package pkgutil

import "github.com/tredoe/osutil/pkgutil"

Package pkgutil handles basic operations in the management of packages in operating systems.

Important

If you are going to use a package manager different to Deb, then you should check the options since I cann't test all.

TODO

Add managers of BSD systems.

Use flag to do not show questions.

Index ¶

• type PackageType
• func Detect() (PackageType, error)
• func (pkg PackageType) String() string
• type Packager
• func New(pkg PackageType) Packager

Types ¶

type PackageType ¶

type PackageType int8

PackageType represents a package management system.

const (
	// Linux
	Deb PackageType = iota + 1
	RPM
	Pacman
	Ebuild
	ZYpp
)

func Detect ¶

func Detect() (PackageType, error)

Detect tries to get the package system used in the system, looking for executables in directory "/usr/bin".

func (PackageType) String ¶

func (pkg PackageType) String() string

type Packager ¶

type Packager interface {
	// Install installs packages.
	Install(name ...string) error

	// Remove removes packages.
	Remove(name ...string) error

	// Purge removes packages and its configuration files.
	Purge(name ...string) error

	// Update resynchronizes the package index files from their sources.
	Update() error

	// Upgrade upgrades all the packages on the system.
	Upgrade() error

	// Clean erases both packages downloaded and orphaned dependencies.
	Clean() error
}

Packager is the common interface to handle different package systems.

func New ¶

func New(pkg PackageType) Packager

New returns the interface to handle the package manager.

Source Files ¶

deb.go ebuild.go pacman.go pkg.go rpm.go zypp.go