debtags(1)
NAME
debtags - Debian Package Tags support tools
DESCRIPTION
usage: debtags [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--debug]
{tag,cat,grep,check,diff,mkpatch,search,dumpavail,show,submit,tagcat,tagshow,tagsearch,update,vocfilter}
...
Command line interface to access and manipulate Debian Package Tags
optional arguments:
-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--version
show program's version number and exit
--verbose, -v
enable verbose output
--debug
enable debugging output (including verbose output)
subcommands:
valid subcommands
{tag,cat,grep,check,diff,mkpatch,search,dumpavail,show,submit,tagcat,tagshow,tagsearch,update,vocfilter}
additional help
tag (not implemented anymore)
cat (grep)
output the lines of the full package tag database that match the
given tag expression. A tag expression (given as a single
argument) is an arbitrarily complex binary expression of tag
names. For example: role::program && ((use::editing ||
use::viewing) && !works-with::text)
check Check that all the tags in the given tagged collection are
present in the tag vocabulary. Checks the main database if no
file is specified
diff (mkpatch)
Create a tag patch between the current tag database and the tag
collection [filename]. Standard input is used if filename is not
specified
search (dumpavail)
Output the packages matching the given tag expression
show (deprecated) mostly the same as apt-cache show <pkgnames>
submit (no longer supported) see https://debtags.debian.org/api/patch
for patch submit.
tagcat Output the tag vocabulary
tagshow
Show the vocabulary information about a tag
tagsearch
Show a summary of all tags whose data contains the given strings
update Updates the package tag database (requires root) Collect package
tag data from apt cache, regenerate the debtags tag database and
main index. It needs to be run as root
vocfilter
Filter out the tags that are not found in the given vocabulary
file debtags manages package tag data in a debian system and
performs basic queries on it.
debtags can be used to perform basic queries on the Debtags system: the
vocabulary can be queried with the tagshow and tagsearch commands; a
package tag database can be checked against the vocabulary with the
check command; the whole collection can be copied to standard output to
be processed with tagcoll or other tools by the cat command; packages
can be searched by tags using the grep command. Finally, tags can be
listed with tag ls, edited with the tag add and tag rm, and submitted
to the Debtags database with submit.
The update command can be used to download extra tags as listed in
/etc/debtags/sources.list: see the contents of that file for more
information.
FILES
/var/lib/debtags/vocabulary
The normative tag vocabulary
/var/lib/debtags/package-tags
The system package tags database, only kept as an easily
parsable reference. In the same directory there is a the binary
index with the same content, used by applications for fast
access.
/etc/debtags/sources.list
The list of sources to build the package tags database from
EXAMPLES
Here are some example invocations of debtags:
# Update the package tag database
debtags update
# Show apt-cache information about the mutt package,
# adding tag information
debtags show mutt
# Search the tag vocabulary for mail-related tags
debtags tagsearch mail
# Output a list of all packages which can edit raster images, excluding
# shared libraries and dummy packages
debtags search "use::editing && works-with::image:raster && \
! (role::shared-lib || role::dummy)"
# Show all mail clients
debtags search 'works-with::mail && network::client'
# Output the collection of all mail clients, ready to be reprocessed via
# tagcoll
debtags grep 'works-with::mail && network::client'
# Produce an easily navigable hierarchy with the collection data
debtags cat | tagcoll hierarchy
# Produce a local tag patch
debtags cat > work-tags
...edit work-tags...
debtags diff work-tags > my-tagpatch
# Submit the patch
debtags submit my-tagpatch
# Edit the tags of a package (the patch will be stored in ~/.debtags/patch)
# then send your changes
debtags tag add debtags implemented-in::c++ interface::commandline
debtags tag rm debtags devel::buildtools
debtags submit
SEE ALSO
tagcoll(1), axi-cache(1), http://wiki.debian.org/Debtags http://debtags.debian.net
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