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NAME

Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools - A wrapper for the pkgtools action(installpkg, upgradepkg and removepkg)

VERSION

Version 1.0.1

SYNOPSIS

This class is anoter wrapper for slack-get. It encapsulates the pkgtools system call.

use Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools;

my $pkgtool = Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools->new($config);
$pkgtool->install($package1);
$pkgtool->remove($package_list);
foreach (@{$packagelist->get_all})
{
	print "Status for ",$_->name," : ",$_->status()->to_string,"\n";
}
$pkgtool->upgrade($package_list);

CONSTRUCTOR

new

Take a Slackware::Slackget::Config object as argument :

my $pkgtool = new Slackware::Slackget::PkgTool ($config);

FUNCTIONS

Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools methods used the followings status :

0 : Package have been installed successfully.
1 : Package have been upgraded successfully.
2 : Package have been removed successfully.
3 : Can't install package : new package not found in the cache.
4 : Can't remove package : no such package installed.
5 : Can't upgrade package : new package not found in the cache.
6 : Can't install package : an error occured during <installpkg-binary /> system call
7 : Can't remove package : an error occured during <removepkg-binary /> system call
8 : Can't upgrade package : an error occured during <upgradepkg-binary /> system call
9 : Package scheduled for install on next reboot.
10 : An error occured in the Slackware::Slackget::PkgTool class (during installpkg, upgradepkg or removepkg) but the class is unable to understand the error.

install

Take a single Slackware::Slackget::Package object or a single Slackware::Slackget::PackageList as argument and call installpkg on all this packages. Return 1 or undef if an error occured. But methods from the Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools class don't return on the first error, it will try to install all packages. Additionnally, for each package, set a status.

$pkgtool->install($package_list);

upgrade

Take a single Slackware::Slackget::Package object or a single Slackware::Slackget::PackageList as argument and call upgradepkg on all this packages. Return 1 or undef if an error occured. But methods from the Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools class don't return on the first error, it will try to install all packages. Additionnally, for each package, set a status.

$pkgtool->install($package_list) ;

remove

Take a single Slackware::Slackget::Package object or a single Slackware::Slackget::PackageList as argument and call installpkg on all this packages. Return 1 or undef if an error occured. But methods from the Slackware::Slackget::PkgTools class don't return on the first error, it will try to install all packages. Additionnally, for each package, set a status.

$pkgtool->remove($package_list);

AUTHOR

DUPUIS Arnaud, <a.dupuis@infinityperl.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Slackware-Slackget@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Slackware-Slackget. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Slackware::Slackget

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Bertrand Dupuis (yes my brother) for his contribution to the documentation.

SEE ALSO

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 DUPUIS Arnaud, All Rights Reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.