antandros / go-dpkg

The dpkg package is a Go library designed to list software installed on Debian distributions using dpkg

dpkg Go Package

Overview

The dpkg package is a Go library designed to list software installed on Debian distributions using dpkg. The package provides functionality to parse package details and represent them in structured Go data types.

Data Structures

Package

Contains detailed information about a Debian package. Key fields include:

• PackageName: Name of the package.
• Status, Priority, Section, and more: Various details about the package.
• Maintainer, OriginalMaintainer: Contact information of the package maintainers.
• Extra: A map that can hold any additional information about the package not covered by the other fields.

PackageContact

Represents the contact information of a package. It can be either an email address or a website.

• Name: The name of the contact.
• Contact: The actual contact information - email or website.
• Type: Specifies if the contact is an "email" or "website".

Usage

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"gitlab.com/antandros/go-dpkg"
)

func main() {
	packages, err := dpkg.GetPackages()
	fmt.Println(err)
	resp, err := json.MarshalIndent(packages, "", "\t")
	fmt.Println(err)
	fmt.Println(string(resp))
}

License

Refer to the LICENSE file in the repository.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue on the project's repository.