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Re: Writing an Apt frontend



On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 02:03:53PM +0000, Ross Burton wrote:

> I am thinking about writing a simple GNOME2 program based upon a routine
> I do every few days:
> [...]
> If I had a Wizard-like GUI over this I'd be very happy.  The question is
> how can I access the dpkg/apt database?  I can code in C and Perl, am
> learning C++ (but know Java so its just the syntax) and could learn
> Python -- so what bindings are available?

Rather than writing such a limited tool, look into adding this "wizard-like"
functionality as an optional feature to one of the existing APT frontends
(like deity, aptitude, kpackage, etc.)

-- 
 - mdz



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