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+RRDtool for Debian
+------------------
+
+The RRDtool distribution is split into several packages:
+
+Package: rrdtool
+ Command-line utilities and documentation
+
+Package: librrd2
+ Shared libraries
+
+Package: librrd2-dev
+ Static libraries and headers
+
+Package: librrds-perl
+ Perl interface, using a shared library (RRDs)
+
+Package: librrdp-perl
+ Perl interface, using command pipes to the rrdtool program (RRDp)
+
+Package: rrdtool-tcl
+ TCL interface
+
+Package: python-rrd
+ Python interface
+
+More examples and useful applications can be found at the upstream site
+at http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/pub/contrib/
+
+ -- Matt Zimmerman <mdz@csh.rit.edu>, Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:53:19 -0700
+ Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org>, Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:10:23 +0100