debstep

Library to control apt(debian, ubuntu, mint default package manager) tasks via nodejs. This library uses native binary apt-pkg library to access apt features.

Installation

npm install --save debstep

Usage

You can get package information for any package version what exist in apt-cache

import { aptCache } from 'debstep'
const meta = aptCache.getTagsSync(make)

console.log(meta)
{
    Package: 'make',
    Version: '4.2.1-1.2',
    'Installed-Size': '384',
    Maintainer: 'Ubuntu Developers <[email protected]>',
    Architecture: 'amd64'
}

Rebuild

This package is already shipped with some prebuild binaries but if you have some specific environment rebuild will start. Packages libapt-pkg-dev and build-essential required before installation if no precompiled binaries are available.

sudo apt install build-essential libapt-pkg-dev

Reference

Table of Contents

• aptCache
  • defaultTags
  • getTagsSync
  • getCurrentVersionSync
  • getCandidateVersionSync
  • hasUpgradesSync
• apt
  • update
  • upgrade
  • install
  • uninstall
• debstep

aptCache

apt-cache representation

defaultTags

List of tags used in getTags method defaults

Type: Array<string>

getTagsSync

Extract package meta-information from apt-cache index. Detailed package info

Parameters

• packageName string
• tags Array<string> (optional, default defaultTags)
• version string

Examples

import { aptCache } from 'debstep'
const meta = aptCache.getTagsSync('vim', ['Installed-Size'], '2:8.1.0875-5')
console.log('vim installed size', meta['Installed-Size'])
// #_ vim installed size 2800

Returns {}?

getCurrentVersionSync

Get current package version

Parameters

• packageName string

Examples

import { aptCache } from 'debstep'
const currentVersion = aptCache.getCurrentVersionSync('vim')
console.log('current version', currentVersion)
// #_ current version 2:8.1.0875-4

Returns string?

getCandidateVersionSync

Get latest package version to be upgraded

Parameters

• packageName string

Examples

import { aptCache } from 'debstep'
const availableVersion = aptCache.getCandidateVersionSync('vim')
console.log('new version', availableVersion)
// #_ new version 2:8.1.0875-5

Returns string?

hasUpgradesSync

Check if package has upgrades

Parameters

• packageName string

Examples

import { aptCache } from 'debstep'
const updateAvailable = aptCache.hasUpgradesSync('vim')
console.log('vim has a new version to upgrade:', updateAvailable)
// #_ vim has a new version to upgrade: false

Returns boolean

apt

apt command representation

update

apt-update native execution

• Throws any Not implemented yet

upgrade

apt-upgrade native execution

• Throws any Not implemented yet

install

apt-install native execution

Parameters

• packageName string

• Throws any Not implemented yet

uninstall

apt-uninstall native execution

Parameters

• packageName string

• Throws any Not implemented yet

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