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@@ -52,6 +52,17 @@ The Linux stable repositories are all found here: https://xpra.org/dists/ \
 The beta repositories are here: https://xpra.org/beta/  
 Note: the beta repositories are supplemental ones so you must also enable the stable repository to be able to use them.
 
+## Sub-packages
+Installing `xpra` using your package manager should install the client and server components as well as most picture codecs and audio support.  
+For slimmer installations, you may also want to use `apt`'s `--no-install-recommends` or `dnf`'s `--setopt=install_weak_deps=False` and select individual xpra sub-packages:
+* `xpra-common` - this required by all the other sub-packages
+* `xpra-client` - console client: `xpra stop`, `xpra info`, etc
+* `xpra-client-gtk3` - the main client GUI: `xpra attach`, `xpra launcher`, etc
+* `xpra-server` - for starting sessions locally: `xpra start`, `xpra desktop`, `xpra shadow`, etc
+* `xpra-audio` - audio forwarding support for both client and server
+* `xpra-codecs` - core picture compression codecs
+* `xpra-codecs-nvidia` - proprietary NVidia codecs: `nvenc`, `nvjpeg`, `nvdec`, `nvfbc`, etc
+
 
 ## ![RPM](https://xpra.org/icons/rpm.png) for RPM distributions:
 * import the key used for signing the packages:\