NAME

DPKG::Parse::Available - Parse the "available" file

SYNOPSIS

    use DPKG::Parse::Available;

    my $available = DPKG::Parse::Available->new;
    while (my $entry = $available->next_package) { 
        print $entry->package . " " . $entry->version . "\n";
    }

    my $postfix = $available->get_package('name' => 'postfix');

DESCRIPTION

the DPKG::Parse::Available manpage parses a dpkg "available" file and turns each entry into a the DPKG::Parse::Entry manpage object. By default, it uses the Debian default location of "/var/lib/dpkg/available".

See the DPKG::Parse manpage for more information on the get_package and next_package methods.

See the DPKG::Parse::Entry manpage for more information on the entry objects.

METHODS

new('filename' => '/var/lib/dpkg/available')

Creates a new DPKG::Parse::Available object. By default, it tries to open /var/lib/dpkg/available.

SEE ALSO

the DPKG::Parse manpage, the DPKG::Parse::Entry manpage

AUTHOR

Adam Jacob, holoway@cpan.org

LICENSE

This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.