Struct alpm::Alpm

pub struct Alpm { /* fields omitted */ }

Methods

impl Alpm

fn new() -> Result<Alpm, Error>

Create a handle with the default dbpath or what is specified in PACMAN_CONF

fn with_dbpath(dbpath: String) -> Result<Alpm, Error>

Create a handle with a custom dbpath

fn query_package_version<S>(&self, query: S) -> Result<String> where
    S: Into<String>, 

Query for the version of a package. This will return version numbers like 4.7-2 or 5.0.1-4 or 1.10.0_patch1-1

It behaves like pacman -Q {query}

fn vercmp(&self, a: String, b: String) -> Result<Ordering>

Compare two version strings and determine which one is newer.

Returns [Ordering::Less] if a is newer than b, [Ordering::Equal] if a and b are the same version, or [Ordering::Greater] if b is newer than a.

Trait Implementations

impl Drop for Alpm

fn drop(&mut self)

Automatic cleanup