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).

                                            2019-02-26                                DPKG-WWW(1)