Revision as of 08:21, 17 December 2012

Description

Pkgtxt2db is a utility for Slackware and Slackware based operating system only.

It can be use to convert PACKAGES.TXT to various database formats:

Are supported for now:

CSV
JSON
SQLite
XML

Download

Sources tarballs and Slackware packages can be found there: http://people.salixos.org/fredg/packages/Pkgtxt2db/

The source code is also available through github. You can get it with:

 $ git clone ssh://git@github.com:fredg/pkgtxt2db.git

Usage

 pkgtxt2db [options]

Options:

   -h, --help
   	Simple help
   --version
       Print pkgtxt2db version
   -u, --update
       It will fetch and download a new PACKAGES.TXT from your choosen repository.
   -t, --target
       Choose between slackware or salix repositories.
   --repo
  	Choose the arch repository, it can be i486 or x86_64
   -r, --release
       Choose the slackware or salix release. It can be: current (if exist), 14.0, 13.37, ..., 13.0
   -e, --expa
       Choose between the patches or extra Slackware repository
   -c, --convert
       Choose your database format, it can be:
       	- csv   : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a CSV database
               - json  : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a JSON database
               - sqlite: Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a SQLITE database
               - xml   : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a XML database
   -o, --output
       Choose the name of the output file.  If none is choosen, packages will be used.

Examples

Here are some usages examples.

   pkgtxt2db -u -t slackware --repo x86_64 -r current -c json -o slack64.json

It will fetch and convert PACKAGES.TXT from the Slackware current x86_64 repository to a JSON database: slack64.json.

   pkgtxt2db -c csv

It will convert the PACKAGES.TXT found in your directory to a CSV database (; separated): packages.csv. You can open it with libreoffice ;)

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-=Description=
+= Description =
 Pkgtxt2db is a utility for Slackware and Slackware based operating system only.
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 *CSV
 *JSON
+*SQLite
+*XML
+= Download =
-=Download=
 Sources tarballs and Slackware packages can be found there:
 http://people.salixos.org/fredg/packages/Pkgtxt2db/
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    $ git clone ssh://git@github.com:fredg/pkgtxt2db.git
-=USAGE=
+= Usage =
    pkgtxt2db [options]
 Options:
- -c | --csv		convert PACKAGES.TXT to a CSV DB
+    -h, --help
- -j | --json		convert PACKAGES.TXT to a JSON DB
+    	Simple help
- -t | --target		use with -c or -j, choose slackware or salix
+    --version
- -r | --release		use with -t, choose the release
+        Print pkgtxt2db version
+    -u, --update
+        It will fetch and download a new PACKAGES.TXT from your choosen repository.
+    -t, --target
+        Choose between slackware or salix repositories.
+    --repo
+   	Choose the arch repository, it can be i486 or x86_64
+    -r, --release
+        Choose the slackware or salix release. It can be: current (if exist), 14.0, 13.37, ..., 13.0
+    -e, --expa
+        Choose between the patches or extra Slackware repository
+    -c, --convert
+        Choose your database format, it can be:
+        	- csv   : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a CSV database
+                - json  : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a JSON database
+                - sqlite: Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a SQLITE database
+                - xml   : Convert PACKAGES.TXT to a XML database
+    -o, --output
+        Choose the name of the output file.  If none is choosen, packages will be used.
---target is to choose between Salix or Slackware repository.
-It can be:
- * salix32: salix i486 repository
- * salix64: salix x86_64 repository
- * slack32: slackware i486 repository
- * slack64: slackware x86_64 repository
---release is to choose the release
-It can be:
- * 13.37
- * current (if repository exist)
- * ...
 = Examples =
- pkgtxt2db -j -t salix32 -r 13.37
+Here are some usages examples.
-It will convert PACKAGES.TXT from the i486 salix repo to a JSON database: pkgtxt.json
+    pkgtxt2db -u -t slackware --repo x86_64 -r current -c json -o slack64.json
+It will fetch and convert PACKAGES.TXT from the Slackware current x86_64 repository to a JSON database: slack64.json.
+    pkgtxt2db -c csv
+It will convert the PACKAGES.TXT found in your directory to a CSV database (; separated): packages.csv.  You can open it with libreoffice ;)
- pkgtxt2db -c -t slack32 -r current
-It will convert PACKAGES.TXT from the current i486 slackware repo to a CSV database, with tab separated value: pkgtxt.csv (you can open it with libreoffice if you want ;) )