xbps-query — XBPS
utility to query for package and repository information
xbps-query |
[OPTIONS] MODE [ARGUMENTS] |
The xbps-query utility prints information
of a specific package or packages stored in target root directory or in
registered repositories. The argument PKG is a package
expression, which is explained in the PACKAGE EXPRESSION
section.
A package expression is a form to match a pattern; currently xbps
supports 3 ways to specify them:
- by package name, i.e:
“foo”.
- by exact package name and version, i.e:
“foo-1.0_1”.
- by specifying a package name and version separated by any of the following
version comparators:
- < less
than
- >
greater than
- <=
less or equal than
- >=
greater or equal than
Example:
“foo>=2.0”.
The first repository matching the package expression wins.
An installed package can have some specific modes of operation.
Currently the following modes are available:
- hold
- The package is on hold mode. Packages in this mode won't be updated unless
it's explicitely declared to be updated. The only way to update packages
in this mode is by using the
-f,
--force option. To list packages in this mode use
xbps-query -H.
- manual
- The package is in manual mode of installation and won't be considered for
removal when running
xbps-remove
-o. To list packages in this mode use
xbps-query -m.
- repolock
- A package in repolock mode will only accept updates that are available in
the same repository that was used for installing. To list packages in this
mode use
xbps-query
--list-repolock-pkgs.
-C,
--config dir- Specifies a path to the XBPS configuration directory. If the first
character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
rootdir.
-c,
--cachedir dir- Specifies a path to the cache directory, where binary packages are stored.
If the first character is not '/' then it's a relative path of
rootdir.
-d,
--debug- Enables extra debugging shown to stderr.
-h,
--help- Show the help message.
-i,
--ignore-conf-repos- Ignore repositories defined in configuration files. Only repositories
specified in the command line via --repository will
be used.
-M,
--memory-sync- For remote repositories, the data is fetched and stored in memory for the
current operation. This ignores the existing on-disk repository archives
in rootdir.
-p,
--property PROP[,...]- Only match this package property. Multiple properties can be specified by
delimiting them with commas. For a list of available properties, see the
PROPERTIES section.
-R- Enable repository mode. This mode explicitly looks in repositories, rather
than looking in the target root directory.
--repository
url- Enables repository mode and adds the specified repository to the top of
the list. The url argument expects a URL to the
repository for remote repositories or a path for local repositories. Note
that remote repositories must be signed using
xbps-rindex(1). This option can be
specified multiple times.
--regex- Enables string matching by using Extended Regular Expressions in
compatible modes, currently in the
ownedby
and
search
modes.
--fulldeptree- Prints a full dependency tree in the
--staging- Enables the use of staged packages from remote repositories.
show
dependencies mode.
-r,
--rootdir dir- Specifies a full path for the target root directory.
-v,
--verbose- Enables verbose messages.
-V,
--version- Show the version information.
Only one of the following modes can be used at a time. By default
and unless the -R option is specified, the target
PKG will be queried in the root directory, otherwise
it will be queried in registered repositories.
-l,
--list-pkgs- Lists registered packages in the package database (pkgdb). A package can
be in any of the following states:
-L,
--list-repos- Lists repositories and the number of packages contained on them. If a
repository is not available the number of packages will be
-1. The
-v option can be used to show more detailed
information of remote repositories.
-H,
--list-hold-pkgs- List registered packages in the package database (pkgdb) that are on
hold. Such packages won't be updated automatically.
-m,
--list-manual-pkgs- Lists registered packages in the package database (pkgdb) that were
installed manually by the user (i.e not as dependency of any
package).
-O,
--list-orphans- Lists package orphans in the package database (pkgdb), i.e packages that
were installed as dependencies and no package is currently depending on
them directly.
--list-repolock-pkgs- Lists packages that are in repolock mode. See the PACKAGE
MODES section for more information.
-o,
--ownedby PATTERN
[-R] [--regex]- Search for installed package files by matching
PATTERN. The PATTERN argument
can be a simple string, a shell wildcard pattern as explained in
fnmatch(3) or an Extended Regular
Expression as explained in regex(7) (if
--regex option is set). If the
-R option is set, the matched
PATTERN in repositories will be shown.
