

Maybe ifolder (http://www.ifolder.com) could be included in universe?

[BrendanM]

Hey, I don't know if this is the right place to suggest software for inclusion in the repositories, but I really think ProjectM deserves to be added. It's a visualizer plugin for XMMS and Amarok (and probably others). It's basically an OpenGL reimplementation of Milkdrop, and it's head and shoulders above any other visualizers I've seen on Linux. Almost every other Linux visualizer I've seen has only one or two different patterns, but ProjectM has tons, and it's even compatible with Milkdrop files so you could add more.

http://xmms-projectm.sourceforge.net/

[23meg]

Merged. Please read the stickies before participating in the forum.

[rocknrolf77]

Maybe miro (formerly known as democracy player) needs to hit the repos...

[oponek]

Including Miro is a GREAT idea. I also suggest to include

Startup Manager (http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=Startup+Manager)
- gui tool for changing settings in the bootloader and splash screen in ubuntu.

avant-window-navigator (http://code.google.com/p/avant-window-navigator/)

[smartboyathome]

Edit: sorry, misread the post.

[rocknrolf77]

Including Miro is a GREAT idea. I also suggest to include

Startup Manager (http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=Startup+Manager)
- gui tool for changing settings in the bootloader and splash screen in ubuntu.

avant-window-navigator (http://code.google.com/p/avant-window-navigator/)

Startup-manager would be real good too. I'm using avant from svn now also, and both would be real good to have by the time of gutsy release.

[Bou]

I just asked gnome-nds-thumbnailer (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/128471) for inclusion.

[nkbj]

I'd like these packages and updates in Gutsy:

GtkImageView (http://trac.bjourne.webfactional.com) - This library will be used for scrolling in the next version of ufraw (hopefully to be released in a few days - should be updated too).

CinePaint 0.22 including cinepaint-gtk (need liblcms >= 1.16).

// libexiv2 0.15 (currently 0.14) - Updated in main Today!

Regards,
Niels Kristian

[Selage]

WiCD - As it dos not have so much trouble with wireless as network manager has

[walkerk]

WiCD - As it dos not have so much trouble with wireless as network manager has

agreed.

[oponek]

GFLOPPY! I don't want to use kde app Kfloppy in gnome for formatting diskettes.

[mabovo]

Automatix could be introduced from getautomatix ?

[amoore]

Bluetooth Headset manager
by Stéphane Graber

http://www.stgraber.org/2007/05/18/bluetooth-headset-manager/

Deb package for Feisty and Gutsy

http://www.stgraber.org/download/projects/gbtsco/gbtsco_0.1.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb (http://www.stgraber.org/download/projects/gbtsco/gbtsco_0.1.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb)

source

http://www.stgraber.org/download/projects/gbtsco/gbtsco-0.1.1.tar.gz

[brazzmonkey]

Automatix could be introduced from getautomatix ?
automatix is useless and dangerous, as mentioned in the latest issue of Ubuntu newsletter : http://mjg59.livejournal.com/77440.html

so don't expect to get it from the official repos...

[Opoho]

FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net) is a premier free mind-mapping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map) software written in Java. Very useful !

[Miles_Prower_fr]

Stepmania

http://www.stepmania.com/

[User-007]

I really want to see LIVES (LInux Video Editing System) included in the next version of Ubuntu. Please backport it.

A second one is qsopcast! It would be very great to install it from repositories.

User JB

[nicweb]

Eclipse 3.3

[amoore]

AptFirefoxFileHandler

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AptFirefoxFileHandler

[sovereign_soul]

Landell repo would be a nice feature

[Xanatos Craven]

KDE Kickoff menu. Its counterpart, gnome-main-menu, has already been available in Universe since Edgy.

http://en.opensuse.org/Kickoff

[squell]

scummvm 0.10.0 (http://www.scummvm.org/)

GDL 0.9 (http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/)

Miro - previously Democracy Player (http://www.getmiro.com/)

[HighOrbiter]

lcdtest: LCD Monitor Test Pattern Generator
http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/software/lcdtest/

[Southeast First]

I wanted to try out the linux-k7 kernel for my amd64 processor and 32bit gutsy update but much to my dismay it wasn't in the repos!

please add linux-k7!

[PSIRockin]

Truecrypt would be great.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

[chacham23]

Eclipse 3.3

+1

[Bealer]

Truecrypt would be great.

http://www.truecrypt.org/

Another vote for TrueCrypt

[TrueTom]

Vote for truecrypt and eclipse 3.3

[Azathoth_]

Can be sdlmame added to repositories???

xmame is not supported anymore (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xmame/+bug/125738) and mame package roms elder than 0.106 are difficult to find now.

I think it can be a good new on Gutsy

[dgorchak]

Can SuperSwitcher be added to Gutsy?

http://code.google.com/p/superswitcher/

.deb package on the homepage doesn't install properly

[crossedout]

Another vote for TrueCrypt.

[23meg]

As I understand, there's a lot of ambiguity with Truecrypt's licensing, thus it seems unlikely to enter the repositories.

[psyke83]

I would like to see TrueCrypt in the repositories too.

As I understand, there's a lot of ambiguity with Truecrypt's licensing, thus it seems unlikely to enter the repositories.

I'm no good reading legalese, but surely could we not petition to have it put in the multiverse repository instead?

TrueCrypt License: http://www.truecrypt.org/license.php

Edit: alternatively, we can provide a wrapper to build from source manually. After a quick google I found this: https://code.launchpad.net/truecrypt-installer

[F-3582]

Just in case someone considers putting SDLMame into the repositories, there is a guy called c.falco who builds Ubuntu packages on a regular basis. Get them at this (http://www.bannister.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=28714&page=1#Post28714) thread. Furthermore, the most recent sources can be found here (http://rbelmont.mameworld.info/). Builds like a breeze.

[smartboyathome]

Update GParted! It hasn't been updated since 0.2.5, and there are many new features in 0.3.3.

[F-3582]

Update GParted! It hasn't been updated since 0.2.5, and there are many new features in 0.3.3.

Already there (http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=gparted&searchon=names&subword=1&version=gutsy&release=all).

[Azathoth_]

Kxmame 0.2 SVN
In kxmame 0.2 svn has been added support to sdlmame wich is neccesary to run latest roms.

kxmame in gutsy is the 2.0 beta as in feisty, can it be updated?

[F-3582]

Actually I'd prefer QMC2 (http://www.mameworld.net/mamecat/). Say, could it be that we already had this discussion once in this thread? It's feeling like deja vu.

[23meg]

I'm closing and unsticking this thread, since we're past the deadline for new packages in Universe.

For instructions on requesting packages for Universe in future versions, and packaging software for Universe yourself (no, you don't have to be a MOTU), see the first post in this thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=2487111&postcount=1). Thanks for your cooperation.