Every now and then somebody on IRC asks "how do I get package X". You
have package X installed, but don't remember from which repository it
came. apt-cache policy does not help, since it only shows the hostname
(repository.maemo.org) so you can't tell Extras from Extras-Devel from
Fremantle Tools.
Here's a short Python script that wraps apt-cache showpkg and produces a
concise summary of which repositories have which versions. Sample
output:
~ $ whence conboy
installed
0.6.0-alpha9
repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/dists/fremantle/free/binary-armel/Packages
0.3.2 0.4.0 0.4.1 0.4.2 0.4.3 0.4.4 0.4.5 0.5.0 0.5.1 0.5.2 0.5.3 0.5.4 0.5.5 1:0.5.6
repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/fremantle/free/binary-armel/Packages
0.5.4
Script is attached.
(I've been asked on IRC to package this into a deb, but knowing my
lazyness and capability of procrastination I thought I'd send a copy to
the list, in case someone else wants to package it first. I won't mind.
Hint, hint.)
Marius Gedminas
--
What goes up, must come down. Ask any system administrator.
#!/usr/bin/python
"""
'whence packagename' tells the user in which repositories the package can be
found. Useful since Extras, Extras-devel, Extras-testing, and SDK tools
repositories look the same ('repository.maemo.org') in apt-cache policy output.
Copyright (c) 2009 Marius Gedminas <marius@xxxxxxxxx>
Licenced under the GNU GPL v2 or later.
"""
import subprocess, sys, os, re, collections
def main():
if len(sys.argv) < 2:
sys.exit('usage: whence pkgname')
pkgname = sys.argv[1]
pipe = subprocess.Popen(['apt-cache', 'showpkg', pkgname],
stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
for line in pipe.stdout:
if line == 'Versions: \n':
break
sources = collections.defaultdict(list)
for line in pipe.stdout:
if line == 'Reverse Depends: \n':
break
if line and not line[0].isspace():
version = line.split(None, 1)[0]
for filename in re.findall(r'[(]([^)]+)[)]', line):
filename = os.path.basename(filename)
if filename == 'status':
filename = 'installed'
sources[filename].append(version)
for source, versions in sorted(sources.items()):
print source.replace('_', '/')
print ' ', ' '.join(sorted(versions))
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
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