-S,
--show PKG
[-R] [--property
PROP]- Shows information of an installed package. This is the default mode if no
other mode is set. If the
-R option is set, the
matched PKG in repositories will be shown. If a
package property is specified with --property,
only that property will be shown.
-s,
--search PATTERN
[-R] [--property
PROP] [--regex]- Search for packages by matching PATTERN on its
pkgver and/or short_desc properties.
The same rules explained in the
--ownedby option
are applied, but a PACKAGE EXPRESSION is also supported.
If a package property is specified with
--property, all packages matching
PATTERN against PROP will be
shown.
-f,
--files PKG
[-R]- Show the package files for PKG. If the
-R option is set, the matched
PKG in repositories will be shown.
-x,
--deps PKG
[-R]- Show the required dependencies for PKG. Only direct
dependencies are shown. To see a full dependency tree, also set
--fulldeptree. If the -R
option is set, the matched PKG in repositories will
be shown.
-X,
--revdeps PKG
[-R]- Show the reverse dependencies for PKG. If the
-R option is set, the matched
PKG in repositories will be shown.
--cat
FILE PKG- Prints the file FILE stored in binary package
PKG to stdout. The first repository matching the
PKG expression wins. This expects an absolute path.
This mode only works with repositories.
This is the list of a packages properties. Note that not all
properties are available for all packages.
alternatives- group and file alternatives provided by the package.
architecture- target architecture the package was build for.
automatic-install- returns "yes" if the package was installed automatically.
build-options- enabled options the package was built with.
changelog- changelog URL for the package.
conf_files- configuration file(s) installed by the package.
conflicts- other packages this package conflicts with.
filename-sha256- hash of the package file.
filename-size- size of the package file.
hold- returns "yes" if the package is held and will not be
updated.
homepage- home URL of the package project.
install-date- date when the package was installed.
install-msg- post-install message provided by the package.
install-script- script used for installing the package.
installed_size- total size of files installed by the package.
license- license(s) for distributing the package.
maintainer- contact of the maintainer of the package.
metafile-sha256- hash of the plist package files metadata.
pkgname- name of the package.
pkgver- version of the package.
preserve- returns "yes" if the package will not be removed automatically
on update.
provides- abstract facility provided by the package.
remove-msg- post-remove message provided by the package.
remove-script- script used for removing the package.
replaces- other packages that the package replaces.
repolock- returns "yes" if the package only accepts updates from original
repository.
repository- repository where the package was installed from.
reverts- previous provided version this package replaces.
run_depends- other runtime dependency packages for the package.
shlib-provides- shared libraries provided by the package.
shlib-requires- shared libraries required by the package.
short_desc- short description of the package.
source-revisions- commit hash of package last change from the void-packages repository.
state- installation state of the package.
tags- list of categories the package is associated with.
- XBPS_ARCH
- Overrides uname(2) machine result with
this value. Useful to install packages with a fake architecture.
- XBPS_TARGET_ARCH
- Sets the target architecture to this value. This variable differs from
XBPS_ARCH in that it allows you to install packages
partially, because configuration phase is skipped (the target binaries
might not be compatible with the native architecture).
- /etc/xbps.d
- Default configuration directory.
- /usr/share/xbps.d
- Default system configuration directory.
- /var/db/xbps/.<pkgname>-files.plist
- Package files metadata.
- /var/db/xbps/pkgdb-0.38.plist
- Default package database (0.38 format). Keeps track of installed packages
and properties.
- /var/cache/xbps
- Default cache directory to store downloaded binary packages.
xbps-alternatives(1),
xbps-checkvers(1),
xbps-create(1),
xbps-dgraph(1),
xbps-digest(1),
xbps-fbulk(1),
xbps-fetch(1),
xbps-install(1),
xbps-pkgdb(1),
xbps-reconfigure(1),
xbps-remove(1),
xbps-rindex(1),
xbps-uchroot(1),
xbps-uunshare(1),
xbps.d(5)