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.IX Title "Linux::Distribution::Packages 3pm"
.TH Linux::Distribution::Packages 3pm "2022-12-08" "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Linux::Distribution::Packages \- list all packages on various Linux distributions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use Linux::Distribution::Packages qw(distribution_packages distribution_write);
\&
\&  $linux = new Linux::Distribution::Packages({\*(Aqformat\*(Aq => \*(Aqcsv\*(Aq, \*(Aqoutput_file\*(Aq => \*(Aqpackages.csv\*(Aq});
\&  $linux\->distribution_write();
\&
\&  # Or you can (re)set the options when you write.
\&  $linux\->distribution_write({\*(Aqformat\*(Aq => \*(Aqxml\*(Aq, \*(Aqoutput_file\*(Aq => \*(Aqpackages.xml\*(Aq});
\&
\&  # If you want to reload the package data
\&  $linux\->distribution_packages();
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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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.
.PP
Distributions currently working:  debian, ubuntu, fedora, redhat, suse, 
gentoo, slackware, redflag.
.PP
The module inherits from Linux::Distribution, so can also use its calls.
.SS "\s-1EXPORT\s0"
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None by default.
.SH "TODO"
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* 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.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Judith Lebzelter, <judith@osdl.org>
Alberto Re, <alberto@accidia.net>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
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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.