NAME

Debian::Apt::PM - locate Perl Modules in Debian repositories

NOTE

EXPERIMENTAL => "use at your own risk"; # you have bin warned

SYNOPSIS

Cmd-line:

apt-pm update
apt-pm find Moose
dpkg-scanpmpackages /path/to/debian/repository

Module:

my $aptpm = Debian::Apt::PM->new(sources => [ 'PerlPackages.bz2' ])
$aptpm->update;
my %moose_locations = $aptpm->find('Moose');

USAGE

COMMAND-LINE USAGE

Add sources for Debian releases and components. Here is the complete list that can be reduced just to the wanted ones:

cat >> /etc/apt/sources.list << __END__
# for apt-pm
deb http://debian.meon.sk/mirror/ etch    main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.meon.sk/mirror/ lenny   main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.meon.sk/mirror/ sid     main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.meon.sk/mirror/ squeeze main contrib non-free
__END__

Fetch the indexes:

apt-pm update

Look for the CPAN modules:

apt-pm find Moose
# libmoose-perl_0.17-1_all: Moose 0.17
# libmoose-perl_0.94-1_i386: Moose 0.94
# libmoose-perl_0.97-1_i386: Moose 0.97
# libmoose-perl_0.54-1_all: Moose 0.54

Look for the non-CPAN modules:

apt-pm find Purple        
# libpurple0_2.4.3-4lenny5_i386: Purple 0.01

apt-pm find Dpkg::Version
# dpkg-dev_1.14.28_all: Dpkg::Version 0

METHODS

new()

Object constructor.

PROPERTIES

sources

isa => 'ArrayRef' of files that will be read to construct the lookup. By default it is filled with files from /var/cache/apt/apt-pm/.

cachedir

Is the folder where indexes cache files will be stored. Default is /var/cache/apt/apt-pm/deb/.

repo_type

deb|deb-src

find($module_name, [$min_version])

Returns hash with Perl versions as key and hash value having Debian version and package name. Example:

{
	'0.94' => {
		'version' => '0.94-1',
		'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
		'arch'    => 'i386'
	},
	'0.97' => {
		'version' => '0.97-1',
		'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
		'arch'    => 'i386'
	},
	'0.54' => {
		'version' => '0.54-1',
		'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
		'arch'    => 'i386'
	},
};

If $min_version is set, returns min and max keys. max has always the highest version:

'max' => {
	'version' => '0.97-1',
	'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
	'arch'    => 'i386'
},

min is changing depending on $min_version. Examples:

$min_version = '0.01';
'min' => {
	'version' => '0.54-1',
	'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
	'arch'    => 'i386'
},
$min_version = '0.93';
'min' => {
	'version' => '0.94-1',
	'package' => 'libmoose-perl'
	'arch'    => 'i386'
},
$min_version = '1.00';
'min' => undef,

update

Scans the /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list repositories for PerlPackages.bz2 and prepares them to be used for find. All PerlPackages.bz2 are stored to /var/cache/apt/apt-pm/.

clean

Remove all files fom cache dir.

AUTHOR

jozef@kutej.net, <jkutej at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-debian-apt-pm at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Debian-Apt-PM. 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 Debian::Apt::PM

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2010 jkutej@cpan.org.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.