urpm

Section: Mageia Package Management (3)
Updated: 2019-05-27
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NAME

urpm - Mageia perl tools to handle the urpmi database  

DESCRIPTION

"urpm" is used by urpmi executables to manipulate packages and media on a Mageia Linux distribution.  

The urpm class

urpm->new()
The constructor creates a new urpm object. It's a blessed hash that contains fields from URPM, and also the following fields:

source: { id => src_rpm_file|spec_file }

media: [ {
   start => int, end => int, name => string, url => string,
   virtual => bool, media_info_dir => string, with_synthesis => string,
   no-media-info => bool,
   iso => string, downloader => string,
   ignore => bool, update => bool, modified => bool, really_modified => bool,
   unknown_media_info => bool, 
 } ],

options: hashref of urpm options

several paths:

config: path of urpmi.cfg (/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg)

mediacfgdir: path of mediacfg.d (/etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d)

skiplist: path of skip.list (/etc/urpmi/skip.list),

instlist: path of inst.list (/etc/urpmi/inst.list),

prefer_list: path of prefer.list (/etc/urpmi/prefer.list),

prefer_vendor_list: path of prefer.vendor.list (/etc/urpmi/prefer.vendor.list),

private_netrc: path of netrc (/etc/urpmi/netrc),

statedir: state directory (/var/lib/urpmi),

cachedir: cache directory (/var/cache/urpmi),

root: path of the rooted system (when using global urpmi config),

urpmi_root: path of the rooted system (when both urpmi & rpmdb are chrooted)

Several subs:

fatal: sub for relaying fatal errors (should popup in GUIes)

error: sub for relaying other errors

log: sub for relaying messages if --verbose

print: sub for always displayed messages, enable to redirect output for eg: installer

info: sub for messages displayed unless --quiet

All "URPM" methods are available on an urpm object.

urpm->new_parse_cmdline()
Like urpm->new but also parse the command line and parse the configuration file.
db_open_or_die($urpm, $b_write_perm)
Open RPM database (RW or not) and die if it fails
register_rpms($urpm, @files)
Register local packages for being installed, keep track of source.
is_delta_installable($urpm, $pkg, $root)
checks whether the delta RPM represented by $pkg is installable wrt the RPM DB on $root. For this, it extracts the rpm version to which the delta applies from the delta rpm filename itself. So naming conventions do matter :)
extract_packages_to_install($urpm, $sources)
Extract package that should be installed instead of upgraded, installing instead of upgrading is useful - for inst.list (cf flag disable_obsolete)

Sources is a hash of id -> source rpm filename.

get_updates_description($urpm, @update_medias)
Get reason of update for packages to be updated. Use all update medias if none given.
 

SEE ALSO

The URPM package is used to manipulate at a lower level synthesis and rpm files.

See also submodules: gurpmi, urpm::args, urpm::bug_report, urpm::cdrom, urpm::cfg, urpm::download, urpm::get_pkgs, urpm::install, urpm::ldap, urpm::lock, urpm::main_loop, urpm::md5sum, urpm::media, urpm::mirrors, urpm::msg, urpm::orphans, urpm::parallel_ka_run, urpm::parallel, urpm::parallel_ssh, urpm::prompt, urpm::removable, urpm::select, urpm::signature, urpm::sys, urpm::util, urpm::xml_info_pkg, urpm::xml_info  

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 MandrakeSoft SA

Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Mandriva SA

Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Mageia

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

 

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NAME
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The urpm class
SEE ALSO
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