dpkg-www(1) Debian Project dpkg-www(1)
NAME
dpkg-www - program to remotely open a WWW Debian package browser
SYNOPSIS
dpkg-www [-s|--stdout] [-h|--host host] [query]
DESCRIPTION
dpkg-www is used to remotely control a web browser and open a dpkg URL
on the localhost from an interactive shell or script.
If the command is invoked while running under the X Window System the
script will try to find an installed X browser to open the specified
URL. If not running under X, it will try to use a text browser
instead.
If one of the known browsers is found and there is an instance already
running it will be asked to open the dpkg URL on localhost with the
optional query supplied on the command line. If there is no browser
running, it will start automatically a new one.
The functionality provided by this program is identical to running a
web browser with the -remote openURL(http://localhost/cgi-bin/dpkg)
argument or opening the same URL from within the browser.
dpkg-www-installer(8) is a helper application which can configured in
the WWW browser for web installation. It should never be invoked
directly by the user.
OPTIONS
-s, --stdout
Redirect output to stdout. Requires one of the text browsers
(elinks, links2, links or w3m) installed.
-h, --host host
Send the query to a remote host, where dpkg-www must be installed.
query
Specifies an optional package name, an absolute pathname or a query
argument which is passed to the dpkg cgi-bin. See dpkg-www(8) for
more information about the use of the CGI.
FILES
/etc/dpkg-www.conf
~/.dpkg-www
Configuration files for dpkg-www. It is not necessary for these
files to exist, there are sensible defaults for everything, but you
can specify your preferred www browser with the DPKG_WWW_BROWSER
variable, for example DPKG_WWW_BROWSER=firefox.
EXAMPLES
dpkg-www
This would open a dpkg URL on localhost listing all the installed
packages.
dpkg-www bash
This would open a dpkg URL asking info on the bash package.
dpkg-www -h pisolo bash
This would open a dpkg URL asking info on the bash package on host
pisolo.
dpkg-www 'dpkg*'
This would open a dpkg URL listing all packages matching dpkg*.
dpkg-www /bin/bash
This would open a dpkg URL asking info on the package(s) owning the
file /bin/bash.
dpkg-www depends=coreutils
This would open a dpkg URL listing all packages depending on
coreutils.
dpkg-www --stdout depends=awk | grep ^ii
This would list on stdout all packages depending on awk and grep
all lines of installed packages.
SEE ALSO
dpkg(1), dpkg-www(8).
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