pyalpm¶

The pyalpm module contains a a number of convenience functions for general usage.

pyalpm.version()¶

Returns pyaplm version

Returns:	the string contraining the pyalpm version

pyalpm.alpmversion()¶

Returns alpm version

Returns:	the string contraining the aplm version

pyalpm.vercmp(string: version1, string: version2)¶

Returns compares version strings. See man vercmp for details

Returns:

pyalpm.find_satisfier(list: packages, string: pkgname)¶

Returns the satisfing package for a given string from a list of packages.

Returns:	returns a `Package` or none.

pyalpm.sync_newversion(package, list: databases)¶

Finds an available upgrade for a package in a list ofdatabases.

Returns:	returns an upgrade `Package` candidate or none.

pyalpm.find_grp_pkgs(list: databases, string: group)¶

Find packages from a given group across databases..

Returns:	returns a list of `Package` objects.

pyalpm.SIG_DATABASE_OPTIONAL¶: Database singing optional, absence of signature is not an error

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