About

The package metadata agent puts data about each package (rpm and deb) into the database.

Pkgagent get RPM package info from rpm files using rpm library, Build pkgagent.c need "rpm" and "librpm-dev", running binary just need "rpm".
Pkgagent get Debian binary package info from .deb binary control file.
Pkgagent get Debian source package info from .dsc file.

Ways to use pkgagent

There are 2 ways to use the pkgagent agent:

To analyze a rpm file from the command line:

CLI argument	Description
file	If files are rpm package listed, display their meta data
-v	Verbose (-vv = more verbose)

example:

$ ./pkgagent rpmfile

To run the pkgagent as an agent simply run with no command line args

CLI argument	Description
no file	Process data from the scheduler
-i	Initialize the database, then exit

example:

$ upload_pk | ./pkgagent

const char * upload_pk

Definition: sqlstatements.h:82

Command line flag	Description
-i	Initialize the database, then exit
-v	Verbose (-vv = more verbose)
-c	Specify the directory for the system configuration
-C	Run from command line
file	If files are rpm package listed, display their package information
no file	Process data from the scheduler
-V	Print the version info, then exit