NAME¶

Linux::Distribution::Packages - list all packages on various Linux distributions

SYNOPSIS¶

  use Linux::Distribution::Packages qw(distribution_packages distribution_write);
  $linux = new Linux::Distribution::Packages({'format' => 'csv', 'output_file' => 'packages.csv'});
  $linux->distribution_write();
  # Or you can (re)set the options when you write.
  $linux->distribution_write({'format' => 'xml', 'output_file' => 'packages.xml'});
  # If you want to reload the package data
  $linux->distribution_packages();

DESCRIPTION¶

This is a simple module that uses Linux::Distribution to guess the linux distribution and then uses the correct commands to list all the packages on the system and then output them in one of three formats: native, csv, and xml.

Distributions currently working: debian, ubuntu, fedora, redhat, suse, gentoo, slackware, redflag.

The module inherits from Linux::Distribution, so can also use its calls.

TODO¶

* Add the capability to correctly get packages for all recognized distributions. * Separate out parsing from writing. Parse data to hash and give access to hash. Then write the formatted data from the hash.

AUTHORS¶

Judith Lebzelter, <judith@osdl.org> Alberto Re, <alberto@accidia.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.