Linux:...ackages(3pm)

💖 Linux::Distribution::Packages 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to Linux::Distribution::Packages — the little Perl module that literally just... tells you every single package on your Linux box?? iconic behavior tbh 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

Linux::Distribution::Packages — it lists all the packages on various Linux distributions. that's the whole gig. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

use Linux::Distribution::Packages qw(distribution_packages distribution_write);

$linux = new Linux::Distribution::Packages({'format' => 'csv', 'output_file' => 'packages.csv'});
$linux->distribution_write();

# Or you can (re)set the options when you write.
$linux->distribution_write({'format' => 'xml', 'output_file' => 'packages.xml'});

# If you want to reload the package data
$linux->distribution_packages();

like. she's simple. she's effective. she ate 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: this is a simple module that uses Linux::Distribution to guess which linux distribution you're on (detective work ✨), and then it uses the correct commands to list all the packages on the system, and then it outputs them in one of three formats:

• native
• csv
• xml

three formats, pick your fighter 🎀

Distributions currently working:

• debian
• ubuntu
• fedora
• redhat
• suse
• gentoo
• slackware
• redflag

(if your distro isn't on the list, don't come for her, she's doing her best 😭)

also important: the module inherits from Linux::Distribution, so you can also use its calls. free real estate, bestie 🫶

💜 EXPORT 💜

None by default.

that's it. that's the section. nothing exported unless you ask. she's lowkey like that.

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🔥 TODO 🔥

things she's manifesting for the future ✨:

• Add the capability to correctly get packages for all recognized distributions.
• Separate out parsing from writing. Parse data to hash and give access to hash. Then write the formatted data from the hash.

manifesting this for her fr fr 🙏

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

• Judith Lebzelter, <judith@osdl.org>
• Alberto Re, <alberto@accidia.net>

thank you for your service queens 🫡💖

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🌈 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🌈

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

so basically: go off, remix it, share it, just keep it Perl-licensed the way Perl itself is, at 5.8.5 or anything newer you've got. slay 💅

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and that's the whole page bestie!! this was documented with perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-12-08, from the User Contributed Perl Documentation — mwah, take care of her, she's precious 🎀✨💜