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 local host from an
       interactive shell or script.

       If the command is invoked while running under X-window 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  Netscape is found and a Netscape instance is 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 is an 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 (lynx, lynx-ssl or links) 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=mozilla

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=svgalib
              This would open a dpkg URL listing all packages depending on svgalib.

       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(8), dpkg-www(8)

AUTHOR

       Massimo Dal Zotto <dz@debian.org>.
       Bugs should be reported via the normal Debian bug reporting system.

LICENCE

       dpkg-www is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.

                                                September 1, 2004                                    DPKG-WWW(1)