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2.4 Sections
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The packages in the archive areas `main', `contrib' and `non-free' are
grouped further into `sections' to simplify handling.

The archive area and section for each package should be specified in the
package’s ‘Section’ control record (see Note: Section.).  However,
the maintainer of the Debian archive may override this selection to
ensure the consistency of the Debian distribution.  The ‘Section’ field
should be of the form:

   - `section' if the package is in the `main' archive area,

   - `area/section' if the package is in the `contrib' or `non-free'
     archive areas.

The Debian archive maintainers provide the authoritative list of
sections.  At present, they are: admin, cli-mono, comm, database, debug,
devel, doc, editors, education, electronics, embedded, fonts, games,
gnome, gnu-r, gnustep, graphics, hamradio, haskell, httpd, interpreters,
introspection, java, javascript, kde, kernel, libdevel, libs, lisp,
localization, mail, math, metapackages, misc, net, news, ocaml, oldlibs,
otherosfs, perl, php, python, ruby, rust, science, shells, sound, tasks,
tex, text, utils, vcs, video, web, x11, xfce, zope.  The additional
section `debian-installer' contains special packages used by the
installer and is not used for normal Debian packages.

For more information about the sections and their definitions, see the
list of sections in unstable(1).

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   (1) https://packages.debian.org/unstable/