Debian::DpkgLists(3pm)

NAME
Debian::DpkgLists - scan dpkg database for files/patterns

SYNOPSIS
    my @packages = Debian::DpkgLists->scan_full_path('/full/file/path');
    my @packages = Debian::DpkgLists->scan_partial_path('file/path');
    my @packages = Debian::DpkgLists->scan_pattern(qr{freedom$});
    my @packages = Debian::DpkgLists->scan_perl_mod('Some::Module');

DESCRIPTION
Debian::DpkgLists is a module for easy searching of dpkg(1)'s package database which contains a simple list of full file names (including the leading slash).

There are a couple of different class methods for searching by full or partial path, a regular expression or a Perl module name.

Note that dpkg's database represent only dpkg's idea of what is installed on the system. If you want to also search in packages, available from the Debian archive but not installed locally, see Debian::AptContents.

CLASS-METHODS

scan_full_path ( path )
    Scans dpkg database for files, whose full path is equal to path. Use when you have the full path of the file you want, like "/usr/bin/perl".

    Returns a (possibly empty) list of packages containing path.

scan_partial_path ( path )
    Scans dpkg database for files, whose full path ends with path. Use when you only care about the file name or other trailing portion of the full path like "bin/perl" (matches "/usr/bin/perl" and "/sbin/perl").

    Returns a (possibly empty) list of packages containing files whose full path ends with path.

scan_pattern ( pattern )
    Scans dpkg database for files, whose full path matches pattern.

    Returns a (possibly empty) list of packages containing files whose full path matches pattern.

scan_perl_mod ( Module::Name )
    Scans dpkg database for files, corresponding to given Module::Name. This is a shorthand method for "scan_pattern" with a pattern that matches "/Module/Name.pm$" in all directories in @INC.

    Returns a (possibly empty) list of packages containing possible Module::Name files.

AUTHOR

Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2010 Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
Copyright (C) 2019-2020 gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.