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(Last edited by Systmkor on 23 Mar 2015.)

This page is to describe and formalize the specication of 'apk' package manager.

Database

Syntax

Starts on line number 800 in database.c, also check package.c

Field Character	Description	Field Data Format	regex	install-db	package-index
A	Architecture	?	^A:\S+$	?	?
C	Pull Checksum	?	?	?	?
D	Pull Dependencies	?	?	?	?
F	File Path	?	?	?	?
I	Package Installed Size	?	?	?	?
L	License	?	?	?	?
M	File Permissions	?	?	?	?
P	?	?	?	?	?
R	Get File	?	?	?	?
S	Package Size	?	^S:(\d+)$	?	?
T	Package Description	?	?	?	?
U	Package URL	?	?	?	?
V	Package Version	?	?	?	?
Z	Pull Checksum	?	?	?	?
a	Check for file existence	?	?	?	?
c	?	?	?	?	?
i	?	?	?	?	?
m	Maintainer	?	?	?	?
o	Package Origin	?	?	?	?
q	Replaces Priority	?	?	?	?
p	Package Provides	?	?	?	?
r	Pull Dependencies	?	?	?	?
s	Get Tag Id	?	?	?	?
t	Build Timestamp (epoch)	?	^t:(\d+)$	?	?