Interfaces for reading a Debian Package

[Christopher Crammond <ccrammond@opencountry.com>]

Hello,

As with all first-time posters, I am not quite sure if I got the right
location - so feel free to flame away if necessary.  ;)

I was curious as to where I might be able to find out what
non-command-line interfaces into .deb packages are available.  For
instance, is there a C interface that could pull out information such as
Name, Version, Release, etc... ?

Any help would be appreciated, even if it is a swift kick in tail (just
launch me in the right direction :).

Thanks,
-- christopher

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Christopher Crammond, Software Engineer
Open Country, Inc.
ccrammond@opencountry.com
650.591.8080 ext 246