NAME

       DPKG::Parse::Available - Parse the "available" file

SYNOPSIS

           use DPKG::Parse::Available;

           my $available = DPKG::Parse::Available->new;
           while (my $entry = $available->next_package) {
               print $entry->package . " " . $entry->version . "\n";
           }

           my $postfix = $available->get_package('name' => 'postfix');

DESCRIPTION

       DPKG::Parse::Available parses a dpkg "available" file and turns each entry into a
       DPKG::Parse::Entry object.  By default, it uses the Debian default location of
       "/var/lib/dpkg/available".

       See DPKG::Parse for more information on the get_package and next_package methods.

       See DPKG::Parse::Entry for more information on the entry objects.

METHODS

       new('filename' => '/var/lib/dpkg/available')
           Creates a new DPKG::Parse::Available object.  By default, it tries to open
           /var/lib/dpkg/available.

SEE ALSO

       DPKG::Parse, DPKG::Parse::Entry

AUTHOR

       Adam Jacob, "holoway@cpan.org"

LICENSE

       This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as perl itself.