Dpkg

Section: libdpkg-perl (3)
Updated: 2015-07-13
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NAME

Dpkg - module with core variables  

DESCRIPTION

The Dpkg module provides a set of variables with information concerning this system installation.  

VARIABLES

$Dpkg::PROGNAME
Contains the name of the current program.
$Dpkg::PROGVERSION
Contains the version of the dpkg suite.
$Dpkg::CONFDIR
Contains the path to the dpkg system configuration directory.
$Dpkg::ADMINDIR
Contains the path to the dpkg database directory.
$Dpkg::LIBDIR
Contains the path to the dpkg methods and plugins directory.
$Dpkg::DATADIR
Contains the path to the dpkg architecture tables directory.
 

CHANGES

 

Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)

New variables: $PROGNAME, $PROGVERSION, $CONFDIR, $ADMINDIR, $LIBDIR and $DATADIR.

Deprecated variables: $version, $admindir, $dpkglibdir and $pkgdatadir.  

Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)

Mark the module as public.


 

Index

NAME
DESCRIPTION
VARIABLES
CHANGES
Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.17.0)
Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)