Re: dpkg library

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 1999 at 10:25:51PM +0100, Stefan Hornburg was heard to say:
> Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> writes:
> 
> > Stefan Hornburg <racke@linuxia.de> writes:
> > 
> > > I like to know if a library for developing applications based on the
> > > dpkg package system exists like rpmlib for RPM systems.
> > 
> > libapt-pkg has similar functionality (perhaps more functionality).
> 
> Fine. Unfortunately the documentation is missing, right ?
> Are there any example applications besides apt-get out there ?
> 
> Bye
>         Racke

  Well, you could look at gnome-apt, console-apt or Aptitude.  The best thing to
do is to permanently store the Apt source ("apt-get source apt") and source to
one or two other Apt-using programs in your home directory, and consult those
very often.
  I also seem to remember that a libdpkg exists, but I'm not sure.

  Daniel

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