deb_info

information about Debian packages.

deb_info gives information about Debian packages.

changelog: <dictionary> information about changes in the packaged version of a project. More info.
- Author: <string> author name.
- Date: <string> build/last edited date in %a, %d %b %Y %H:%M%S %z format.
- Debian revision: <string> system revision.
- Debian version: <string> system version.
- Distributions: <string> contains the (space-separated) name(s) of the distribuition(s) where this version of the package should be installed. More info.
- Full version: <string> full system version.
- Package: <string> package type.
- Urgency: <string> description of how important it is to upgrade to this version from previous ones. Possible values are "low", "medium", "high", "emergency" or "critical". More info.
- Version history: <string> system version history.
control_metadata: <dictionary> package metadata information. Fields may change from package to package, all values are strings, but some common fields are (more fields listed in the debian docs):
- Maintainer: <string> maintainer identifier.
- Description: <string> package description.
- Package: <string> package name.
- Depends: <string> package dependencies.
- Version: <string> package version.
- Architecture: <string> architecture for running this software (ie. "i386").
control_scripts: <dictionary> scripts to run in package management operations.
- postinst: <string> script to run after installation.
- postrm: <string> script to run after removal.
- preinst: <string> script to run before installation.
- prerm: <string> script to run before removal.
structural_metadata: <dictionary> package structure information:
- contained_files: <integer> number of files inside the package.
- contained_items: <integer> number of files and directories inside the package.
- max_date: <string> oldest child file modification date in %Y-%m-%d %H:%M%S format.
- min_date: <string> most recent child file modification date in %Y-%m-%d %H:%M%S format.

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                    "Author": "Blablabla <[email protected]>",
                    "Date": "Fri, 15 May 2020 17:25:05 -0700",
                    "Debian revision": "2",
                    "Debian version": "2",
                    "Distributions": "whatever",
                    "Full version": "1.2.13-2",
                    "Package": "blabla-desktop",
                    "Urgency": "medium",
                    "Version history": "1.2.13-2, 1.2.13-1, 1.2.12-1, 1.2.11-2, 1.2.11-1"
                },
                "control_metadata": {
                    "Architecture": "amd64",
                	"Conflicts": "containerd, runc",
                    "Depends": "libc6 (>= 2.14), libnotify4, libappindicator1, libxtst6, libnss3, libasound2, libxss1",
                    "Description": "\n  Blablabla desktop",
                    "Homepage": "https://github.com/blabla/blabla",
                    "Installed-Size": "325997",
                    "License": "GPL-3.0",
                    "Maintainer": "Blablabla <[email protected]>",
                    "Package": "blabla-desktop",
                    "Priority": "extra",
                    "Provides": "blabla, runc",
                    "Replaces": "blabla, runc",
                    "Section": "default",
                    "Vendor": "Blablabla <[email protected]>",
                    "Version": "1.34.1"
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                    "postinst": "#!/bin/bash\n\n# Link to the binary\nln -sf '/opt/blabla/blabla-desktop' '/usr/bin/blabla-desktop'\n\nupdate-mime-database /usr/share/mime || true\nupdate-desktop-database /usr/share/applications || true\n",
                    "postrm": "#!/bin/bash\n\n# Delete the link to the binary\nrm -f '/usr/bin/blabla-desktop'\n",
                  	"preinst": "#!/bin/bash\n# $Id: preinst 127855 2019-01-01 01:45:53Z bird $\n## @file\n# Blabla pre-install.\n#\n\n#\n# Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Blabla Systems\n",
                  	"prerm": "#!/bin/sh\nset -e\n# Automatically added by dh_systemd_start/11.1.6ubuntu2\nif [ -d /run/systemd/system ] && [ \"$1\" = remove ]; then\n\tdeb-systemd-invoke stop 'blabla.service' >/dev/null || true\nfi\n# End automatically added section\n"
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                    "contained_files": 968,
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