dpt-get-u...u-packages(1)

💅 dpt-get-u...u-packages(1) 💅

Debian Perl packaging Tools presents… the one, the only, the manual page for get-ubuntu-packages 🫶 bestie you're gonna eat this one up, it's short and sweet and does exactly one thing and does it flawlessly

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🌸 NAME 🌸

get-ubuntu-packages — returns the list of packages which are maintained by debian-perl team in Ubuntu ✨ no cap, that's literally the whole job description

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

$ get-ubuntu-packages
ack-grep
alice
...

like. the output is just. packages. one per line. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the tea ☕ this script goes and queries the list of packages from the udd database at udd-mirror.debian.net — and specifically it's fishing for the ones that originated from the debian-perl team and are in Ubuntu 💖

and then it prints them. One package per line. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🌈

and the real main character energy move? its output can later be piped straight into other scripts, like lp-mass-subscribe 💅 so you run this, you pipe it, and your whole subscribe situation is handled. iykyk 😌

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👑 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE 👑

2012, Nathan Handler <nhandler@ubuntu.com> 💌 2018, gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org> 💌

so, permission-wise, bestie: you're allowed to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose, with or without fee 💸 — the one condition being that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies 📌 don't be sneaky about it, keep the receipts attached 🫶

and then the legal voice kicks in, and she is not playing around:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

⚠️ translation for the girlies: it's provided "AS IS", there are no warranties of any kind — not merchantability, not fitness, none — and if something goes sideways, the author is not liable for any damages whatsoever, special/direct/indirect/consequential, loss of use, data, or profits, whether it came from contract, negligence, or any other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the software or its use or performance. so like. be normal about it 💀

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pkg-perl-tools 0.88 · 2026-04-01 · and that's the whole page bestie, thanks for reading, go pipe something into lp-mass-subscribe and slay ✨💖🎀🦋