The Autopackage API
Table of Contents
/ Public library
Public library
These are public interfaces and can be used by package scripts.
Subcategories
User interaction
Replacements for standard commands
- Functions that should be used instead of standard Unix commands.
Miscellaneous functions
Text file and manipulation
- Easy-to-use functions to get info about or to manipulate text files.
Checking and dependancies
- Functions for probing the system, useful in skeleton scripts and making sure the system is OK for the installation to proceed
Global variables
- Useful pieces of information available to your scripts
Filesystem
- Miscellaneous filesystem-related functions.
String utility functions
- String manipulation, version matching, etc.
Installation
- Install/uninstall script functions.
KDE
- Functions for installing KDE-specific files.
GNOME
- Functions for installing GNOME-specific files.
Build system integration
- Support for Autoconf and other build systems.
Details
Last update: 10/6/2003