Package dogtail :: Module distro :: Class PackageDb

Class PackageDb

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        PackageDb

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Class to abstract the details of whatever software package database is in use (RPM, APT, etc)

Instance Methods

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__init__(self)
x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

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getVersion(self, packageName)
Method to get the version of an installed package as a Version instance (or raise an exception if not found)

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getFiles(self, packageName)
Method to get a list of filenames owned by the package, or raise an exception if not found.

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getMoFiles(self, locale=None)
Method to get a list of all .mo files on the system, optionally for a specific locale.

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getDependencies(self, packageName)
Method to get a list of unique package names that this package is dependent on, or raise an exception if the package is not found.

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Inherited from object: __delattr__, __format__, __getattribute__, __hash__, __new__, __reduce__, __reduce_ex__, __repr__, __setattr__, __sizeof__, __str__, __subclasshook__

Properties

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Inherited from object: __class__

Method Details

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init(self)
(Constructor)

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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see help(type(x)) for signature

Overrides: object.__init__: (inherited documentation)

getVersion(self, packageName)

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Method to get the version of an installed package as a Version
 instance (or raise an exception if not found)

Note: does not know about distributions' internal revision numbers.

Class PackageDb

__init__(self) (Constructor)

getVersion(self, packageName)

init(self)
(Constructor)