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#1 2016-07-19 17:49:57
- JasonX
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Is it possible to query pacman from code?
Hello
I want to make an app that, for example, lists all packages no longer required as dependencies, and shows them in a grid. So
pacman -QdtIs it possible to call pacman from code? Lets say from C++.
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#2 2016-07-19 18:00:04
- ewaller
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Re: Is it possible to query pacman from code?
Yes.
popen is a really low level way of doing this natively. Other solutions are offered by glib and valla
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#3 2016-07-19 18:08:55
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Re: Is it possible to query pacman from code?
Or just use libalpm...
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#4 2016-07-19 20:54:14
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Re: Is it possible to query pacman from code?
There's also a Python binding for libalpm named pyalpm.
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#5 2016-07-26 15:40:19
- JasonX
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Re: Is it possible to query pacman from code?
Yes.
popen is a really low level way of doing this natively. Other solutions are offered by glib and valla
Popen is exactly what I wanted, Thanks!
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