AptPkg(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation AptPkg(3pm)
NAME
AptPkg - interface to libapt-pkg
SYNOPSIS
use AptPkg;
DESCRIPTION
The AptPkg module provides a low-level XS interface to libapt-pkg.
Note that this interface is intended to be internal, and may change, see
the AptPkg::Config, AptPkg::System, AptPkg::Version, AptPkg::Cache,
Apt::Policy and AptPkg::Source classes for a higher level interface.
AptPkg
The AptPkg package provides the following functions:
_init_config(CONF)
Initialise a Configuration object (pkgInitConfig). See the init
method in AptPkg::Config.
_init_system(CONF)
Return a pointer to the system object (pkgInitSystem). See the
system method in AptPkg::Config.
_parse_cmdline(CONF, ARG_DEFS, ...)
Constructs a CommandLine instance, invokes the Parse method and
returns the remaining arguments. See the parse_cmdline method in
AptPkg::Config.
AptPkg::_config
The AptPkg::_config package wraps a Perl class around the Configuration
class. It provides an instance of the global _config object, and
exposes the following methods:
Find, FindFile, FindDir, FindB, FindAny, Set, Exists,
ExistsAny, Tree and Dump.
The functions ReadConfigFile and ReadConfigDir are also provided within
the package and may be used as methods.
AptPkg::_config::item
The AptPkg::_config::item package wraps a Perl class around the
Configuration::Item class. The AptPkg::_config Tree method returns an
instance of this class.
Methods:
Value, Tag, FullTag, Parent, Child and Next.
AptPkg::System
The AptPkg::System package wraps a Perl class around the pkgSystem
class. It provides an instance of the global _system object, and
exposes the following methods:
Label, VS, Lock and UnLock.
AptPkg::Version
The AptPkg::Version package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgVersioningSystem class. It exposes the following methods:
Label, CmpVersion, CmpReleaseVer, CheckDep and UpstreamVersion.
AptPkg::_cache
The AptPkg::_cache package wraps a Perl class around the pkgCacheFile
class. It exposes the following methods:
Open, Close, FindPkg, PkgBegin, FileList, Packages, Policy, MultiArchCache
and NativeArch.
AptPkg::Cache::_package
The AptPkg::Cache::_package package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::PkgIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
Next, Name, FullName, Arch, Section, VersionList, CurrentVer,
RevDependsList, ProvidesList, Index, SelectedState, InstState,
CurrentState and Flags.
AptPkg::Cache::_version
The AptPkg::Cache::_version package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::VerIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
VerStr, Section, MultiArch, Arch, ParentPkg, DescriptionList,
TranslatedDescription, DependsList, ProvidesList, FileList, Index
and Priority.
AptPkg::Cache::_depends
The AptPkg::Cache::_depends package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::DepIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
TargetVer, TargetPkg, ParentVer, ParentPkg, Index, CompType and
DepType.
AptPkg::Cache::_provides
The AptPkg::Cache::_provides package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::PrvIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
Name, ProvideVersion, OwnerVer, OwnerPkg and Index.
AptPkg::Cache::_description
The AptPkg::Cache::_description package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::DescIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
LanguageCode, md5 and FileList.
AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_file
The AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_file package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::PkgFileIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
FileName, Archive, Component, Version, Origin, Label, Site,
IndexType and Index.
AptPkg::Cache::_ver_file
The AptPkg::Cache::_ver_file package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::VerFileIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
File, Index and Offset.
AptPkg::Cache::_desc_file
The AptPkg::Cache::_desc_file package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::DescFileIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
File
AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_records
The AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_records package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgRecords class. It exposes the following methods:
Lookup.
AptPkg::_policy
The AptPkg::_policy package wraps a Perl class around the pkgPolicy
class. It exposes the following methods:
GetPriority and GetCandidateVer.
AptPkg::_source_list
The AptPkg::_source_list package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgSourceList class. Required as an argument to the
AptPkg::_src_records constructor.
AptPkg::_src_records
The AptPkg::_src_records package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgSrcRecords class. It exposes the following methods:
Restart, Find.
Constants
The following APT enumerations are included, used by attributes of
AptPkg::Cache.
pkgCache::Version::VerMultiArch
"AptPkg::Version::No", "AptPkg::Version::All",
"AptPkg::Version::Foreign", "AptPkg::Version::Same",
"AptPkg::Version::Allowed", "AptPkg::Version::AllForeign" and
"AptPkg::Version::AllAllowed".
pkgCache::Dep::DepType
"AptPkg::Dep::Depends", "AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends",
"AptPkg::Dep::Suggests", "AptPkg::Dep::Recommends",
"AptPkg::Dep::Conflicts", "AptPkg::Dep::Replaces",
"AptPkg::Dep::Obsoletes" "AptPkg::Dep::DpkgBreaks" and
"AptPkg::Dep::Enhances".
pkgCache::Dep::DepCompareOp
"AptPkg::Dep::Or", "AptPkg::Dep::NoOp", "AptPkg::Dep::LessEq",
"AptPkg::Dep::GreaterEq", "AptPkg::Dep::Less", "AptPkg::Dep::Greater",
"AptPkg::Dep::Equals" and "AptPkg::Dep::NotEquals".
pkgCache::State::VerPriority
"AptPkg::State::Important", "AptPkg::State::Required",
"AptPkg::State::Standard", "AptPkg::State::Optional" and
"AptPkg::State::Extra".
pkgCache::State::PkgSelectedState
"AptPkg::State::Unknown", "AptPkg::State::Install",
"AptPkg::State::Hold", "AptPkg::State::DeInstall" and
"AptPkg::State::Purge".
pkgCache::State::PkgInstState
"AptPkg::State::Ok", "AptPkg::State::ReInstReq",
"AptPkg::State::HoldInst" and "AptPkg::State::HoldReInstReq".
pkgCache::State::PkgCurrentState
"AptPkg::State::NotInstalled", "AptPkg::State::UnPacked",
"AptPkg::State::HalfConfigured", "AptPkg::State::HalfInstalled",
"AptPkg::State::ConfigFiles", "AptPkg::State::Installed",
"AptPkg::State::TriggersAwaited" and "AptPkg::State::TriggersPending".
pkgCache::Flag::PkgFlags
"AptPkg::Flag::Auto", "AptPkg::Flag::Essential" and
"AptPkg::Flag::Important".
SEE ALSO
AptPkg::Config(3pm), AptPkg::System(3pm), AptPkg::Version(3pm),
AptPkg::Cache(3pm), AptPkg::Source(3pm).
AUTHOR
Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
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