apt — Highlevel apt package

The highlevel apt package provides a lot of functionality, all with an easy-to-use interface.

Warning

The API of this package is not considered stable. Evenmore, it is considered to change the naming conventions in future to lowercase_with_underscores.

In case this happens, the API will still be kept compatible, with the old functions provided as deprecated ones.

High-Level Interface for working with apt.

• apt.cache — The Cache class
  • The Cache class
  • Working with Filters
  • Exceptions
• apt.cdrom - Functionality like in apt-cdrom
• apt.debfile — Classes related to debian package files
  • Binary packages
  • Source packages
• apt.package — Classes for package handling
  • The Package class
  • The Version class
  • Dependency Information
  • Origin Information
  • Examples
• apt.progress — Classes for progress reporting
  • Classes without output
  • Implementing classes for text output
• apt.progress.gtk2 — GTK widgets
  • GObject progress classes
  • GTK+ Class
  • Example

Classes exported in apt

These classes are defined in the submodules, but are also exported directly in the package.

class apt.Cache

Please see apt.cache.Cache for documentation.

class apt.Cdrom

Please see apt.cdrom.Cdrom for documentation.

class apt.CdromProgress

Please see apt.progress.CdromProgress for documentation.

class apt.FetchProgress

Please see apt.progress.FetchProgress for documentation.

class apt.InstallProgress

Please see apt.progress.InstallProgress for documentation.

class apt.OpProgress

Please see apt.progress.OpProgress for documentation.

class apt.Package

Please see apt.package.Package for documentation.