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
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,
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 and Packages.
"AptPkg::Cache::_package"
The AptPkg::Cache::_package package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::PkgIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
The AptPkg::Cache::_ver_file package wraps a Perl class around the
pkgCache::VerFileIterator class. It exposes the following methods:
File, Index, Offset and Size.
"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::_pkg_source_list"
The AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_source_list package wraps a Perl class around
the pkgSourceList class. Required as an argument to the
AptPkg::_pkg_src_records constructor.
"AptPkg::_pkg_src_records"
The AptPkg::Cache::_pkg_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::Dep::DepType
"AptPkg::Dep::Depends",
"AptPkg::Dep::PreDepends",
"AptPkg::Dep::Suggests",
"AptPkg::Dep::Recommends",
"AptPkg::Dep::Conflicts",
"AptPkg::Dep::Replaces" and
"AptPkg::Dep::Obsoletes".
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" and
"AptPkg::State::Installed".
pkgCache::Flag::PkgFlags
"AptPkg::Flag::Auto",
"AptPkg::Flag::Essential" and
"AptPkg::Flag::Important".