AptPkg::System(3pm)

NAME
AptPkg::System - APT system abstraction class

SYNOPSIS
use AptPkg::System;

DESCRIPTION
The AptPkg::System module provides an interface to APT's system abstraction mechanism.

  AptPkg::System
The AptPkg::System package implements the APT pkgSystem class.

An instance of the AptPkg::System class appropriate for the particular back-end packaging system (deb, rpm, etc.) may be fetched using the system method from AptPkg::Config.

A global instance of the libapt-pkg _system instance is provided as $AptPkg::System::_system, and may be imported.

The following methods are implemented:

label
    Return the description of the packaging system, for example:

        Debian dpkg interface

    for Debian systems.

lock
    Lock the packaging system.

unlock(QUIET)
    Unlock the packaging system, ignoring errors if QUIET is non-zero.

versioning
    Return an instance of the AptPkg::Version class for this system.

SEE ALSO
AptPkg::Config(3pm), AptPkg::Version(3pm), AptPkg(3pm).

AUTHOR
Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>