rpminfo Go Package

Overview

The go-rpminfo package is a Go library designed to list software installed on GNU/Linux distros as using rpm The package provides functionality to parse package details and represent them in structured Go data types.

Data Structures

Package

Contains detailed information about a Debian package. Key fields include:

• PackageName: Name of the package.
• Status, Priority, Section, and more: Various details about the package.
• Maintainer, OriginalMaintainer: Contact information of the package maintainers.
• Extra: A map that can hold any additional information about the package not covered by the other fields.

PackageContact

Represents the contact information of a package. It can be either an email address or a website.

• Name: The name of the contact.
• Contact: The actual contact information - email or website.
• Type: Specifies if the contact is an "email" or "website".

Usage

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"

	"github.com/antandros/go-rpminfo"
)

func main() {
	packages, err := rpminfo.GetPackages()
	fmt.Println(err)
	resp, err := json.MarshalIndent(packages, "", "\t")
	fmt.Println(err)
	fmt.Println(string(resp))
}

License

Refer to the LICENSE file in the repository.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue on the project's repository.